The new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad may have front and back cameras. (Reuters) Strength in the Chinese economy pushed crude back above $89. (Reuters) The strength of China’s trade may cause a…
Seventeen billionaires including Facebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz have agreed to pledge most of their money to charity. (www.thegivingpledge.org) (Reuters) WikiLeaks supporters shut down the MasterCard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE V)…
Eurozone leaders have pressed Portugal to take financial aid. (Financial Times Deutschland) KKR and other private equity interests will by Del Monte for $4 billion. (Reuters) Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ) may be open…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) has shown its latest holdings as of the close on September 30, 2010 and the changes continue be much more extreme than in prior…
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) abandoned its bid for Potah (NYSE: POT) and said it would begin a $4.2 billion buyback. (Reuters) SAIC has agreed to take a stake in the GM IPO.…
EU officials tried to reassure capital markets about Ireland’s viability. (Reuters) Yahoo ! (NASDAQ: YHOO) said a report it would lay of 20% of staff was “misleading.” (Reuters) Newsweek and The Daily…
Bank stocks will rebound and telecom shares will rise. That is, at least, the prevailing opinion among short sellers as of October 15. Telecom and telecom equipment shares will benefit from an…
The bulls ran for cover today as commodities and financial stocks are pulling the market lower. After two huge ‘sell the news’ earnings reactions were followed by even more ‘sell the news’…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
The world of biotech and biohealth is seeing a flurry of news today. This is bringing on many winners and losers in the sector. We are tracking the news and the moves…
Reuters: George Soros says Germany has a deflation problem. Reuters: China helped keep the yuan’s value low by giving aid to Greece. Reuters: China ignored EU comments about the yuan. Reuters: Congress…
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Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HP) named the former CEO of SAP (NYSE: SAP) as CEO and a former president of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) as chairman. Reuters: A trade by Waddell & Reed Financial…
Reuters: China said legislation aimed at a devaluation of the yuan violated WTO regulations. Reuters: IPOs do poorly in the People’s Republic now but can raise money from overseas investors. Reuters: The…
Reuters: The panel that will give advice to Obama about the deficit met but experts were concerned that it will offer few concrete answers. Reuters: The House may approve a bill aimed…
