George Papandreou convinces the Greek cabinet of the virtues of a national referendum on budget cuts, but he now faces the leaders of France and Germany. (Reuters) The FBI may investigate the…
The Obama administration announces a new plan to help underwater mortgage holders. (Reuters) Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) warns that more subscribers will cancel and shares fall 24%. (Reuters) Nearly 35% of News Corp.…
Obama to announce aid for student and home loans. Home loan proposals will include refinancing for underwater mortgages. (Reuters) EU leaders press Italy for more austerity measures. (Reuters) China’s October PMI is…
Updated throughout the day Nomura will buy the GE (NYSE: GE) Capital unit in China (Reuters) The European Commission has taken bank records that disclose how interest rates were set (WSJ) News Corp…
Moody’s downgrade of Spain puts more pressure on the EU to address its sovereign debt crisis. (Reuters) Several large shareholders may fight to oust part of the News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) board.…
Streaming video provider Hulu LLC has been taken off the auction block by owners News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), among others. Rumored potential buyers…
When the G20 meets, the focus will be on the EU crisis. (Reuters) Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Q3 numbers kill concerns about U.S. ad markets. (Reuters) JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) earnings pull down equity…
Updated throughout the day. A whistle blower named Grant Wilson tracked currency trades at BNY Mellon, trades which may have harmed pension funds returns (WSJ) News Corp (NYSE: NWS) is under further…
Douglas A. McIntyre Alcoa (NYSE: AA) earnings bring markets lower. (Reuters) Senate defeats the Obama jobs bill. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) says a third party tried to sign into 93,000 PlayStation accounts. (Reuters) The Research…
CEOs from General Electric (NYSE: GE), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Boeing (NYSE: BA) and other companies tell Obama in their President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness report that he must get more foreign investment…
Reports from the Hollywood Reporter are not likely to move stocks on most days. Today is no normal day. A report from Tuesday afternoon saying that Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) will stop paying for…
Last April Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) paid $320 million to acquire Blockbuster Inc. out of bankruptcy. Speculation at the time suggested that Dish would enter the streaming video and DVD-by-mail market…
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) posts strong earnings due to corporate IT strength. (Reuters) Federal Reserve probably will ease monetary policy to help a struggling economy. (Reuters) GM’s (NYSE: GM) labor deal will create…
Moody’s cuts ratings of France’s Credit Agricole and Societe Generale as Greek debt trouble spreads. (Reuters) Federal Reserve may try to help the economy with more bond purchases. (Reuters) Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO)…
In the battle between scandal and earnings, earnings have won so far, as shares in News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS) have moved toward their 52-week high. The stock traded at $17.47 yesterday, against…
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