Credit metrics are still continuing to show modest improvements across the land, yet recent government action via a Department of Justice antitrust suit has put the hit on shares of American Express…
Reuters: The American Sociology Review said a group of mortgages aimed at racially segregated neighborhoods helped cause the mortgage crisis. Reuters: Sanofi-Aventis made an $18.5 billion offer for Genzyme (NASDAQ: GENZ). Reuters: …
Government statistics have shown that for several months American have cut back on the use of credit. The news would seem to be bad for credit card companies, but there has not…
Americans are still shrinking their credit according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve. July marked a sixth consecutive drop and the seasonally adjusted rate of credit contraction came to down…
Credit research company TransUnion said that credit card debt hit an eight-year low in the second quarter of 2010. It is likely to go lower. The average combined debt of those individuals …
Updated throughout the day. AT&T (NYSE: T), Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, and Barclays will compete with Visa (NYSE: V) and MasterCard (NYSE: MA) in the online payment business. (WSJ) David Wehner has become…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) has made final plans to plug its well. Reuters: The dollar index fell to a three-month low due to a slowing economy. Reuters: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:…
Investors love the safety of dividends. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to look for some of the safest dividends in the large-cap universe. Many of course are DJIA components, as you would expect. …
These are some of the top analyst calls seen with upgrades and downgrades in Wall Street research notes this Tuesday morning: Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) Raised to Buy at Societe…
Car loan delinquencies dropped over 18% from the fourth quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of this year, according to credit agency TransUnion. The news is good for US car companies…
The market might feel like it is in free fall mode as suddenly 1,100 on the S&P500 has been taken out and now the DJIA is within 2% of challenging the DJIA…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
The earnings floodgate is still open next week, and frankly it looks like there are even more S&P 500 companies reporting earnings than there were this week. The big earnings are (in…
Reuters: The head of GM says taxpayers may get their entire investment back. Reuters: Obama will urge tougher rules on Wall St. Reuters: The CEO of Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) attacked…
