Media Digest 10/1/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Ken Lewis will step down as CEO of Bank of America (BAC) Reuters: Cisco (CSCO) bought Tandbeg for $3 billion. Reuters: The IMF raised forecasts for US GDP but warned on…
Reuters: Ken Lewis will step down as CEO of Bank of America (BAC) Reuters: Cisco (CSCO) bought Tandbeg for $3 billion. Reuters: The IMF raised forecasts for US GDP but warned on…
A123 Systems Inc (NASDAQ: AONE) is still likely going to be one of the highlights of trading activity for the week, but the valuation is all based on the future rather than…
Update: Verizon (VZ) may consider buying DirecTV (WSJ) Update: The Apple (AAPL) iPhone will cost an extraordinarily high $303 in China but the monthly service fee will be as low as $18.45…
Reuters: Obama pushed his economic message before the G20 summit Reuters: A Senate panel took up healthcare legislation. Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) missed a deadline for supplying information from Congress and…
Mid-American Energy, a holding of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and a holding of Warren Buffett, is about to get into the U.K. offshore wind power business if the reportsfrom the weekend…
Reuters: The competition to dominate the green car market is increasing. Reuters: Obama will pressure the G20 on Wall St. reform. Reuters: Oracle (ORCL) earnings missed targets. Reuters: Opel’s sales shows power…
Next week is still supposed to mark the initial public offering of what me be a very hot IPO. Auto electric-battery maker A123 Systems Inc. is tentatively set to launch and begin…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is already a large wind power and alternative energy player. The company’s GE Wind site notes that it already has more than 10,000 worldwide wind turbine installations…
Several consulting firms post annual figures for the world’s most valuable brands. The two best known are probably the Interbrand and BrandZ surveys. They are notably different, up until now at least.…
Reuters: International bank regulators are looking at Brazil as a model. Reuters: John Mack will step down at Morgan Stanley’s (MS) CEO. Reuters: The SEC vowed reforms after its report on Madoff revealed mistakes.…
Here are Wednesday’s top day trader and active trader alerts with more detailed trading volume and price analysis in the links over at VSInvestor.com: General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) is challenging post-crash highs…
These are some of the top early morning analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street early this Tuesday morning: American Dental (ADPI) Started as Outperform at Robert…
Reuters: Markets in Asia and Europe were mostly higher with many up over 1%. Cadbury rose on an offer from Kraft (KFT). Rio Tinto (RTP) rose. Reuters: Kraft (KFT) bid $16.7 billion…
MSBNC, operated by the NBCU division of GE (GE) and CBS (CBS) made the mistake of throwing Don Imus off the air in April 2007. He made intemperate and distasteful comments about…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) is making a significant management change, right at the top of the company. Mike Ahearn is stepping down as CEO and will be replaced by Robert J.…