According to Reuters, Apple (AAPL) missed Wall St. expectations, sending the stock down by 10%. Reuters reports that American Express (AXP) profits fell on credit losses.
Most Wall St. observers now think that the merger between Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI) and XM Satellite Radio (XMSR) will go through. The FCC, pushed by some members of Congress and the…
The market took big dips in 2001 and 1987. One was due to a national catastrophe and another was focused on Wall St.’s impression that the market had run too far, too…
Also-ran multimedia company Real Networks (RNWK) and Viacom (VIA) are going to take another run at Apple (AAPL) iTunes. They have a music download service call Rhapsody. One of the reasons it…
According to Reuters, Rhapsody, a music service owned by Real Networks (RNWK) and Viacom (VIA) will make a push against Apple (AAPL) iTunes by embracing the iPod as its player. Reuters writes…
We have been running through many companies to determine which dividends appear safe. Investors chase high dividend stocks with stable earnings when they are concerned about where to put their money. We…
According to Reuters, M&A activity is down sharply. Reuters writes that Anheuser-Busch (BUD) turned down an offer from InBeve. Reuters reports that Yahoo! (YHOO) has realigned its senion management Reuters reports that…
Turning around Sprint (S), which has been getting harder, may be moving into the "impossible" column. The company recently showed up in the MSN Money customer satisfaction survey as one of the…
Verizon (VZ) is going to make its FiOS fiber-to-the-home product deliver even faster broadband speeds. It is hard to imagine that their customers will even know. The new product will run at…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Paulson will push for more market and financial regulations. Reuters writes the Anheuser-Busch (BUD) board will meet on the InBev offer. Reuters reports that the GAO was critical of…
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on early this Monday morning: AGCO Corp. (NYSE: AG) Raised to Outperform from Market Perform at Wachovia. AT&T (NYSE: T) & Verizon…
Verizon (VZ) had two piece of news for investors today. The first is that it fiber-to-the-home cable killer, FiOS is being built out faster than expected. All 18 million of the homes…
According to Reuters, a survey of sovereign wealth funds found concerns about their investment is overblown. Reuters reports that Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) will buy Alltel for over $28 billion. Reuters reports that…
The big wireless merger has gone through. Under the terms of the agreement, Verizon Wireless will acquire the equity of Alltel for approximately $5.9 billion. Based on Alltel’s projected net debt at…
Word from Vodafone (VOD), which owns part of Verizon Wireless, and other sources is that Verizon is looking at a purchase of Alltel, another cellular carrier. TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital…