Hulu, the premium video site owned by NBC Universal, News Corp., The Walt Disney Company, and Providence Equity Partners, began to make impressive strides as it passed the number of videos viewed…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have…
Reuters: The Chinese president told Obama that the nation will make its own decision on the yuan. Reuters: Growth and cheap phones were key to Q1 industry growth. Reuters: Twitter will start…
Microsoft (MSFT) launched its new KIN handsets today. The description in the press release made it almost impossible to understand how the smartphone works and what its market might be. One thing…
Douglas A. McIntyre 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…
Reuters: The costs of the US bailout of the financial industry was $89 billion. Reuters: Goldman Sachs (GS) and AIG (AIG) are unwinding their CDS positions. Reuters: The euro surged on news…
These are this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Anheuser Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. Baidu Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) Started as…
Experian Hitwise sent out the monthly data on US search market shares for the month of March 2010. The Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) combined gains were marginal,…
Updated throughout the day. Microsoft (MSFT) will release its own line of smartphones (WSJ) The SEC is having trouble overhauling its enforcement divisions (Washington Post) Hedge fund assets will hit $2 trillion…
Douglas A. McIntyre Most market experts would not have expected Apple’s (AAPL) market value to have passed Walmart’s (WMT) or GE’s (GE). But, it has even though the maker of the iPad and iPod had revenue of…
Reuters: Oil dropped as the dollar strengthened. Reuters: Samsung posted record profits. Reuters: Greece wants to amend its aid deal with Europe and not use IMF. Reuters: The US Transportation Department will…
An unsettling piece of news from Consumer Reports via Business Insider. The non-profit consumer protection and testing firm reports “we’ve been unable to charge our iPads in any USB port on a…
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…
Everyone loves Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) and the “never be evil” management of Google. Citigroup (C), Goldman Sachs (GS), and the other large firms on Wall St. are among the…
Updated throughout the day. The SEC may publicize details of prosecution even if people settle with the agency (NYT) Borders (BGP) will repay a $43 million loan to Pershing Capital. (NYPost) The Apple…
