Earnings season is slowing down as we have over 80% of the S&P 500 companies having reported earnings for the first quarter of 2011. We do still have key companies reporting earnings…
A new study from the Asia Society published in The New York Times says that China may invest $1 trillion in markets outside its borders before 2020. Much of the capital could…
Douglas A. McIntyre VW has stated that it cannot overtake GM (NYSE: GM) and Toyota (NYSE: TM) as the world’s No.1 car company without a large expansion of its US sales. The German company should…
Alternative energy news today ponders electric vehicles and the batteries that power them, takes a look at solar installation in India and the risks still involved with solar plants generally, and closes…
Updated throughout the day. The FTC has readied a complete investigation into Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) dominance in search. (Bloomberg) A sale of Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) could happen as early as…
A great deal of the most harsh business press is related to Warren Buffett companies and the Sokol insider trading scandal. The puts Berkshire Hathaway and Lubrizol on the list Allergan received…
GM (NYSE: GM) may be the No.1 car company in the world this year, after it lost that position to Toyota (NYSE: TM) three years ago. The change of fates has more…
Samsung filed patent lawsuits against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) over smartphone technology (Reuters) The Japanese government will release $50 billion to cover initial costs of the earthquake (Reuters) The Administration will create a…
Updated throughout the day Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will ship the iPhone 5 in September (Reuters) GM’s (NYSE: GM) China sales may push it into the No.1 slot in global car sales ahead…
Reuters: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will begin to ship the new version of its iPhone in September (Reuters) Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and VMWare (NYSE: VMW) both posted strong earnings (Reuters) A drop in…
In today’s commodities news another automaker is raising prices to meet higher commodity prices, corn and wheat continue to jostle for position as the higher-priced food, and gold prices keep climbing. General…
NYSE (NYSE: NYX) wants a large fee from Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) in the event that a merger is not be hampered by antitrust investigators. (Reuters) Synthes said it was in buyout talks…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO) Reiterated Buy at Argus. Check Point…
Japan raised the severity of its nuclear crisis to the same level as Chernobyl. (Reuters) Alcoa (NYSE: AA) beat earnings but missed sales.(Reuters) Nasdaq OMX (NASDAQ NDAQ) and Deutsche Boerse have approached NYSE Euronext’s (NYSE: NYX) largest…
Jon OggThese are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: APC) Reiterated Hold at Argus. Carefusion Corporation (NYSE: CFN) Cut…
