Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Updated throughout the day. BP plc’s CEO Tony Hayward will step down, or not (Times of London, Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) picked Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS)…
Short sellers are making large bets that tech shares have reached their high point and are likely to sell off based on data from the NASDAQ and NYSE as of April 30.…
No matter what legislation comes out of the frenzied health care debate, economists say that it will cost the American taxpayer a great deal. Estimates run the gamut from the Obama administration’s claim…
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
These are Monday’s top day trader and active trader alerts seen in the pre-market levels. We have a link to each story where applicable over at VSInvestor.com with more details and analysis:…
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…
Reuters: Thain regrets nothing he did at Merrill Lynch and during its merger with Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). Reuters: Trump put his support to the bondholders of his casino business. FT: A…
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
There were only a few top analyst downgrades and cautious research calls from Wall Street firms this Monday morning. Cintas (CTAS) Cut to Neutral at Baird. Leap Wireles (LEAP) Cut to Sell…
Covering any part of the positives in this market has been literally as rewarding as jumping in the bear cage with the bears at the zoo. We have been refraining from doing…
According to Reuters, Europe prepared rate cuts as the economy their worsened. Reuters reports that the administration cleared the way for the car companies to get access to $25 billion in loans,…
According to Reutere, Yahoo! (YHOO) profits were down, but the company maintained its full-year forecast. Reuters reports that Wachovia (WB) posted huge write-offs and losses for the last quarter. Reuters writes that…
No one should be surprised that food companies are passing along tremendous increases in the prices of commodities. Consumers will be paying more for everything from hot dogs to corn flakes. Even…
The price of wheat has gone up three-fold in ten months. For something that looks like a weed, that is an impressive run. Since a large number of business from McDonald’s (NYSE:…
