Moody’s this morning cut its rating on long-term senior unsecured debt from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) from Ba1 to Ba3. Short-term unsecured ratings of Not-Prime (NP) were affirmed and the ratings outlook…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning after Spanish bond yields rose above 7% again and the country’s Valencia region asked for central government assistance in paying its debts.…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) can actually claim to have beaten the operating platforms of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in at least one respect. Technology research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that Nokia, which operates on Microsoft’s…
When Gallup asked people about the state of the economy this spring, as a recovery appeared to have taken hold, the polling company found “nearly half of Americans, 46%, still say the…
The pay package of new Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Marissa Mayer has been pegged at between $59 million and $100 million, depending on what assumptions about bonuses and stock options get used.…
Eurozone officials set final terms for a bailout of Spain’s banks. (Reuters) Marissa Mayer will receive as much as $70 million to head Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). (Reuters) Banks hit by the Libor investigation may…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) reporter fourth quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations Thursday, although revenue slightly missed Wall Street estimates. Excluding special charges due to writedown of AQuantive, Microsoft earned 67 cents a share on revenue of $18.1…
247sam The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as investors continue to hope for more central bank stimulation in weakening global economy. These investors are probably right that something will…
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is not the next Borders, as some analysts like to say. It has much larger sales, much smaller financial obligations and a major e-commerce presence. But what seemed…
A new consumer agency fines Capital One (NYSE: COF) $210 million for aggressive marketing activity.(Reuters) New IMF policies will examine whether individual national economies might hurt global growth. (Reuters) IBM (NYSE: IBM) raises…
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Windows Phone operating systems from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) will capture 4% of the US smartphone market in 2012. While still trailing far behind…
Short-seller Jim Chanos is rather well-known for his alternative views, particularly betting against some very popular companies and growth or value stories. At the second Delivering Alpha conference (2012) this week, Chanos…
Thursday will mark yet another important day for this earnings season. The second quarter became more challenging for many companies, as we noted about so many tech warnings weighing on shares last…
In May the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that certain Motorola Mobility smartphones could not be imported into the United States beginning today because the phones infringed on a patent owned by…
Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) profits fall slightly. (Reuters) Intel’s (NASDAQ: INTC) forecast implies PC sales will be weak. (Reuters) The head of the holding company for British Air and Iberia says an AMR…
