Centennial Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: CYCL) will be trading up huge on a $944 million buyout from AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T). This was a 100% premium-merger, and you have to wonder if the…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, the government is set to announced the country’s tenth straight month of jobs losses. Reuters reports that Chrysler is burning through it cash quickly and the company may have…
In a recession, people are supposed to be able to buy soap, hamburgers, beer, and video games. This downturn may be worse than most. Electronic Arts (ERTS), posted a net loss of…
People can’t afford to go out, so they are getting their entertainment at home. At least the is the message embedded in the Comcast (CMCSA) third quarter earnings. The firm even upped…
AT&T (T) posted strong results. The company thanked Apple (AAPL) because the iPhone helped drive the telecom company’s wireless results. Perhaps the most astonishing part of AT&T’s numbers was that people were…
Apple (AAPL) is not the best stock. Google (GOOG) is. Or, maybe it is a tie. Apple will release its earnings into the jaws of one of the great economic slowdowns in…
Nokia (NOK) is a great company for two reasons. It has been run so well that it has nearly 40% of the global cellphone business even though it is headquartered in an…
Analysts assume third quarter earnings for the companies in the S&P 500 will be bad. But, looking at the number which is the average of all firms in the index is misleading.…
Jim Cramer wants people to sell all of their stocks. Even though the market may keep falling, that might not be a practical solution for everyone. There are several things investors can…
Nintendo wants revenge. Now that Apple (AAPL) has come out with an iPhone that can download games, the Japanese company appropriately believes that Steve Jobs wants their business. According to BusinessWeek, the…
According to Reuters, a Senate plan to vote on the bailout package pushed US markets up. Reuters reports that the FDIC would like to increase the value of the accounts it insures.…
The evidence that sales at many companies are struggling and that employment will suffer are almost everywhere. Recently, a division of GMAC said it would let 5,000 people go. According to MSNBC,…
24/7 Wall St. asked Sprint (S) CEO Dan Hesse a few questions.Here are his answers. 24/7: Sprint has clearly had trouble with customer service which has shown up in studies like JD…
According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) may fire 1,200 workers. Reuters reports that Dell (DELL) said its Asia business was fine but offered a cautious forecast. Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) will offer…
The New York Times reports that T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a cell phone powered by Google’s (GOOG) much-anticipated Android software. HTC will provide manufacturing, and the phone could…
