Reuters: UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA) and Continental’s (NYSE: DAL) boards approved a merger. Reuters: Investors are concerned about the Greek rescue package. Reuters: Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) defended Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS)…
Updated throughout the day. The Justice Department is looking into possible fraud involving mortgage-backed securities trading (WSJ) UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA) and Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) are closer to a merger (AP) Hewlett-Packard…
WSJ: Warren Buffett intends to discuss his investment in Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) at the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) annual meeting. Reuters: Federal authorities have started a criminal probe into Goldman.…
Updated throughout the day. Short covering may have driven Palm’s (NASDAQ: PALM) price up after the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) offer. (Barron’s) “Omers, the Canadian pension fund, is close to agreeing its first European buy-out…
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for April 29, 2010.These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in crowds?
Palm Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) may have enough votes lined up for its takeover by Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), or it may not. With Bono’s Elevation Partners and insiders having large stakes and all…
Jon C. Ogg Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is the first to take a bite into Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM). Shortly after today’s closing bell, H-P and Palm said they entered into a definitive agreement where HP…
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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…
In the late 1990s, shares of Xerox Corp. (NYSE:XRX) topped $60. When the high-tech industry imploded in 2001, Xerox shares fell to below $5. Since then the shares have risen to about…
As news of the SEC complaint filed against Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is pushing everything else off the news feeds, this morning’s purchase of drug software company by Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) …
Reuters: The Fed backed “extending language” on rates. Reuters: About 60% CDS could be cleared centrally according to experts. Reuters: Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) and Symphony will link up on…
Reuters: An 11.9% growth in China during the first quarter has caused the government to look at tightening. Reuters: Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) is testing all of its SUVs after problems…
Dell Corporation (NASDAQ:DELL) is still having trouble in its race for global PC market share. Its number for the first quarter of 2010 was 13.3%. Taiwan manufacturer Acer had a worldwide share…
The Russian and German investigations of potential bribes made by Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ) turned vicious today. German prosecutors are examining evidence that HP paid “about €8 million ($10.9 million) in bribes to win…
