M&A activity picked up in the second half of 2009 as the market moved up and access to capital for big companies improved. Corporate debt offerings soared and banks began to make…
Updated throughout the day. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will buy Opalis Software (Barron’s) Updated 9.47 AM EST The CEO of Bank of New York (NYSE:BK) is once again a candidate for the top jobs…
The holiday shopping season and price cuts are not helping video game sales. November figures from industry research firm NPD show sales of software and consoles in the US dropped almost 8% to…
Short sellers sharply increased their gamble that financial stocks would fall based on short selling data from NYSE and Nasdaq on the last day of November. Shorts pushed into Citigroup (NYSE:C), increasing…
If new data out of Experian Hitwise is accurate, then Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is again taking market share in the US search market against competitors Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Microsoft…
Reuters: China remains a top investment place for US firms. Reuters: Suzuki sold a stake to VW. Reuters: The Administration will extend TARP until next October. Reuters: The Congressional Oversight Committee said…
There was a rumor, unconfirmed by Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), that Jeff Bezos’ company would open stores in the UK. It would follow Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) into the world of the mall…
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has opened scores of retail stores and by almost any measure they have been a success. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is opening retail locations to sell its hardware and software. It is…
The video game sector is not improving with the economy. It seems to not even be getting ‘less-bad’ with the other sectors that are looking ‘less-bad’ compared to earlier months. Last night’s…
Reuters: Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may make bonus payments in stock. Reuters: China is worried about sticking to dollar deposits. Reuters: A well-known economist says housing will continue to fall. Reuters: Bank of…
Nintendo (NTDOY) had a major winner on its hands with the Wii gaming system. Yet no fad lasts forever. It has been known for some time that the Wii gaming system was…
These are this mornings top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. In fact, because today is a short day or partial off for most, there are…
Reuters: Chinese banks must raise large sums of capital which could test equity markets. Reuters: AIG’s (NYSE:AIG) CEO had his pay package approved. Reuters: The Fed sees growth but substantial policy risks.
MasterCard Spending Plus, which tracks retail sales, says that consumer electronics products are moving off the shelves of stores but women’s apparel is not. A Wall Street Journal analysis of the data…
Updated throughout the day. Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Nestle may enter the bidding for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) (various) Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) may pay content companies to block their content from Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) News and use…
