The Federal Reserve took a risky step that will involve the purchase of $600 billion in securities. (Reuters) Nations in Asia and Latin America said they would alter policy to combat dollar inflows…
Updated throughout the day. The government will cut its stake in GM as low as 30% with the car company’s IPO (WSJ) The Fed will buy $500 billion worth of bonds (Bloomberg)…
Douglas A. McIntyre China’s PMI grew much faster than expected. (Reuters) China will not slow rare earth shipments. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sued Motorola (NYSE: MOT) over six patents. (Reuters) New search engine Bleeko will…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 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…
The Federal Reserve will begin monetary easing shortly. (Reuters) Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison claims he can prove wrongdoing by Hewlett- Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) new chief executive. (Reuters) The International Energy…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has an amazing bond offering that is selling today with a caveat. The Goldman Sachs bond issue is $1.3 billion with a 6 1/8% coupon. What…
Reuters: The US will push a trade and foreign exchange agenda at the G20 meeting. Reuters: Fed officials are still not in agreement about quantitative easing. Reuters: American International…
Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) may buy back the $5 billion investment that Warren Buffett made in the investment bank. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will retain lawyers…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Geithner said the major currencies are “in alignment” but need negotiations to make sure their status remains that way. Reuters: Toyota (NYSE: TM) will fix 1.52 million Avalons. Reuters:…
There is an interesting theme that has been worth looking deeper into so far this earnings season. High-priced stocks that have seen significant runs higher have a bias against the stocks after…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 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…
Updated throughout the day. The CEO of The Tribune Company is about to resign (NYT) Pierre-Henri Flamand formerly of Goldman Sachs Group (GS) raised $1 billlion for a hedge fund. Douglas A.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. Facebook allows some of its partners to run applications that can allow user information to be tapped (WSJ) Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) has begun a process to…
Reuters: Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) and BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) killed a $116 billion joint iron ore venture. Reuters: The People’s Daily said the rise in the yuan will not last long.…
Ted Williams, who some consider baseball’s greatest hitter, was the last player to bat over .400 during a single season (1941). That means Williams got a hit during 40 percent of his…
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