Updated throughout the day. Update 2.52 PM EST: The antitrust disagreement between Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and AMD (NYSE:AMD) may be resolved by a private settlement (MarketWatch) Updated 12.23 PM EST: Motorola (NYSE:MOT) may…
Updated throughout the day. Updated at 11.49 AM EST:Â Reynolds Americam (NYSE:RAI) may buy Niconovum, a Swedish maker of nicotine gum and mouth sprays (Boomberg) Updated at 10.12 AM EST: Wells Fargo…
Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) is about to release its “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II: video game. Sales are expected to be half a billion dollars in the first week. That would make it the…
Microsoft (NYSE:MSFT) Windows 7 sales in the first week after its introduction last month outdid Vista sales during the first week after its launch in January 2007 by 234%, according to industry…
Reuters:Â Â Hurricane Ida is heading toward Gulf oil fields. Reuters:Â Â Kraft (NYSE:KFT) will make its bid for Cadbury. Reuters:Â Â GE (NYSE:GE) and Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) have agreed to an NBCU valuation. Reuters:Â Â The…
Updated throughout the day. Citigroup (NYSE:C) will re-launch some of its least successful hedge funds (FT) The stock market is at risk of not holding 10,000. (TheStreet) AIG (NYSE:AIG) will not hold a…
Reuters:Â Â The Wall St. insider trading probe lead to another 14 arrests. Reuters:Â Â Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) lost $19 billion and asked Treasury for money. Reuters:Â Â GM is readying its plans for Opel…
Reuters:Â Â Toyota (NYSE:TM) returned to a profit. Reuters:Â Â The Fed will keep rates near zero for an extended period. Reuters:Â Â Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) beat forecasts. Reuters:Â Â Gold is near $1,100.
Auriga is a boutique research firm that many have not heard of, but this morning the firm has reiterated its BUY rating on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and its $33.50 price target…
We noted just last week that Bill Gates was getting more entrenched in the waste disposal sector. It turns out that Mr. Gates is getting deeper into the auto-retailing sector as well. …
Updated throughout the day. Updated 1.05 PM EST: Las Vagas Sands (NYSE:LVS) will try to raise $2.5 billion though an IPO in Hong Kong (AP) Updated 11.12 AM EST: Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) is…
In a statement that must send chills up the spines of other tech CEOs, Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Steve Ballmer said that the vicious recession may have reset IT spending to a level which…
If you thought that Bill Gates might have an ambition beyond just passive investing in the garbage and waste disposal sector, you might be correct. Bill Gates’ Cascade Investment, L.L.C. and the…
It has become commonplace to see initial public offerings from earlier private equity holdings that were once public and taken private. Yet it is very odd to see a company get acquired…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) had its analyst day on Wednesday and the comments started coming out late yesterday. This was the first real show and tell session it has had with Wall…
Douglas A. McIntyre 