Reuters:  Met Life (MET) is close to buying AIG’s (AIG) foreign insurance unit for $15.5 billion. Reuters:  Subway will try to catch McDonald’s (MCD) in China by 2020. Reuters:  Greece’s central bank…
24/7 Wall Street has a real-time index we keep of the 500 largest market caps of US equities. This is The 24/7 Wall St. Real-Time 500. Of these, the 23 highest are…
Reuters:Â Â The House passed the $15 billion jobs bill. Reuters:Â Â China will slow government stimulus spending. Reuters:Â Â Toyota (TM) said there is no evidence of unintended acceleration in fixed cars.
I was looking through my emails this morning and saw the change that has long been on the way… A new MSN is coming. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has its search pact…
The Holy Grail of consumer electronics devices is one that would combine the best features of the Apple (AAPL) Â iPad, iPod, and iPhone. Sony (SNE) means to introduce products to challenge the…
It has been expected for some time that global PC sales would rise this year as the economy recovers and the demand for Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 7Â causes people and business to replace…
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 strength…
Reuters:Â Â Some senators want hearings on the Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) bailouts. Reuters:Â Â Toyota (TM) is at work in China on damage control. Reuters:Â Â Asia factory output expanded by…
American companies have been criticized for years for outsourcing work, particularly to China and India. Much manufacturing work actually went to other nations, such as Vietnam and Mexico, but China has been…
Reuters:  Coca-Cola (KO) is close to buying its largest bottler. Reuters:  Microsoft (NASAQ:MSFT) won court approve to shut down computers that spread spam and viruses. Reuters:  Akio Toyoda (TM) apologized to Congress from problems with…
Most of the press Nintendo, the world’s No.1 video game console company, gets is for its Wii machine which has kept a lead in unit sales over the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox 360 and Sony…
Reuters:  The $15 billion jobs bill advanced in the Senate. Reuters:  Toyota (NYSE:TM) faces a US criminal probe. Reuters:  KKR and TPC are close to a deal to buy Morgan Stanley’s (NYSE:MS) share…
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…
Nortel Networks Corp. (NRTLQ) is just about wound down in its bankruptcy. The company’s operations have effectively all been sold off, at extreme discounts. In this bankruptcy there is one last sale…
Reuters:  The Fed will try to calm the markets after it raised the discount rate to .75%. Reuters:  The head of Toyota (TM) will go to Congress to testify. Reuters:  The Fed’s…
