Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 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…
GM (NYSE: GM) is supposed to be a badly crippled giant. Toyota (NYSE: TM) is the global car company with the most efficient manufacturing plants, the highest quality cars and the strongest…
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) results will be helped by holiday spending (Reuters) Ebay’s (NYSE: EBAY) turnaround helped increase earnings (Reuters) Nintendo said the negative reports about its 3D products were out of proportion…
The saga over government ownership of American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is one which is likely to be with us for quite some time. It is hard to believe that CEO…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Outperform at FBR. Apollo Group Inc.…
The Congressional Oversight Panel is skeptical that the Treasury Department will ever recoup its investment in GM. The new report from the panels says: GM is furthest along in the process of…
AIG (NYSE: AIG) will meet banks to choose those that will handle the sale of the Treasury’s share in the company. (Reuters) With a split Congress it is less likely that there…
The market for Initial Public Offerings is booming. After seeing so many IPOs trade exponentially higher than expected in 2010, the market should continue to be strong in 2011. We have created…
Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 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…
The G20 has begun work to lower chances of a food crisis (Reuters) China is likely to tighten again (Reuters) Oil stayed above $89 due to a shutdown of the Alaska pipeline…
China displaced the US in 2009 as the world’s largest car market, and the number of Chinese auto buyers went up in 2010. Chinese buyers purchased 13.6 million vehicles in 2009 and…
There has been an amazing feat in 2010. All of the most recent companies which have been booted out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average have outperformed their replacement stocks and the…
These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Buy and $190 price target at BofA/ML (late-Monday call).…
GM (NYSE: GM) has offered buyouts to 3,000 workers at 14 of its plants. Most of these employees have special skills beyond assembly work. Many are electricians and welders. The more seasoned…
The new tax package made it through the first stage of Congressional approval. (Reuters) The federal government began the process of setting higher capital requirements for US banks. (Reuters) China will have…
