Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz fired over the phone. (Reuters) Obama may propose a $300 billion employment package with tax cuts and new expenditures to train workers. (Reuters) Pressure increases on…
Not even a week after the US Department of Justice filed a complaint to block the proposed $39 billion merger of AT&T (NYSE: T) and the T-Mobile USA division of Deutsche Telekom…
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) may settle charges made by several states over “robo-signing” practices. (FT) Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)…
Jon OggThe recovery has been stalling and it is becoming easier and easier to argue that the next recession (often mislabeled as a double-dip recession) is afoot. Friday’s net-zero in August non-Farm…
U.S. regulators may ask high-frequency trading firms to provide details of their trades. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve tells Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) it must review its foreclosure records. (Reuters) Experts cut expectations…
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) has just delivered on another dividend hike, making this the fifth consecutive year that the telecom giant has boosted its payout. The boost is by $0.0125 to…
Yesterday’s filing by the US Department of Justice in the proposed $39 billion merger between AT&T (NYST: T) and T-Mobile may be, in the words of Winston Churchill, just “the end of…
IMF head Lagarde shows independence from Europe in many of her decisions. (Reuters) The Justice Department sues to block AT&T (NYSE: T) buyout of T-Mobile. (Reuters) Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) tablet PCs to…
It looks like Uncle Sam has taken a stand on the buyout by AT&T (NYSE: T) of T-Mobile, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY). The biggest winner might be…
AT&T (NYSE: T) has made a clever move to make its buyout of T-Mobile more attractive to government regulators. The huge telecommunications company says it will add 5,000 call-center jobs once the…
Douglas A. McIntyre An Institute for Policy Studies report says many CEOs at the 100 largest U.S. companies made more than their companies paid in taxes. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) knew of a…
comScore has just released its smartphone market share and the data continues to support an exodus away from the Blackberry from Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). RIM phones as a percentage…
LG, the third largest handset maker in the world, is about to release its new 4G-enabled Thrill. It will be marketed by AT&T (NYSE: T). The Thrill is another in a flood…
Updated throughout the day. Tumblr will raise money at a $800 million valuation (WSJ) China will curtail off balance sheet lending by its banks (FT) AT&T (NYSE: T) and T-Mobile have set…
LG Display (NYSE: LPL) cuts capital expenditures as demand for LCD screens is hurt by tablet PC sales. (Reuters) Samsung to delay its tablet launch in the U.S. because of IP lawsuits…
