We have already seen at least one major upside surprise in earnings season for the Q1-2009 period. But we have many major companies which are expected to report earnings this week that…
According to Reuters, GM (GM) has been told by Treasury to begin work on a bankruptcy. Reuters reports that China’s growth has started to move inland from the coast. Reuters reports that…
According to Reuters, banks have been asked to keep the results of the “stress tests” of their financial conditions confidential. Reuters reports that the Fed says its current plan is to prevent…
Joe Weisenthal of The Business Insider In the eight years since Eric Schmidt got hired to run a hot private company called Google (GOOG) in 2001, the company has become one of…
Douglas A. McIntyre Google’s (GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt told the Newspaper Association of America that all was not lost for its industry. Newspapers have a chances to create new forms of revenue, if only that…
According to Reuters, Obama must get Americans to spend now and save later to help the economy, and consumers are wary of spending. Reuters reports that the SEC will consider restricting short…
According to The Wall Street Journal, large US companies held their R&D spending steady in the fourth quarter of last year even though in most cases their revenue fell. According to the…
The assumption is that the earnings for the first quarter from most companies in the S&P 500 will be atrocious. That can be set side-by-side with the fact that the market now…
According to Reuters, HSBC (HBC) has a successful rights offering to raise $18.9 billion. Reuters reports that a deal for IBM (IBM) to by Sun (JAVA) is near collapse. Reuters writes that…
At 842, the S&P is pushing near a 25% gains since it bottomed for the year-to-date at 677 on March 9th. The bank stocks continue an extraordinary run over that period. Citigroup…
The business of having online sites with content created by amateurs to be viewed by other amateurs never had a reasonable chance of making money. The fact that at one point Facebook…
Most of the recent news about Google (GOOG) has been bad. Online advertising posted a slow fourth quarter. That unexpectedly included both display ads and search marketing which has made Google one…
According to Reuters, Obama demanded that the G-20 find solutions to the global financial crisis. Reuters reports that a bankruptcy for GM (GM) and Chrysler could be a long, drawn-out process. Reuters…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades and positive research calls from Wall Street this Tuesday morning. As you will see, many of the upgrades are not exactly the most positive…
Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is joining forces with Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube video-sharing site. Under the terms of the deal, YouTube will offer clips from Disney’s ESPN and ABC networks.…