Everyone wants to know about Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) and how much it is going to pay CEO and Chairman Lloyd Blankfein, following a $100 million bonus being paid to what Main Street…
Updated throughout the day. Toyota (TM) will recall the Prius in Japan (Reuters) JPMorgan (JPM) chief Jamie Dimon will be paid $15 million to $20 million in 2009 compensation (FT) Barclays (BCS) will bail…
Reuters: The economy probably added 5,ooo jobs last month. Reuters: Kraft (KFT) gained control over 75% of Cadbury shares. Reuters: Toyota (TM) may recall the Prius. Reuters: Publishers and Amazon (AMZN) are…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) is about to price a very large debt offering. With as many European nations as we are seeing having debt downgrades or credit concerns on…
The federal government forever has the habit of reinventing the wheel when a perfectly good wheel is already available. Paul Volcker and his allies on Capitol Hill would like banks that take deposits…
The recent trading days have been more than interesting in the market and in the financial sector. The big change came right at the same time that the banks looked poised for…
Reuters: Congress will probe the Toyota (NYSE:TM) recalls. Reuters: Samsung said chip and TV demand is strengthening. Reuters: Some AIG (NYSE:AIG) employees are open to cuts in retention pay.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was cross-examined yesterday by the House Oversight and Government Reform committee. The lawmakers could not understand why AIG (AIG) got $182 billion in taxpayer bailout cash. They said that it…
Does financial success make a brand or does a brand drive strong financial results? The extraordinary quarterly results of Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) raise the question. Apple beat most analyst expectations with…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined be earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Notorious banking analyst Meredith Whitney turned out to be right in her recent calls against being long the major banks and brokerage firms, although for the wrong reasons ahead of the latest…
These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) Started as Sector Underperform at Scotia. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM)…
Reuters: China battle back at US charges about cyber attacks. Reuters: Under the new Obama proposal, banks may drop private equity assets. Reuters: Hershey (NYSE:HSY) will not make a counter bid for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) Reuters: Toyota…
Updated throughout the day. The hedge fund industry brought in $4.6 billion in December (Eurekahedge) Barclays (NYSE:BCS) may face a $27 billion deficit (Credit Suisse). JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) is in exclusive talks to buy…
By Paul Ausick of 24/7 Following in footsteps of JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Citibank (C) today reported a net loss of $1.6 billion for 2009 on losses in mortgage and credit card lending…
