6:41am ET
Investing
Yahoo! Board Makes Another Mistake
The new Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) board is different from the one that turned down a rich buyout offer from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), different from the one that hired Carol Bartz as CEO,…
MSFT Coverage Page 279
6:40am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (7/13/2012)
Thirty-year mortgage rates fell to a low that has not been seen since numbers were first recorded in the 1980s. The rate reached 3.56%. Will that rate help the housing market? So…
6:39am ET
Media
Media Digest (7/13/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Moody’s cuts Italy’s rating by two notches and indicates the cuts may not be finished. (Reuters) Treasury Secretary Geithner pressed UK regulators on Libor in 2008. (Reuters) A hack of Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ:…
11:17am ET
Consumer Electronics
More Caution For Intel Earnings
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is due to report earnings next week and the trend of earnings has been nothing short of extremely disappointing from technology companies. We outlined all of the big…
9:39am ET
Energy
BofA/Merrill Lynch Cuts 2012 & 2013 S&P 500 Targets
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is cutting its expectations on the S&P 500 Index, and therefore ultimately on the SDPR S&P 500 (NYSEMKT: SPY)i n its Macro/Investment Strategies call. Today’s downgrade was on…
4:05pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — July 11, 2012: More Profit Warnings, No Easing Keep Shares Down
The three major US stock indexes opened slightly lower this morning ahead of the release later today of the minutes of the last FOMC meeting. Asian markets were mixed overnight and markets…
2:31pm ET
Apps & Software
Earnings Season Outlook: More Bad News Likely From Key Tech Stocks
By now investors have had time to digest the notion that technology company sales and earnings are just not going to live up to prior expectations in most cases. Investors are learning that…
8:24am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AA, ALKS, AMZN, AAPL, BHP, CENX, CLF, CRK, DNDN, DUK, EMC, FST, HAL, IBM, MSFT, PAL, SAP, SPLS, WM)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) Cut to Underperform at BMO Capital Markets. Alkermes,…
6:36am ET
Telecom & Wireless
More On Amazon Smartphone
There are more rumors — or news, based on the credibility of the reports — that Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has signed up suppliers in Asia to build a smartphone. The device would…
6:30am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (7/11/2012)
Spain has decided the only way to tackle its budget deficit is via extremely sharp expense cuts coupled with a more modest move to increase taxes. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says his government will…
6:39am ET
Investing
Not Nokia’s Last Breath
NokiaNokia’s (NYSE: NOK) shares have fallen so low that some investors and analysts of the handset industry believe the Finnish firm has reached the brink of bankruptcy. The company’s stock has fallen…
6:38am ET
Investing
The Charge That Large Companies Lack Transparency
The world’s largest companies have never had a reputation for showering investors with information about their financial situations and operations. The rules that might make them do so are too lax. Government authorities…
1:21pm ET
Investing
Microsoft Goes Into Huge Touch Display Market
Large computer screens are not exactly new. Still, it is amazing just how big some of these can get. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) once demonstrated a large tabletop touchscreen PC unit, and…
Jon C. Ogg 11:52am ET
Companies and Brands
Nokia Goes After Pre-Kindergarten Market
Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) hit a new 52-week low of $2.00 last Thursday and have continued to slide since then. Shares are down -8% just before noon this morning, even…
6:17am ET
Media
Media Digest (7/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Some wireless companies oppose the use of their networks as a means to make political contributions. (Reuters) Chinese inflation falls as the nation’s economy cools. (Reuters) The push to put together a European…