GS.COMGoldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) may be the most hated large financial firm in the world. That does not seem to have hurt its business prospects. It may even help them. Companies…
The government may stop the sale of $9 billion in AIG (NYSE: AIG) shares if it does not do well. (Reuters) Taketa may take over Nycomed for $14.2 billion. (Reuters) Cisco (NASDAQ:…
China eased restrictions on US companies to give them access to supply the People’s Republic services and to sell mutual funds. (Reuters) Toyota’s (NYSE: TM) operating profit dropped 52% in the last…
It is almost every day that we take a look at the market capitalization rates of some of America’s largest public companies in our own Real-Time 500 reading. The recession killed many stocks…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Citigroup (NYSE: C) reverse split its stock and each stockholder with 10 shares got one. That took the price of Citi to $44. No one was fooled by the action. The big…
Today’s commodity news focuses on the dramatic decline virtually across the board in commodity prices. There’s also news on the Glencore IPO and on a big corn buy from China. Led by…
The recent weakness in stocks could just be the start of what to expect in the weeks ahead. It is early May and already we have seen the Dow Jones Industrial Average…
UBS Securities has failed to make a dent in the price of Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) today, despite a positive research call in the banking sector. The Swiss bank issued a Buy…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. AmerisourceBergen Corp. (NYSE: ABC) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $50…
Harris Interactive came out with its new “Reputation Quotient” list. The research firm has conducted the study for 12 consecutive years. The poll is based on views about the “60 most visible…
This coming weekend will mark the one weekend that the hotels, retailers, and restaurants all look forward to in Omaha, Nebraska… Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(NYSE: BRK-B) has its much-anticipated shareholder meeting…
A review of data from the damaged Southwest Air (NYSE: LUV) 737 raised questions about Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) manufacturing process. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) has begun to market a tablet PC. (Reuters)…
Today’s alternative energy watch begins with a look at the IPO filing by solar thermal maker BrightSource and then examines a new roadmap for biofuels offered up by the International Energy Agency.…
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) took a big hit in the news as shareholders sued over Sokol trades in Lubrizol. American Electric Power and NRG both pulled bad press over nuclear power facilities.…
