Reuters has run a piece this morning commenting from an email interview from the Reuters Singapore desk with questions to John Rice, chief executive and vice chairman. The conglomerate is maintaining a…
Douglas A. McIntyre Google (GOOG) is now the US company with the highest reputation, at least according to the annual Harris Interactive Reputation Quotient poll. According to Reuters, "Largely for its reputation for treating workers…
According to Reuters, a new survey put Google (GOOG) first in reputation among US companies. Reuters reports that gas prices climbed to a record $4.10. Reuters writes that Bunge ((BG) will buy…
If you thought this was a bad day for the market with the DJIA trading well under that 12,000 psychological level, there were some 400 stocks that hit 52-week lows today when…
Citigroup’s (C) CFO says he see write-downs through the end of the year. The head of hedge fund Paulson & Co,says bank losses will hit $1.3 trillion. Write-downs at Lehman (LEH) and…
GE (GE) shares reached a five plus year low today, at $28.38 as a JP Morgan analysts called for the company to sell off more units. While GE has auctioned off some…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on early this Monday morning: AGCO Corp. (NYSE: AG) Raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wachovia. AT&T (NYSE: T) & Verizon…
Buying The Weather Channel and Weather.com got a bit rich for Time Warner (TWX). The company pulled out of the negotiations, leaving GE’s (GE) NBCU operation and its partners as potential future…
If you have been watching the movement in General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) for this last week, you won’t be surprised to hear that this is due to intense "market chatter" out…
Douglas A. McIntyre Today’s 52-week low list was full of some of the usual suspects, and you can count airlines as the top group of 52-week lows after that breather in oil prices did not…
Short sellers sharply increased their bets against big US banks based on data from the NYSE as of May 30. The number compare with those onMay 15. Short interest in Washington Mutual…
Chairman of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Jeff Immelt, has made another vote of confidence in the stock today. In transactions listed with a trade date of TODAY May 28, 2008, the…
Douglas A. McIntyre GE (GE) plans to cut its water consumption across the company by 20% between now and 2012. According to Bloomberg "In addition to the first-ever water reduction pledge, Fairfield, Connecticut-based GE also…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, merger talks between United (UAUA) and US Air (LCC) has slowed. Retuers writes that NetFlix (NFLX) and Blockbuster (BBI) held competing analysts meetings on the same day. Reuters reports…
According to Reuters, small business sentivment is still shaky. Reuters writes that InBav may start Anheuher-Busch (BUD) takeover talks this week. Reuters writes that Asian central banks are propping up their currencies.…
