Verdict: Irrelevant Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has begun to enlist the US government’s assistance in its fight against China’s censorship of online search results. The effort is a waste of time because the…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Neutral at Macquarie. Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) Raised…
The US has tried to hold together discussions on currency and trade among unruly members of the G20 conference in Seoul. (Reuters) Cisco’s (NASDAQ: CSCO) grim outlook stunned investors. (Reuters) The US…
Updated throughout the day. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will give 10% raises to all employees (Business Insider) David Tepper’s hedge fund had a 20% return through October (NYT) Douglas A. McIntyre
Douglas A. McIntyre Arguments about the global economy became heated at the G20 summit. (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) prepared to launch its rival to the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad and said threats to…
These are some of this Tuesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS) Cut to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Comverge, Inc.…
Chine criticized the US for its QE2 program because it believe the move will add to much liquidity to emerging markets. (Reuters) Regulators have begun to examine Citigoup debt funds to see…
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL has decided to replace the 10,000 or so Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerries that its employees use with its own Venue Pro smartphone. The Dell product is largely untested.…
The Federal Reserve may allow some of the nation’s strongest banks to raise their dividends. (Reuters) The S&P and DJIA hit 2 year highs. (Reuters) China attacked the US over its plans…
The most common method of valuing stocks is the good old P/E ratio that measures the share price versus the trailing 12-months earnings. For many tech and biotech stocks, that means that…
The Federal Reserve took a risky step that will involve the purchase of $600 billion in securities. (Reuters) Nations in Asia and Latin America said they would alter policy to combat dollar inflows…
Mitsui was billed $1.8 billion from BP plc (NYSE: BP) for clean-up costs. (Reuters) A limited number of holidays and warm weather probably hurt retail sales in October. (Reuters) Canada may approve…
The debate continues to rage about who owns the smartphone market and who will own it in the future. Many new surveys claim that the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system has…
Let’s see. Sony Corp. (NYSE:SNE) just shipped its last Walkman, the original portable music player that was just slightly larger than a cassette tape. If you don’t know what a cassette tape…
Blekko.com is the latest search engine to challenge Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). Venture capitalists and technology inventors look at the company’s $20 billion in revenue and $200 billion market cap and find…
