Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) files for Chapter 11. (Reuters) Greece and its private lenders work toward a last-hour compromise on a debt exchange. (Reuters) BP (NYSE: BP) likely to set a $20…
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is out with earnings for its fourth quarter. The online auction giant (and PayPal winner) turned in earnings of $0.60 EPS on sales of growth of 35% to…
Jon C. Ogg eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is set to report earnings after the close today. Despite international acquisitions and despite management changes, eBay for the most part remains a domestic story for auctions as…
Jon C. Ogg This shortened week is the first week full of many major companies reporting earnings season. We will have a clear direction for the financial leaders and many of the technology leaders after…
Investors in Ebay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) could see a sharp increase of the value of their investment if the Internet auction site would spin-off its PayPal on-line payment unit. A report at…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE: AZN) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. BlackRock,…
Yahoo.comYahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has confirmed that it has appointed Scott Thompson as Chief Executive Officer. He will take over with an effective date of January 9, 2012. At that time, Tim…
Bill Gross’s PIMCO Total Return Fund has $1.4 billion in outflows in December, according to Morningstar. (Reuters) MF Global sold some assets to Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) before its collapsed. (Reuters) As…
A CME (NASDAQ: CME) executive says Jon Corzine knew about money that MF Global transferred to European accounts. (Reuters) Accounting problems at Olympus may make it a takeover target. (Reuters) Italian bond yields hit…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Changyou.com…
24/7 Wall St. is tracking the after-hours earnings reports to see which stocks are on the move and which ones will be the key issues for Thursday morning. The top movers are…
Alcoa (NYSE: AA) earnings bring markets lower. (Reuters) Senate defeats the Obama jobs bill. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) says a third party tried to sign into 93,000 PlayStation accounts. (Reuters) The Research…
A shutdown of the federal government could still happen at the end of the month as the budget battle moves to the Senate. (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) names Meg Whitman, former CEO…
Following a decent boost to its long-suffering stock price yesterday, Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has nearly given it all back today. Yes, the whole market’s down by about -3.75%, but HP’s shares…
Web site visitors didn’t set any records last month, but they also didn’t lose any ground. Among the leading sites, some had small gains and others had small losses. Overall though, more…
