MarketWatch: The Chinese let the yuan rise perhaps because of pressure from the US. Reuters: The BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) bid for Potash (NYSE: POT) may go into 2011 as the Australian…
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These are issues active before the bell. Fedex (NYSE: FDX) is off 3% to $83.14 on new that earnings were weaker than expected. The freight firm will cut 1,700 jobs. The Williams…
Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is no longer the major challenge to the sales of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android-powered smartphones are. New data from comScore show…
Reuters: Japan says it is ready to move into the forex market to support the yen. Reuters: George Soros says that China was the big winner coming out of the recession. Reuters: …
Reuters: Japan intervened to cap the yen for the first time in six years. Reuters: Business sentiment in Asia slipped for the third quarter period. Reuters: Gold remained near a record high.…
Many smartphone owners download apps but do not use them, like the car buyer who asks for adjustable sets but never uses the settings. The Pew Internet Project says that 35% of…
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has finally buckled to pressure to return capital to shareholders. While we did not get the promise of a one-time massive dividend we outlined as a possibility,…
YouTube will undertake one of the most ambitious projects in its history. The largest video website in the world will begin to test live streaming of content. In its blog, the Google…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may be the king of search, but its Android mobile operating system is set to take over the world. Gartner has noted that Android is going to become…
Facebook users spent more time using the social network than people spent on Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in August, according to research firm comScore. Among all internet users in the US, the total…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: The Blue Chip Indicators cut their growth forecasts again. Reuters: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) was fined 20 million pounds by UK authorities. Reuters: New Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) technology will speed…
Reuters: Japan’s plan to intervene in yen trading has not moved the currency lower. Reuters: Oil dropped as investor moved away from risk Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) sued to keep Mark Hurd…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…
Updated throughout the day Obama will proposed tax credits to encourage business expansion. (Bloomberg) The chairman of HSBC (NYSE: HBC) will step down to take a job with the UK government. (Bloomberg)…
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