VW and Toyota (NYSE: TM) have competition from a US car company again–Ford. Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) Q net income of $1.7 billion, $.43 cents per share, a $690 million improvement…
Nissan’s flagship brand is Infiniti which competes with BMW, Mercedes, the Lexus brand of Toyota (NYSE: TM), and the Acura brand of Honda (NYSE: HMC). The Cadillac brand of GM needs to…
Many companies keep the names that they used to brand themselves when they were founded. Firms such as Ford (NYSE: F) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have changed their corporate names slightly…
Reuters: American International Group (NYSE: AIG) CEO Benmosche has cancer. (Reuters) Ford Motor (NYSE: F) may post record profits. (Reuters) William Dudley of the New York Fed said the central bank could…
These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Removed from TD’s Action Buy List but target raised to…
S&P gave GM a corporate rating of “BB-,” which put it well into “junk” territory. However, the credit agency was optimistic about some of the No.1 American car company’s prospects. GM made…
Reuters: The federal government will supply states with $1.5 billion in funds for small businesses. Reuters: Financial leaders around the world have begun to work to stop a currency war. Reuters: Japan…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
As investors ready themselves for Halloween, images of the macabre are hard to escape. The stock market also is filled with death metaphors. Companies SLASH costs and stocks are PUMMELED by bad…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Reuters: Bank of Japan moved rates to zero Reuters: September retail sales were probably up due to promotions. Reuters: Obama said the fiscal situation was untenable. Reuters: Twitter appointed a new CEO.…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Ford Motor (NYSE: F) wants to be the No.1 car company in America. It came close in September. Ford’s sales rose 46% to 160,873. GM’s units sold rose 22% to 172,969. Ford’s…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HP) named the former CEO of SAP (NYSE: SAP) as CEO and a former president of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) as chairman. Reuters: A trade by Waddell & Reed Financial…
Reuters: China said legislation aimed at a devaluation of the yuan violated WTO regulations. Reuters: IPOs do poorly in the People’s Republic now but can raise money from overseas investors. Reuters: The…
