Updated throughout the day. GE (NYSE:GE) and Vivendi are at odds over the NBCU valuation (FT) IBM (NYSE:IBM) is taking advantage of the delay in the Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) deal to be bought by Oracle…
You have already seen the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) buyout of 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS). But this week before that deal was announced we covered how mergers in the technology sector have been…
Reuters: Two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers were acquited. Reuters: Zucker, NBCU’s current CEO, will head the company when Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) buys a majority of the company from GE (NYSE:GE). Reuters: Dodd’s super-bank regulator…
The recovery is on and mergers are happening, yet the technology sector has been slow to make deals. Despite some deals already having taken place from the technology giants and that $260…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks with more details and analysis via a link to VSInvestor.com for each stock: Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) is up…
Reuters: Markets hit their 2009 highs. Reuters: Dodd is set to unveil his financial reform bill which calls for merging many bank regulators. Reuters: Kraft’s (NYSE:KFT) bid for Cadbury turned hostile. Reuters: …
Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) is going to have to make some more threats if he wants the EU to approve his company’s deal to buy Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $9.50…
Updated throughout the day. Updated at 11.49 AM EST: Reynolds Americam (NYSE:RAI) may buy Niconovum, a Swedish maker of nicotine gum and mouth sprays (Boomberg) Updated at 10.12 AM EST: Wells Fargo…
Updated throughout the day. The New York Yankee victory in the World Series could help stock prices (various) Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) could drop its deal to buy Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) in the face of…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 10.30 AM EST: Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) believes that EU authorities may try to block its buy-out of Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) (FT) Updated 10:26 AM EST: Apollo Management is buying debt…
These are this morning’s top day trader alert and active trader alert stocks. We have links through to VSInvestor.com on each stock with much more detailed data and analysis on the news,…
Reuters: Opel must now arrange for GM’s unexpected ownership Reuters: The Fed will probably keep its “easy money” program. Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) will pull out of Formula 1 racing. Reuters: The IEA…
There are reports from the Financial Times that were also just noted on CNBC that are almost baffling. It seems that the European Commission may issue a formal objection to the Oracle…
These are today’s unusual options trading patterns seen late in the afternoon. We have provided links over to VSInvestor.com for more details on each situation: There have been two large options transactions…
Larry’s Ellison, the founder and CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ:OFCL) does not make idle threats. He does not have to. In most games against his competition he holds the majority of the cards.…
