According to Reuters, the FBI is probing IndyMac (IMB) for possible fraud. Reuters reports that Ebay’s (EBAY) outlook knocked its shares down. Reuteres writes that Merrill Lynch (MER) will sell its Bloomberg…
The ongoing Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) merger saga with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or its potential sidebar deal with Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and the fight with Carl Icahn has been covered about…
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) may have had a roaring quarter. Wall St. did not give it back much. The stock barely moved after hours. That is extraordinary given that Intel profits were up 25%…
According to Reuters, talks between Time Warner’s (TWX) AOL and Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are heating up. Reuters reports that GM (GM) is confident that it can compete even after making…
Statistics for June visitors and pageviews at financial websites showed Yahoo! (YHOO) Finance and AOL Money (TWX) well ahead of competitors based on comScore data. Yahoo! had 17.538 million unique visitors followed…
Microsoft (MSFT) has had its Xbox 360 in the market for over two years. The product is hardly mature. The current round of video game consoles which includes the Sony (SNE) PS3…
According to Bloomberg, GM (GM) will announce a major restructuring including moving more production to small cars. Reuters reports that regional bank stocks were hit hard by liquidity concerns. Reuters writes that…
When the Sony (SNE) PS3 was launched to replace the aging Playstation 2, the Japanese company had great hopes that it could maintain its No.1 spot against Nintendo and the Microsoft (MSFT)…
The board at Anheuser-Busch (BUD) did the right thing. It got a offer well above market to sell the company. It fought for more money. When it got the better price. It…
According to Reuters, the govenment will bail-out Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM) through a combination of stock purchases and loans. Reuters reports that InBev will buy Anheuser-Busch (BUD) for $52…
Friday evening Microsoft (MSFT) and Carl Icahn made an offer to the Yahoo! (YHOO) board. Microsoft would buy Yahoo!’s search business. Icahn would take over the rest of the company. The portal…
According to Reuters, the government is considering taking over Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM). Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) thinks that an independent Yahoo! (YHOO) would be better for the…
The enemy of my friend is my enemy. Or, the enemy of my friend is my friend. Or, the enemy of my enemy is my enemy. Yahoo! (YHOO) is finding out that…
Steve Jobs sees that smartphones, especially the Apple (AAPL) iPhone are the future of computing. Who needs a PC when a handset will do? To get to Mr. Jobs goals, Apple "will…
Carl Icahn often makes money in his corporate takeover attempts, but he is as flawed as a raider can be. His recent investments in Motorola (MOT) and Blockbuster (BBI) have done remarkably…
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