The recovery is on and mergers are happening, yet the technology sector has been slow to make deals. Despite some deals already having taken place from the technology giants and that $260…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks with more details and analysis via a link to VSInvestor.com for each stock: Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) is up…
Reuters: Markets hit their 2009 highs. Reuters: Dodd is set to unveil his financial reform bill which calls for merging many bank regulators. Reuters: Kraft’s (NYSE:KFT) bid for Cadbury turned hostile. Reuters: …
Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) is going to have to make some more threats if he wants the EU to approve his company’s deal to buy Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $9.50…
Updated throughout the day. Updated at 11.49 AM EST: Reynolds Americam (NYSE:RAI) may buy Niconovum, a Swedish maker of nicotine gum and mouth sprays (Boomberg) Updated at 10.12 AM EST: Wells Fargo…
Updated throughout the day. The New York Yankee victory in the World Series could help stock prices (various) Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) could drop its deal to buy Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) in the face of…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 10.30 AM EST: Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) believes that EU authorities may try to block its buy-out of Sun (NASDAQ:JAVA) (FT) Updated 10:26 AM EST: Apollo Management is buying debt…
Reuters: Opel must now arrange for GM’s unexpected ownership Reuters: The Fed will probably keep its “easy money” program. Reuters: Toyota (NYSE:TM) will pull out of Formula 1 racing. Reuters: The IEA…
There are reports from the Financial Times that were also just noted on CNBC that are almost baffling. It seems that the European Commission may issue a formal objection to the Oracle…
In a statement that must send chills up the spines of other tech CEOs, Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Steve Ballmer said that the vicious recession may have reset IT spending to a level which…
Larry’s Ellison, the founder and CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ:OFCL) does not make idle threats. He does not have to. In most games against his competition he holds the majority of the cards.…
Reuters: China is having trouble managing supply and demand. Reuters: Geithner said the core programs of the TARP are ending. Reuters: Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) tripled it profits. Reuters: Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) will cut…
Reuters: Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) is having trouble justifying its huge bonuses. Reuters: Bruce Wasserstein, M&A giant and head of Lazard (NYSE:LAZ), died. Reuters: Congress will probe compensation at AIG (NYSE:AIG). Reuters: US…
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.…
Baby boomers control $10 trillion in assets. A great deal if not most of that money has been invested in the stock market as this part of the population attempted in increase…
