Barclays (BCS) made $18 billion in the fourth quarter, which by any measure is stunning turnaround considering the problems the big bank had, and shared with most other multinational financial firms just…
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…
Reuters: Japan GDP rose by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Reuters: EU officials are pressing Greece to cut its budget. Reuters: Twenty four telecom operators will open a store to compete with Apple’s…
Updated throughout the day. Donald Trump will bid for the World Trade Center site (NYPost) Supporters of the UK’s “Robin Hood” tax say that Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) influenced a poll on the…
Reuters: The IMF may join the bailout of Greece. Reuters: The European Central Bank will help in efforts to ease Greek debt. Reuters: Motorola (NYSE:MOT) will split its businesses in half in…
Reuters: The EU summit will address the Greek bailout. Reuters: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will test an ultra-high speed broadband system. Reuters: Sweden took that top spot from the US for use of telecom…
Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) will recall the Prius. Reuters: UBS (NYSE:UBS) posted a profit. Reuters: Nissan posted a profit and raised forecasts. Reuters: JAL will maintain its ties with AMR (NYSE:AMR).
Updated throughout the day Updated 8.47 AM EST Yelp rejected a $700 million bid from Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). (BusinessWeek) Toyota (NYSE:TM) is preparing Prius recalls in the US and Europe (Reuters) Disney (NYSE:DIS)…
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…
Everyone wants to know about Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) and how much it is going to pay CEO and Chairman Lloyd Blankfein, following a $100 million bonus being paid to what Main Street…
Today’s best market rumors. Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) will buy a touchscreen company, Touchco. (NYTimes) Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) will defer or cut some bonuses in London (NYPost) The US may have underestimated job losses…
Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) said it would have charges of $2 billion for recalls, but posted a profit last quarter and improved its forecasts. Reuters: Shell’s (RDS.A) profits fell sharply. Reuters: Sony (NYSE:SNE)…
The federal government forever has the habit of reinventing the wheel when a perfectly good wheel is already available. Paul Volcker and his allies on Capitol Hill would like banks that take deposits…
The trend begun by Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) to pay bankers and management generous bonuses has begun to move to other financial firms. AIG (NYSE:AIG) said it had been able to get back…
Updated throughout the day. The George Soros controlled Latin American land and energy venture Adecoagro may raise money via an IPO (Bloomberg) Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may cut its CEO’s annual payout because of…
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