NYSE (NYSE: NYX) wants a large fee from Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) in the event that a merger is not be hampered by antitrust investigators. (Reuters) Synthes said it was in buyout talks…
Next week may be short because of a holiday, but it is going to be a very busy week for earnings. We have tried to narrow the field down to the very…
Cisco news was particularly negative as CEO John Chambers tries to take apart the segments of his company that perform poorly. Concerns about Toyota’s earnings remain high due to parts and production…
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The press pounded on Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) as David Sokol, a key Warren Buffett aide, resigned in shame, causing concerns about governance at the conglomerate. Toyota (NYSE: TM) stayed on the…
David Sokol’s trading in Lubrizol before Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK) bought it may cause regulators to review the transaction. (Reuters) The Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency said pay of…
Updated throughout the day Former Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) Morgan Sze raised $1 billion for a new fund. (Reuters) Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) will reorganize its consumer products division after…
A former Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) trader launched a $1 billion fund of his own (Reuters) Geithner said inflexible currencies are the world’s biggest monetary problem (Reuters) Brent rose to $116…
Consumer morale and home prices dropped sharply according to two surveys (Reuters) Gold and oil rose on concerns about Libya and the movement in equities (Reuters) The new chief of Twitter wants…
Lennar (NYSE: LEN) received a large amount of bad press after it was disclosed that an outsider had been accused of insider trading in the company’s shares Alcatel Lucent’s (NYSE: ALU) image…
It is not unusual for companies with highly successful products to run out of inventory. Oftentimes, companies are forced to scramble at the last minute to meet an unexpected upsurge in demand.…
Lubrizol (NYSE: LZ) is being bought by Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) for $9 billion. Investors seem to think that is too low. Toyota (NYSE: TM) is hurt by earthquake and interruption of…
The US Food and Drug Administration and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) have agreed to a consent decree under which the agency will monitor manufacturing processes at three plants operated by J&J’s…
Jon C. Ogg Japan was hit by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake. (Reuters) Chinese insurance regulators passed on details of the AIG (NYSE: AIG) disaster to local insurance companies, according to WikiLeaks. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
BP (NYSE: BP) stayed at the top of the list of companies receiving the most negative news after skepticism about its CEO’s apology about Deepwater Horizon. Dynegy (NYSE: DYN) threatened a Chapter…
