12:05pm ET
Energy
Ethanol Boom in Brazil
Since the beginning of the year, Brazil’s ethanol industry has generated more than its share of news. Today brings the announcement of a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-A) and Cosan…
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4:04am ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings (Week 4)
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…
3:02pm ET
Retail
Amazon Reigns Online: Could Offline Be Next? (AMZN, AAPL, WMT, TGT)
Quarterly results at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) beat even the company’s own high estimates for revenue and profits. A lot of that was due to the success of the company’s Kindle e-reader…
8:32am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (COF, CAT, CERN, CHKP, MOT, PCYC, POT, SNDK, TTWO, URBN, WMT)
These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) Raised to Buy at SunTrust. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) Raised to…
3:53am ET
Media
Media Digest 1/29/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Congress will probe the Toyota (NYSE:TM) recalls. Reuters: Samsung said chip and TV demand is strengthening. Reuters: Some AIG (NYSE:AIG) employees are open to cuts in retention pay.
1:09pm ET
Jobs
Signs Of The Apocalypse: Large Multinationals Layoff Over 60,000 In January
The large multinational companies were supposed to have done their layoffs during the first half of 2009, when the recession was at its worst. Those layoffs should have cut as close to the…
9:50am ET
Retail
Will Wal-Mart Sell Google Nexus One? It Won’t Matter
Blogs and tech websites are beginning to buzz with news that Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) may begin to sell the Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Nexus One handset powered by the search company’s own Android operating systems.…
8:46am ET
Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (1/26/2010) (WMT)(GOOG)
Updated throughout the day. Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) will begin to sell the Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Nexus One. (Android Community) GM is near to a sale of Saab. (Bloomberg) The US Sanate may be considering…
6:09am ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings (Week 3)
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined be earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
5:18am ET
Retail
Wal-Mart (WMT) To Cut Over 11,000 Workers
It is cause for worry when the world’s largest retailer cuts 11,200 people right after a rough holiday sales season. Wal-Mart will fire that many people at its Sam’s Club division. The…
4:43am ET
Economy
Signs Of The Apocalypse: The Return Of The Layoff
Layoffs in unrelated industries, even when close together in time, are just that—unrelated. That is until they begin to grow rapidly in number. Three of America’s largest firm announced firings or signaled…
3:45am ET
Media
Media Digest 1/25/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: China continued to defend its internet policies. Reuters: The SEC is considering whether data on AIG (NYSE:AIG) should have national security status. Reuters: Ferrero will not bid against Kraft (NYSE:KFT) for Cadbury…
6:48pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings (Week 2)
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined be earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
6:23pm ET
Investing
Haiti Donations, Company-by-Company (MS, JPM, BAC, GS, JEF, WFC, WMT, TGT, RAD, MCD, YUM, KO, PEP, K, GIS, GOOG, DIS, CA, T, VZ, WU, MGI, UTX, UPS, ABT, AMGN, HUM)
We have compiled from press releases and from company announcements a company-by-company donation and effort pledge to help in the relief efforts after the disastrous earthquake in Haiti. These are partial explanations…
9:18pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two most important companies in America are determined be earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management strength…