Reuters: The Nielsen survey shows consumer confidence up in the US for the first time since 2007. Reuters: Obama’s financial reforms are advancing in Congress. Reuters: The pay czar said his authority…
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
Reuters: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) beat earnings forecasts. Reuters: The IRS is probing some homebuyers’ tax credit gains. Reuters: The US is ready to bring more insider trading cases. Reuters: More US companies are…
Reuters: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and IBM (NYSE:IBM) posted strong results. Reuters: Bank of America’s (NYSE:BAC) Lewis will skip 2009 pay. Reuters: Japan Airlines says bankruptcy is an option to solving its problems. Reuters: …
IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) each reported better-than-expected earnings. Wall St.’s reaction to the Google numbers was muted and its stock moved up 3% to $547. IBM raised its guidance for the…
IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) each reported better-than-expected earnings. Wall St.’s reaction to the Google numbers was muted and its stock moved up 3% to $547. IBM raised its guidance for the…
IBM (NYSE:IBM) slightly beat Wall St. estimates with EPS of $2.40, an 18% improvement over the same period a year ago. The consensus estimate for the quarter was $2.38 . The huge computer…
Douglas A. McIntyre We are starting to see some elevated options trading that appeared on the unusual volume screens. Many of these are pre-earnings trading and some are on other expectations. We have more detailed…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 2.15 PM: Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) may buy social game business Playfish for $250 million. (Business Insider) Updated 1:40 PM EST: CKX Inc. (NASDAQ: CKXE) refuting reports that…
Reuters: Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is having trouble justifying its huge bonuses. Reuters: Bruce Wasserstein, M&A giant and head of Lazard (NYSE:LAZ), died. Reuters: Congress will probe compensation at AIG (NYSE:AIG). Reuters: US…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is literally within 20 points of the psychological DJIA 10,000 mark. We have not seen Dow-10K since October, 2008, but that month we saw 11,000 and saw…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is within sight of the psychological 10,000 mark. Again. This is a price-weighted index rather than a market cap-weighted index, which makes the index not as representative…
We have many key technology stocks reporting earnings this coming week. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) will start things off to give us a read on semiconductors and PCs. International Business Machines (NYSE:…
Reuters: E-mails and the credit crisis will be key to the trial of Bear Stearns workers. Reuters: The approval process for Tengzhong to buy Hummer has started in China. Reuters: Philips Electronics…
Thisis going to be a very key earnings week. The only DJIA component to report its Q3 period report so far has been Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA). But we have earnings this week…
