Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) took it on the chin in recent weeks after Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) launched its personal navigation system as an app on its new smartphones for free. Despite…
Reuters:  Chinese banks must raise large sums of capital which could test equity markets. Reuters: AIG’s (NYSE:AIG) CEO had his pay package approved. Reuters:  The Fed sees growth but substantial policy risks.
Reuters:  Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE:HPQ) profit was up 14% and the company will triple its share buyback. Reuters:  Banks have been asked to give their TARP repayment plans to the government. Reuters:  Rich people are likely…
Updated throughout the day. Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Nestle may enter the bidding for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) (various) Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) may pay content companies to block their content from Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) News and use…
News Corp (NYSE:NWS) has made a great deal of the fact that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) News gets a major benefit by running headlines from News Corp properties including The Wall Street Journal and…
Reuters:Â Â The dollar may keep rising as investors close out bets on oil and the currency. Reuters:Â Â Black Friday deals may not signal a retail comeback. Reuters:Â Â Kraft (NYSE:KFT) is weighing a…
We have seen some unusual options trading today. As you would expect, some is around today’s 4:00 PM close with today being options expiration date. But some bets are way out into…
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer told attendees at the company’s annual shareholder meeting that Windows 7 sales were astonishingly high. According to a Wall Street Journal account of the gathering, “Microsoft Corp. has…
Reuters:  The Senate is near its first vote on healthcare. Reuters:  Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) is betting on corporate spending for its recovery. Reuters:  Time Warner’s (NYSE:TWX) AOL showed that the worst is not…
Updated throughout the day. Update 12.50 PM EST: Boeing (NYSE:BA) could lose a $7.5 billion order for fighter planes to Brazil if the US Senate does not confirm Obama’s nominee to be…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 1.48 PM EST: News Corp’s (NYSE:NWS) MySpace is in talks to buy free music streaming site imeem. (AP) Update 1.42 PM EST: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will launch its…
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) over 3% to a yearly high of $84.92. Â Barron’s reported that the package delivery company may rise as high as $100 dollars according to a survey of investors…
Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) has decided to gamble that it can get reluctant Tandberg shareholders to support a buyout of their company by raising its offer to $3.4 billion. That is a 10% improvement over…
Reuters:Â Â The Ohio Attorney General is suing a number of Wall St. firms. Reuters:Â Â GM will start to repay part of its debt to the US. Reuters:Â Â Citigroup (NYSE:C) will sell Bellsystem…
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), book authors and publishers had until midnight to provide a federal court with a plan to settle their differences on how the search engine digitizes and charges for books. The…
Douglas A. McIntyre 