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Media
Media Digest 7/24/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Amazon (AMZN) earnings beat Wall St. forecasts. Reuters reports that Ford (F) wil keep its small pick-up plant open for two years.
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Investing
Nine CEOs Who Will Go By The End Of The Year (CROX)(YHOO)(JAVA)(SIRI)(CBS)(VIA)(GM)(LEH)(Q)
Since 2006, 24/7 Wall St. has scrutinized public companies on a regular basis, focusing on those with poor management and has suggested which big company CEOs needed to be replaced. Hector Ruiz…
4:32am ET
Cars and Drivers
GM (GM) And Ford (F) Late In The Game, Rush To Save Themselves
Ford (F) and GM (GM) are each announcing new plans to save themselves from the earnings garbage bin and give their shareholders some needed hope. It is awfully late to get started.
2:45am ET
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Media Digest 7/22/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Apple (AAPL) missed Wall St. expectations, sending the stock down by 10%. Reuters reports that American Express (AXP) profits fell on credit losses.
5:39am ET
Cars and Drivers
Toyota (TM) Cries “Uncle”
Toyota (TM) has finally succumbed to the same reality that the rest of the car industry has. It will cut its global sales forecasts by nearly 4% for 2008. Most of that…
2:56am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/16/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, talks between Time Warner’s (TWX) AOL and Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are heating up. Reuters reports that GM (GM) is confident that it can compete even after making…
7:44am ET
Cars and Drivers
GM (GM): No Size Is Right Size, Dividend Or Not
GM’s (GM) problem is that there is no "correct" size for its North American operations. While it is in fine shape overseas, especially in Latin America, Russia, and China, there is no…
2:59am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/15/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Bloomberg, GM (GM) will announce a major restructuring including moving more production to small cars. Reuters reports that regional bank stocks were hit hard by liquidity concerns. Reuters writes that…
1:55pm ET
Cars and Drivers
Feds Owe Ford (F) Almost $500 Million
Things have been so bad at Ford (F) that there is nothing left to cause its stock to rally. High gas prices have be undermining sales of its profitable SUVs and pick-ups.…
3:03am ET
Investing
Short Interest In Financials, Industrial, And Tech Rises (WM,WB,GM,WFC,C,GE,BAC,INTC,CSCO,DELL,LVLT,YHOO,SIRI,XMSR)
The short interest in most financial and industrial companies rose sharply for the period ending June 30. Shares sold short in Washington Mutrual (WM) rose 21.6 million to 276.4 million. Short interest…
3:00am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/9/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, large Yahoo! (YHOO) shareholder Legg Mason said Carl Icahn’s bid would have more support if he guaranteed he would not sell the company for less than $33. Reuters writes…
3:10am ET
Cars and Drivers
GM (GM) Tries To Save Itself
GM (GM) will try to save itself again. It may be too late. The company may already be in hospice The nation’s largest car company is considering dumping thousand of white collar…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:52am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/7/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, NBC Universal and partners will by The Weather Channel for $3.5 billion. Reuters writes that Toyota (TM) will add solar panels to some of its Prius cars. Reuters writes…
11:26am ET
Investing
This Week’s Worst Analyst Calls (MER, GM, GS, UAUA)
There were two ghastly research calls this week from separate firms on separate companies. While one is more severe than the other, these two analyst downgrades are essentially a tie for the…
9:16am ET
Investing
GM (GM) May Market Mini-Car In US
BMW has the Mini Cooper. Now GM (GM) plans to bring its own brand of mini into the US. GM will probably import its Chevrolet Beat to America to offer a car…
Douglas A. McIntyre