According to Reuters, Isuzu and GM (GM) will increase their cooperation in South America to improve their share in the truck market. Reuters writes that Knight Capital (NITE) may have to refund…
When MySpace "founder" Brad Greenspan tried to buy Dow Jones (DJ) he suggested that the company could start a competitor to Yahoo! (YHOO) Finance. In his letter to the DJ board, he…
Google (GOOG) has signed an exclusive deal with Time Warner’s (TWX) CNN to use the search engine’s AdSense advertising program for text-based ads. According to GOOG: "Through this collaboration, the AdSense service…
YouTube has come out with its own system to put video advertising onto its site. And, Google (GOOG) is hoping its works. After paying $1.6 billion plus for the world’s largest video…
Douglas A. McIntyre The FT believes that search engines and web portals will be hurt by the fall-out from the mortgage and credit card industries. Companies like Countrywide (CFC) and Bank One are big advertisers…
According to Reuters, US Steel (X) will buy Canadian steel company Stelco for $1.1 billion. Reuters writes that Singapore’s state-owned Temasek Holdings has approached Nasdaq (NDAQ) about buying its stake in the…
The CEO of CountryWide Financial (CFC), Angelo Mozilo, could not just take the $2 billion his company got from Bank of America (BAC) and have a nice day. He had to mention…
One of the board members at social network Facebook likes to walk around town saying that the company is worth $10 billion. Industry experts believe that the company will make $30 million…
According to Reuters, GM (GM) sees revenue in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East growing by several billion a year for the next several years. Reuters writes that Toyota (TM) believes…
Google (GOOG) has finally announced how it will make money on YouTube. According to The Wall Street Journal, the site will begin to run video commercials 15 seconds into the site’s content.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Google (GOOG) walked off with another win in the July Hitwise search engine sweepstakes with 64.35% of the US market, up from up from 60.23% the same month last year. Yahoo! (YHOO)…
According to the new comScore measurements, Google’s (GOOG) share of the US search market is still growing, which does Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) no good. In July, GOOG share in the…
Reuters is reporting that Google (GOOG) has taken a stake in Chinese Chinese community Web site Tianya.cn, a move into social networking there. GOOG has stayed out of the business in the…
(AXP) American Express is selling its private banking unit.(CFC) Countrywide is laying off loan originators and support staff as applications are down and to cut costs.(CHINA) CDC Corp. announced a $225 million…
It was a bit surprising to see Barron’s used Jim Cramer for the cover story. The article points out that Jim Cramer’s picks have lagged the market. For starters, Cramer rarely gives…