Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has retained Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) to review its $2.2 billion investment in Thailand-based Bank of Ayudhya. (Reuters)…
In a blow to GE’s (NYSE: GE) huge jet engine division, The National Transportation Safety Board issued two urgent safety recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding two recent occurrences in which…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) managed to hit what was almost a four-year high yesterday as shares crept above $22.00 for the first time since the panic selling of the recession took…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) managed to do something rather unique today along with the Bernanke and QE3 led rally. The stock did not just reach a new 52-week high. GE hit…
We tracked the short interest in the following NYSE most actively traded stocks: Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), American International Group…
This proposed merger between EADS and BAE is going to be more than complicated. Frankly, we also wonder about the legality of such a merger and wonder how other defense and aerospace firms…
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and other aerospace and defense contractors like Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) and General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) could have some even larger competition to fend off. We…
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) has announced that the company’s board of directors has declared a $0.17 per share quarterly dividend on its outstanding common stock. Our take is that this will…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThe S&P 500 is trying to break out all over again. Today we are analyzing the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSEMKT: SPY) as it is the most liquid of all ETFs. The ETF…
Moody’s cuts its growth forecast for emerging economies. (MarketWatch) Antony Jenkins, who runs Barclays PLC’s (NYSE: BCS) retail business, is made chief executive. (Reuters) Samsung launches new Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows-based…
The short interest in the stocks with the largest positions as of August 15: Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) down 2% to 220 million shares. Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) up…
It was just on Monday that we released the 24/7 Wall St. “12 Big Dividend Hikes Coming Before The End of 2012” and we already have one of the twelve coming true. …
The quarterly ExpertRECALL Index released today indicates that more than 123 million medical device units were recalled during the second quarter of 2012, an eight-quarter high. The medical device category includes such…
Most investors have discovered that earning less than 1% per year in short-term Treasuries or even less than 2% out in the 10-year Treasury is no fun. Longer-dated Treasury bonds also are proving…
German newspaper Boersen-Zeitung reports that industrial giant Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) may cut thousands of jobs in the fall. The action is described as “explosive,” at least as far as a rough…
Douglas A. McIntyre 
