Officials at CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) have given the Justice Department documents that may prove former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine knew his firm lent customer money to its operations in Europe. Corzine had…
Have you been hit or almost been hit by a car driver talking on their cellphone? Thousands of Americans have died as a result of phone-use related accidents. Thousands more have been…
Congress, close to a budget agreement, may avoid a government shutdown. (Reuters) Washington Mutual shareholders and creditors set a deal that could allow an exit from bankruptcy. (Reuters) The policy meeting of…
AT&T, stuck with resistance from the government and a court ruling which as further delay a deal to buy T-Mobile from Deutsche Telekom, may revise terms in an effort to close a…
The CEO of Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) would be interested in some kind of unspecified partner arrangement with T-Mobile USA if the proposed $39 billion deal with AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)…
Worries about the EU solution to the sovereign debt crisis rise. (Reuters) U.S. firms will be asked to disclose relationships with Syria and Iran. (FT) Many jobless Americans face cut off of benefits at…
Still No Eurozone Rescue. The rescue of the financially weak eurozone nations becomes more confused by the day. U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner continues to tour the region. He wants to convince area finance ministers…
S&P may downgrade the EU and the largest eurozone banks. (Reuters) France and Germany continue to press new eurozone treaty measures that would help trigger new financing for the region. (Reuters) Japan says…
AT&T (NYSE: T) said it would work to close its $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile despite FCC objections. If the deal does not go through AT&T owes T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom…
Eleven American companies have laid off a total of nearly 600,000 people in the past two decades. Each also fired a large number of employees at one time to earn it a…
Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) yesterday filed a shelf registration document with the US SEC and nearly simultaneously announced that it planned to offer $300 million in class A common stock in a…
Dividends are still rising and equity and income investors should expect more of the same for 2012. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) joined in on the dividend hike brigade with another dividend…
Auto sales reach a two-year high. (Reuters) Tom Glocer, the head of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), resigns and will be replaced by the COO. (Reuters) The intellectual property battle between Apple (NASDAQ:…
Blackstone (NYSE: BX) and Bain may bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) along with Asian partners Alibaba and Yahoo! Japan. (Reuters) China’s PMI contracts for the first time in three years. (Reuters) The…
AT&T (NYSE: T) planned to buy the T-Mobile unit of Deutsche Telekom for $39 billion. The deal for the purchase of the No.4 wireless firm in the US has been effectively blocked…
Douglas A. McIntyre 
