The U.S. will tap its Strategic Energy Reserve as a way to bring down gasoline prices. (Reuters) A large rise in iPad sales helps drive Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares to new highs.…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) may soon be allowed to increase dividends, set share buybacks of their common stock, or make other planned shareholder friendly moves.…
The next wave of stress tests on the U.S banks is due to come out by the end of this week. The Federal Reserve is expected to show that bank balance sheets…
The next wave of stress tests on the U.S banks is due in the coming week. While many of the banks have reportedly been asking regulators to be less transparent, there are some…
Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) threatens a patent suit against Facebook, citing a number of violations. (Reuters) TransCanada (NYSE: TRP) cuts the length of its Keystone XL pipeline in the hopes of finishing some…
President Obama may propose a new corporate tax rate. (Reuters) The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will examine overdraft fees. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will hold its annual meeting with the company in…
If you think ratings agencies do not quite matter any longer, today may be a reminder that they can still create at least some nervousness even if they are just late to…
Moody’s may cut Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and UBS (NYSE: UBS) as the global euro crisis spreads. (Reuters) Officials in Japan arrest former Olympus executives. (Reuters) Congress reaches a deal on payroll tax…
The EU sovereign debt crisis has spilled over into the question of whether major global financial firms will have their prospects badly damaged by the trouble in the region. Moody’s said the answer…
Following a poor fourth-quarter earnings report, Britain’s Barclays plc (NYSE: BCS) will join other big banks like Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), Credit Suisse AG (NYSE: CS), Citigroup…
The US equity markets opened slightly higher this morning, but soon turned around and spent the rest of the morning lower before returning to about even by afternoon. Equities could close at…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has purchased $6.2 billion (face value) worth of American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) subprime mortgage bonds from the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The bonds…
Germany’s largest bank, Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) has followed the lead of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS), and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) in announcing a cap…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. Annaly Capital Management Inc. (NYSE: NLY) Cut to Market Perform…
Five big banks have been invited by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to bid on a stack of subprime paper with an unpaid prinicipal balance of $6 billion that was…
