According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) earnings met expectations. Microsoft (MSFT) indicated it would not raise its bid. Reuters writes that the price of corn and rice moved up sharply. Reuters reports that…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The .2% to 13,579. NEC was up 2.7% to 482. Toyota (TM) was donw 1.7% to 5140. The Hang Seng was up 1% to 25,197. China Petroleum…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei was up 1.9% to 13,398. Canon was up 5.1% to 4850. Sony (SNE) was up 4.3% to 4370. Toyota (TM) was up 2.7% to…
Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei rose 2.9% to 13,324. Mazda was up 8.9% to 367. Toyota (TM) was up 2.5% to 4950. The Hang Seng rose 1.6% to 24,580.…
Douglas A. McIntyre GM (NYSE: GM) and Toyota (NYSE: TM) are, between the two of them, recalling 662,000 cars in the US, a market where only 15 million vehicles will be sold this year. Most…
According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) is seeking a merger with Time Warner’s (TWX) AOL which Microsoft (MSFT) and News Corp (NWS) at a joint bid for the No.2 search company. Reuters writes…
There are only six companies left with "AAA" ratings from both S&P and Moody’s. The are Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK), GE (GE), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon (XOM), and…
According to Reuters, Alcoa (AA) profits fell by half due to high energy costs and a weak dollar. Retuers reports that AMD (AMD) cut guidance and will lay-off 10% of its staff.…
Once The Justice Department cleared the merger of Sirius (NASDAQ: SIRI) with XM Satellite (NASDAQ: XMSR) and there was some anticipation that the deal would get done the shares of both companies…
It says a lot when sales of Toyota’s (TM) are actually falling. In March, vehicle sales for the big Japanese company fell 10.3% in the US market to 217,730, Total passenger car…
Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei moved up 1.7% to 13,820. KDDI was up 2.6% to 639000. Toyota (TM) was up 2.5% to 5240. The Hang Seng was up 2.1% to…
Douglas A. McIntyre New research out reveals that GM (NYSE:GM) has made a sharp and powerful turn to the internet for marketing. A new comScore survey shows that in January, GM delivered nearly 1.7 billion…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell .3% to 12,707. NTT (NTT) rose 2.8% to 444000. Toyota (TM) fell 1.5% to 5260. The Hang Seng rose .9% to 22,674. China Netcom…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets in Asia were mixed and Hong Kong was closed for a holiday. The Nikkei fell a fraction to 12,480. Toyota (TM) was up 1% to 5270. Yahoo Japan was up 2.5%…
Douglas A. McIntyre No matter how much Detroit would like to change the math, the total always adds to 100%. Over the course of the last week, management from GM (NYSE:GM), Ford (NYSE:F), and Chrysler…
