11:28am ET
Investing
Rumors We Would Like To Hear: HTC To Buy RIM
Taiwan smartphone company HTC has an annual revenue run rate of close to $20 billion and it is currently growing at a rate of about 100% a year. HTC will ship 60…
GOOG Coverage Page 205
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Media
Media Digest (3/6/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) may release papers to investigators that show its trading behavior at the start of the credit crisis used flawed math and that the bank did not violate regulations.…
6:19am ET
Investing
Where Is The Proof Of Google’s Chinese Cyberattack?
The Chinese government has attacked Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) over its allegations that hackers within the People’s Republic recently compromised Gmail accounts. China’s People’s Daily reported that Google’s comments have “become obstacles for…
6:28am ET
Investing
Which Social Network Will Be The Last IPO?
There is a game of chicken between social networks and the stock market. Each new IPO raises more questions about valuations. Those questions may bring more skepticism from investors. The big social…
6:20am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/3/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Employment is likely to be hurt by the weak economy. (Reuters) Hackers attacked a new Sony (NYSE: SNE) network. (Reuters) A Prada filing with the Hong Kong exchange showed $215 million in…
2:57pm ET
Companies and Brands
Groupon Files For IPO (GRPN, GOOG, AMZN, TZOO, RLOC, LOCM)
Groupon, Inc. has just filed for an initial public offering. No terms were disclosed other than that the sale is for up to $750 million in common stock. The company plans to…
6:28am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/2/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
May retail sales may be hurt by a weakened economy. (Reuters) Some Fed officials believe that poor jobs results should cause interest rates to stay low. (Reuters) An academic models shows LinkedIn…
5:44pm ET
Investing
Google: China’s Nifty New Email Theft Tricks
Some portions of the population of the People’s Republic cannot help themselves. Google’s Gmail system is broken into with greater and greater frequency. The most serious battle was in early 2010 when…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (MO, AMZN, BLK, C, EBAY, GOOG, HANS, HDB, HNZ, HRC, NFLX, NOK, RAD, SLM, SYKE, TIF, WAG, YHOO)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE: MO) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to…
6:17am ET
Media
Media Digest (6/1/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The House defeated a bill to raise the national debt limit. (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) unsuccessfully tried to form a venture with Facebook. (Reuters) SAC is under investigation for its trading of…
12:43pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
America’s Worst Board Members: Jorma Ollila Of Nokia
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) chairman Jorma Ollila really should not be on the 24/7 Wall St. America’s Worst Directors List. Nokia is based in Finland, but it is traded on the NYSE and…
11:01am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Nokia Must Consider a R-I-M Merger, Survival Risks For Both (NOK, RIMM, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, HPQ, ERIC)
Over the last week, 24/7 Wall St. has been working on two different pieces about Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) and Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). Nokia was “Nokia’s No Way Out Scenario” and…
10:47am ET
Investing
The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Worst Press (May 31)
Chiquita Brands (NYSE: CQB) was sued for supporting dangerous para-military groups in Columbia in 2007. The EU began what is likely to be a vigorous examination of the Western Digital (NYSE: WDC)…
6:10am ET
Investing
Media Digest (5/31/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Moody’s said it may downgrade Japan’s debt because of its economic problems and huge debt. (Reuters) Goldman Sachs traded $1.8 billion in Libyan sovereign capital in 2008 and lost most of it.…
9:07am ET
Investing
The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (5/27/2011) Greek Debt, US Personal Income
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for May 27, 2011.These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in crowds?