Updated throughout the day. The Queensland government remains in talks with a group, including BHP Billiton, which has raised its bid for the state’s coal freight network to 5.2 billion Australian dollars…
It should come as a shock to no one that major investment houses and analysts have begun to make downward revisions to the forecasts for the stock market indexes, joblessness, and GDP…
Douglas A. McIntyre The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Reuters: Former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd settled a sexual harassment case from reality TV star Jodie Fisher. Reuters: HP will signal its direction based on the background of its new…
Updated throughout the day. Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) have reached an agreement of rules for net neutrality. (various) Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) may shut down its…
Reuters: Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) has objected to giving the government advanced notice of its dealings with oil companies on major projects. Reuters: Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will take on Facebook with a…
Every major brokerage firm and bank is trying to factor in just how much the recently passed Financial Regulation is going to have on their operations ahead. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:…
Jon C. Ogg Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) is the most highly regarded CEO of any large financial services firm by his employees. That is the conclusion of the 2010 Summer Finance…
Douglas A. McIntyre The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) has made final plans to plug its well. Reuters: The dollar index fell to a three-month low due to a slowing economy. Reuters: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:…
Reuters: The Fed Beige Book says some regions see economic slowing. Reuters: The China People’s Daily ran an editorial which encourages the US to take account of China’s rising power. Reuters: Amazon.com…
Updated throughout the day. Yahoo! (NYSE: YHOO) is building a competitor to Facebook (WSJ) Sallie Mae may be broken up and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) may handle the transaction (NY Post). Douglas…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: BP plc’s (NYSE: BP) new CEO called the spill a “wake up call” for the oil industry. Reuters: The IMF backed down on its comments about the yuan’s value. Reuters: Google…
Updated throughout the day. Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) is considering an offer from Sanofi-Aventis (Reuters) Clayton Dubilier & Rice and Goldman Sachs’s private-equity unit are negotiating to buy Harrington Holdings (Bloomberg) Douglas A.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Larry Ellison, founder and CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) probably deserves a huge pay package as much as anyone else. His company has become wildly successful and has been a steady producer…