The Toyota brand may be much more resilient than most experts would ever have imagined. That is bad new for its primary competitors in the US market–GM, Ford (F), Chrysler, Honda (HMC),…
Google (GOOG) disclosed that Chairman & CEO Eric Schmidt and founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page will each be paid $1 in base salary for 2010 in an 8-K filing. Brin is…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: The House passed the $15 billion jobs bill. Reuters: China will slow government stimulus spending. Reuters: Toyota (TM) said there is no evidence of unintended acceleration in fixed cars.
I was looking through my emails this morning and saw the change that has long been on the way… A new MSN is coming. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has its search pact…
The 52-week low search is a common tool used by value investors, momentum investors, growth investors, and traders in various price screens to help decide when to a buy or sell a…
Kodak (EK) sued Apple, RIMM, and Motorola (MOT) for patent infringements. Nokia sued Apple (AAPL). Nokia claims to have patents that the Apple uses in the iPhone. Now Apple (AAPL) has filed a patent…
Reuters: GM will recall 1.3 million cars for steering problems. Reuters: China would like one price for iron ore to cut commodity speculation. Reuters: Two software services will help telcos as they…
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Reuters: Some senators want hearings on the Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) bailouts. Reuters: Toyota (TM) is at work in China on damage control. Reuters: Asia factory output expanded by…
Reuters: Akio Toyoda met with Transportation Secretary LaHood. Reuters: Lloyds posted huge loss driven by bad debts. Reuters: A job creation effort is hung up in Congress again. Reuters: Blackstone (BSX) got commitments for…
Palm (PALM) may not be dead, but it is dying. It could not survive that ongoing success of smartphone leaders Apple (AAPL) and RIM (RIMM). The iPhone and Blackberry just keep gaining…
These are this morning’s top analyst research calls for upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street analysts this Thursday: A123 Systems (NASDAQ: AONE) Started as Equal-Weight at Barclays. Big Lots (NYSE:…
Updated throughout the day Greece will sell a 10-year bond next week to raise about $3 billion. (WSJ) GE (GE) will sell a $3.3 billion interest in Turkish bank Garanti (CNBC). Australia’s…
Reuters: Coca-Cola (KO) is close to buying its largest bottler. Reuters: Microsoft (NASAQ:MSFT) won court approve to shut down computers that spread spam and viruses. Reuters: Akio Toyoda (TM) apologized to Congress from problems with…
Updated throughout the trading day… Google Inc. (GOOG)… The European Commission has asked Google to comment on allegations by rivals it demotes their sites in its search rankings. This is partof an…
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