thinkstockHSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC) pays a $1.92 billion fine to the U.S. government to settle a money laundering probe. (Reuters) The cost of outside products necessary to run Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
thinkstockInvestors who are optimistic about Europe’s prospects are disappointed by European Central Bank comments on the economy. (Reuters) T-Mobile will stop phone subsidies and start to sell the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
The management at Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) must have made a mistake. The trading index company decided to replace highly successful India outsource firm Infosys Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) (which is moving to…
The Federal Reserve will begin a new round of bond buying in hopes of stimulating the economy. (Reuters) China shares reached a quarter-long high as government policy initiatives buoy investors. (Reuters) Nokia…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) says a $2.7 billion court judgment against it in Mexico is “flawed.” (Reuters) Federal Reserve governors praise the bank’s stimulus plan but disagree about its future. (Reuters) A…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as last Friday’s Moody’s downgrade of the European Stability Mechanism and the European Financial Stability Fund were overridden by a PMI reading for the eurozone…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning, but some initial enthusiasm wore off by mid-morning and stocks moved slightly lower throughout the day. In Europe, unemployment rose more than expected (more coverage…
Shareholders are going to get to find out about what it feels like to move back toward book value in shares of Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA). The company is very dependent on…
The proliferation of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets has made life a bit trickier for advertisers to figure out just what they are receiving for their ad dollars. comScore Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Brian Katt / Wikimedia Commons / GNU Free Documentation LicenseThe short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and in some of the low-priced high-volume stocks saw some significant changes. We compared…
courtesy of DellShort sellers pressed into tech and Internet stocks during the period that ended November 15, a gamble that consumer spending on and business investment in electronics products and IT are…
courtesy of Groupon Inc.One of the oft-mentioned disadvantages of Web 2.0 initial public offerings is that some have left one or two people who hold the fates of the companies they founded…
thinkstockA new deal to aid Greece may lead eventually to the forgiveness of some of its debt. (Reuters) The Obama administration decides not to name China as a currency manipulator. (Reuters) Nokia…
courtesy of ZyngaThe stock prices of both Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and the game company Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), which has relied on Facebook traffic, have risen in lock-step over the past five…
courtesy of Ford Motor CompanyOECD’s Pessimistic Outlook The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) issued its new Economic Outlook, and most of its forecasts were based on rising pessimism. That cannot…
