Facebook may hire the former White House press secretary Gibbs (Reuters) Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will reopen stores it had to shutter in Japan (Reuters) Jobs may be the lagging indicator for a…
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) appears to have united just about everybody but its customers to curb the company’s growing power. The latest foray comes from the Starz pay-cable TV channels, owned by…
In the past 12 months, shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) have shot up nearly 300%, from around $70/share to around $220/share, after peaking at near $250/share. The trailing P/E is more…
When Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) coughed up $1.65 billion for YouTube in 2006, there were plenty of questions about what the Google brass was smoking. It’s still not clear whether YouTube is…
Japan was hit by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake. (Reuters) Chinese insurance regulators passed on details of the AIG (NYSE: AIG) disaster to local insurance companies, according to WikiLeaks. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
The head of the Bank of Japan said that easing by the G20 central banks was necessary even though it may be causing inflation in the emerging world (Reuters) The head of…
S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (28 JAN -03 FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 03Feb11 Close Price 28Jan11 Market Cap($Mil) MEMC Electronic Materials Inc WFR 21.9 13.41 11.00 3049.8 Electronic…
BP plc (NYSE: BP) may face US charges that it manipulated gas prices. (Reuters) Roche said that regulations in the US could harms its results. (Reuters) Borders Group (NYSE: BGP) may file…
When the Huffington Post started in 2005, many pundits dismissed Arianna Huffington as a dilettante whose website wouldn’t last long. Today, the Greek-born entrepreneur proved her naysayers wrong, at least that’s what…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Obama’s deal with Congress will extend Bush tax cuts for two years. Reuters:  The US will sell its remaining shares in Citigroup (NYSE: C) and will make a $12 billion profit.…
These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Banco Santander S.A. (NYSE: STD) Raised to Overweight at HSBC. Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM)…
via Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is hoping to take the guesswork out of making hit movies. According to the Wall Street Journal, the world’s largest Internet retailer is setting up a…
Many companies keep the names that they used to brand themselves when they were founded. Firms such as Ford (NYSE: F) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have changed their corporate names slightly…
Reuters:  George Soros says Germany has a deflation problem. Reuters:  China helped keep the yuan’s value low by giving aid to Greece. Reuters:  China ignored EU comments about the yuan. Reuters:  Congress…
Reuters:  American International Group (NYSE: AIG) and the Treasury are closer to a deal to recoup the taxpayers’ investment in the insurer. Reuters:  China said movement on a bill to force revaluation…
