Media Digest 10/12/2009
Reuters: E-mails and the credit crisis will be key to the trial of Bear Stearns workers. Reuters: The approval process for Tengzhong to buy Hummer has started in China. Reuters: Philips Electronics…
Reuters: E-mails and the credit crisis will be key to the trial of Bear Stearns workers. Reuters: The approval process for Tengzhong to buy Hummer has started in China. Reuters: Philips Electronics…
The short interest in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) was steady in the period that ended on September 30 at 16 million shares.The bet being made against RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) rose 13% to 13% to 19.2 million.…
Reuters: Chinese investors are holding a large amount of gold. Reuters: Bernanke sees tighter policies as the economy improves. Reuters: The Congressional Oversight Panel says that the US plan to help homeowners…
Updated throughout the day. Updated at 4.24 PM EST: Xyratex (NASDAQ:XRTX) is up 14% today, another tech stock in the buyout rumor mill. (Barron’s) Updated at 2.12 PM EST: Euro Tech Holdings…
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) announced that it will launch a smartphone with AT&T (NYSE:T) next year. The handset will be powered by the Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system. The news about Google’s role has…
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon (NYSE:AMZN), is being praised as the man who has invented the next big and important electronic device. That category includes the Sony (NYSE:SNE) PS2, the Apple…
Reuters: GM says most of its cost cutting is done and its sales chief left. Reuters: Spot gold hit a record above $1,050. Reuters: The Senate healthcare bill weighs in at $829…
Reuters: Wealth management firms are starting to target the not-so wealthy. Reuters: Gold’s record price drew a muted response. Reuters: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), and Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) are heating up the smartphone…
The use of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bing search engine may have peaked. Several studies over the last week showed that the surge of Bing use that came after it was launched may have…
Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 7 will be better than Microsoft Vista. The world’s largest software company has learned from the mistakes it made with Vista which users found too complicated. But, Microsoft assumes that…
Reuters: The pay czar plans to rework employee pay at large banks. Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) may enter the tech M&A frenzy. Reuters: Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) says some Hotmail passwords were exposed. Reuters: The…
Bing’s rapid ascent as a new favorite among web searchers may be over. The Microsoft (MSFT) product had picked up market share since it was launched in early June. The momentum of…
Updates throughout the day. Update: Jeff Bewkes, CEO of Time-Warner (TWX) who says “Time, Inc. is not for sale.” (Atlantic First Draft of American History Conference) Update: John Paulson and Angelo Gordon may…
Updated throughout the day. Update: The rapidly falling dollar is causing Asian importers of small cars to lose money on most vehicles and will force European luxury auto companies to raise prices…
The economy is obviously getting better, so long as you are not one of the unemployed or about to lose your job. Now with more than a 50% rally from the March…