Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of AMR Corporation (NASDAQ: AMR), Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), UBS (NYSE: UBS),…
AMRSome companies that are rumored to file for Chapter 11 do not. That appears to be the case with Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) and AMR (NYSE: AMR), parent of American Airlines. But…
World stock markets hit 15-month lows. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to launch the iPhone 5 as competition grows from Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android. (Reuters) China warns of a trade war if Congress…
Today’s ratings actions have focused on commercial mortgage backed securities issued by several of the country’s largest banks — Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC), JPMorgan Chase &…
Europe begins to more aggressively look for problems to its debt crisis as pressure from the rest of the world grows. (Reuters) Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) new tablet PC may be a serious…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWhether it’s the latest effort by the Federal Reserve to pump some liquidity into the US economy or it’s the IMF’s statement that Europe’s banks need another $440…
“Never apologize. It’s a sign of weakness” — John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) CEOs are rarely in the business of apologizing. They leave the…
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has just released a “leadership transition” at the company. John Mack, known formerly as ‘Mack the Knife,” is stepping down as Morgan Stanley’s Chairman and is retiring at…
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) will need a new CEO soon, if the market’s reaction to the current plans of chief executive Brian Moynihan remains poor. Moynihan has said he will cut…
This morning’s report that Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) has downgraded its fellow banks’ earnings was based on fears that the European banking system is facing severe pressure from economic weakness on the…
Major banks and brokerage firms do not cover their own banks, for obvious reasons of conflicts of interest. They do, however, cover their peers and rivals. Many investors believe that the banks…
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has filed a registration Form S-1 for a proposed initial public offering of its wholly-owned IFLC Holdings, Inc. subsidiary. IFLC is the aircraft leasing unit of…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) has been the subject of more rumors and more speculation than one could imagine. Most of the rumors and speculation feel like 2008 rather than 2011. …
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has decided to officially acknowledge what most economists and educated people around the world already know. The global economy has begun to grind to a halt and will…
Douglas A. McIntyre Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) new CEO faces investors concerned about its prospects. (Reuters) U.S. box office sales near records despite the slowdown. (Reuters) Lenovo posts strong earnings in spite of troubles with global…
