Some boards of directors of America’s largest public companies have shown such poor judgment guiding their troubled corporations that they have long stopped being effective. Just recently, the misguided actions of the…
Europe begins to more aggressively look for problems to its debt crisis as pressure from the rest of the world grows. (Reuters) Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) new tablet PC may be a serious…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWhether it’s the latest effort by the Federal Reserve to pump some liquidity into the US economy or it’s the IMF’s statement that Europe’s banks need another $440…
“Never apologize. It’s a sign of weakness” — John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) CEOs are rarely in the business of apologizing. They leave the…
When companies announce that they are going to lay off thousands of employees, it shouldn’t be any surprise that employee morale drops like a stone. So why do they do it other…
Geithner to discuss a bank bailout fund with EU ministers. (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) results are well below expectations. (Reuters) Several central banks to offer dollars to keep liquidity strong…
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has just released a “leadership transition” at the company. John Mack, known formerly as ‘Mack the Knife,” is stepping down as Morgan Stanley’s Chairman and is retiring at…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) is making good on a promise it made earlier this year: it is paying back Warren Buffett. An SEC filing after the closing bell shows that GE…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. (NASDAQ: MTGE) Started as Hold…
Major banks and brokerage firms do not cover their own banks, for obvious reasons of conflicts of interest. They do, however, cover their peers and rivals. Many investors believe that the banks…
There has to be a bottom to the current pessimism about the economy. US citizens have a pervasive sense of doom that affects the evaluation of the present and the immediate future. Businesses…
Updated throughout the day Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) offices in South Korea were invaded by government officials (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) may be able to lower its offer for T-Mobile if regulators force…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABAX) maintained Underperform as Bear of the…
Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz fired over the phone. (Reuters) Obama may propose a $300 billion employment package with tax cuts and new expenditures to train workers. (Reuters) Pressure increases on…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. American Capital Agency Corp. (NASDAQ: AGNC) Cut to Neutral at…
