The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
The the Office for National Statistics said that retail sales in the UK fell 1.2% in December, more than the consensus forecast of .5%. The recession was partly to blame according to…
Reuters: The Fed will try to calm the markets after it raised the discount rate to .75%. Reuters: The head of Toyota (TM) will go to Congress to testify. Reuters: The Fed’s…
We already gave a full run-down position by position in the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) holdings as of December 31, 2009. What is interesting is that this round of 13F…
Some analysts thought that Walmart’s (WMT) earnings and outlook were a bit disappointing. They were actually excellent given the harsh retail environment in which the company operates. The fact that Walmart’s revenue…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: US regulators are looking at steering problems on the Toyota (TM) Corolla. Reuters: Greece says it is not seeking EU taxpayers’ money. Reuters: Gold fell on an IMF sale. Reuters: US state…
This is the list of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A)(BRK-B) public equity holdings as of December 31, 2009…. so these are his positions going into 2010. We have broken these into 3…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and P&G (NYSE:PG) are fed up with the violence and sexual content in television programs. The Wall Street Journal reports that they have joined forces to create a two-hour TV special…
Reuters: The EU summit will address the Greek bailout. Reuters: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will test an ultra-high speed broadband system. Reuters: Sweden took that top spot from the US for use of telecom…
Over what we saw during the recession, 2009 was the year that dividends were cut down to effect cash conservation to get through the recession. In fact, the dividend cuts may have…
President Obama will meet with China's "enemy of the state," the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet. The Chinese government already has protested the visit.
Exide Technologies (NASDAQ: XIDE) is getting crushed today after news that the company was notified by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) that the retailer will stop selling the company’s auto batteries in…
Challenger, Gray & Christmas announced that layoffs disclosed by major US firms last month hit 71,482 in January up from 49,094 in December. Downsizing at ten companies made up a third of the…
Ron Burkle, a financier who is fond of raiding retail companies, plans to take a 37% stake in the nation’s largest bricks-and-mortar book seller, Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS). Burkle’s Yucaipa investment funds…