Updated throughout the day. Merrill Lynch warned the SEC and Fed that Lehman was booking capital aggressively (FT) Apax Partner may buy Polycom (PLCM) for as much as $3 billion (FT) Palm (PALM), just…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
Dividends reward shareholders through time. One-time dividends are often thought of as windfall events, although in today’s world it may be getting the dividend payments out to shareholders in the most tax…
Reuters: China took a hard position on the value of the yuan despite US pressure. Reuters: Google’s (GOOG) ad partners in China expressed concerns about its plans. Reuters: If banking laws change,…
Reuters: The Fed is likely to keep interest rates low for some time. Reuters: China said the yuan in not behind the US trade gap. Reuters: A record number of Chinese are…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Google’s list of serious problems may be longer than it has been since the company’s IPO. The search engine company is all but certain to close Google.cn, its Chinese website, after an…
Reuters: The Senate reform bill gives the Fed broader powers. Reuters: Google (GOOG) says it is still talking to China, but signs point to pull-out. Reuters: Arrow will reject a bid from…
The FT reports that Google (GOOG) has made all the necessary plans to close its Chinese search engine business and is “99.9%” certain it will shut the operation down shortly. Li Yizhong,…
The video game industry had another rough outing in February as revenue fell 15% from last year. Total sales of games and consoles totaled $1.26 billion in the US. Microsoft (MSFT) and…
Google (GOOG) seems ready to extend its plan not to censor the results of its search engine results in China, which would anger the local government. The People’s Republic expects tech companies based…
Reuters. Obama will nominate Yellen to be Fed vice chair. Reuters: China told Obama to leave yuan policy to its government. Reuters: A Chinese minister said the nation could not keep up…
On the tenth anniversary of the tech bubble of 2000, short sellers aggressively dropped their bets against hardware, software and internet companies. Figures are from February 28. The short interest in Apple…
March 9, 2009 marked the absolute apex of selling and marked the official ending date of the bear market. At the time, many were expecting stocks to see gains because of grossly…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
