Media Digest (5/18/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The US is going to probe the causes of the spill in the Gulf. Reuters: Blackstone is dropping its bid for Fidelity National. Reuters: The US and Ireland set a new…
Reuters: The US is going to probe the causes of the spill in the Gulf. Reuters: Blackstone is dropping its bid for Fidelity National. Reuters: The US and Ireland set a new…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management strength…
MarketWatch: Shanghai closed down 2% and Europe is weak MarketWatch: The euro hit a four year low against the dollar. Reuters: BP plc (NYSE; BP) says it is making progress with the…
NYT: NY Attorney General is investigating eight banks for allegedly providing misleading information about mortgage instruments to rating agencies: The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS), Morgan Stanley(NYSE: MS), Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB),…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) launched a new version of its Office productivity software package today, which includes a free on-line version of the popular Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint programs. The free on-line…
German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom AG (NYSE: DT) reported better-than-expected profit today of $967 million on revenues of about $19.91 billion. Analysts were expecting profit of about $900 million on revenues of…
Apple Inc’.s (NASDAQ: AAPL) products are so successful that when it comes to competing with them, every company that tries gets a swing at the pinata. Very few hit it, at least…
Earlier this month, we noted how Hitwise data showed Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) had regained some of its light losses in share of total US searches to be back above that 70%…
Reuters: Doubts about the EU plan drove markets down. Reuters: SEC and the exchanges will boost market rules to prevent huge sell-offs. Reuters: A Fed official said nations must rebalance their inward and outward…
These are 24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings for Week 17.
MarketWatch: Asia shares were off by 2%. Reuters: Riots against austerity measures continued n Greece. Reuters: US regulators want to increase supervision of broadband. Reuters: The Fed’s Rosengren says rates must stay…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) got its mojo back. In March, the world’s dominant search engine managed to slip under the 70% share mark for the first time since June 2008. In month…
Reuters: Calm water is helping manage the Gulf oil spill. Reuters: April retail sales should be up in a sign of consumer recovery. Reuters: The US is questioning Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
The Research-in-Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry has not been pulled down from its perch as one of the world leading cellphones by either the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone or Google- (NASDAQ: GOOG) powered…