A sell-off of major bank stocks and sovereign securities makes it likely that France and Germany will determine the short-term future of the eurozone in upcoming meetings. (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) makes a $12.5…
Time Warner (NYSE: TWC) to buy Insight Communications from Carlyle for $3 billion. (Reuters) Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) expects holiday sales to be strong. (Reuters) Security experts say hackers may make Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)…
Retail data becomes the focus of Wall St. (Reuters) China locates another 22 fake Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stores. (Reuters) The Nikkei drops below the important 9,000 mark. (Reuters) Brent drops below $108 on demand…
ZyngaZynga Inc. has updated its IPO paperwork with the SEC for its second amendment to its prospectus. Many might be worried about market conditions due to the extreme volatility, but Zynga is still preparing…
Risk in Europe continues to drag on global shares. (Reuters) Concerns about how S&P (NYSE: MHP) sets rating bring calls for reform. (Reuters) Rules on CME (NASDAQ: CME) margins move gold lower. (Reuters) Intel…
Just a day after closing its MP3 music download offering, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has launched a streaming video service for the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Walmart already offers streaming video…
Sirius XMSIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) has been a very heavily attacked stock by short sellers despite a very low share price. The short selling peaked in May before some of the short…
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) says QE3 was likely after the Fed’s recent comments. (Reuters) HSBC (NYSE: HBC) sells its U.S. credit card business to Capitol One. (Reuters) China not likely to raise interest rates…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) briefly became the most valuable company in the world today. When it hit $364 billion in worth, it passed long-time leader Exxon Mobil. Over a span of two years, Apple’s market…
Blockbuster Inc. (BLOAQ.PK) is trading at price levels not seen since early spring, as traders responded enthusiastically to a published report that new owner, Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH), has no plans to shutter…
The Federal Reserve is under pressure to offer solutions to falling markets and a slow economy. (Reuters) The Swiss franc hits a record against the euro. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) sued by…
The next challenge for Congress will be a tax deadlock. (Reuters) The Nikkei falls another 2% on news of a U.S. downgrade. (Reuters) Yields on Italian and Spanish bonds fall as the ECB agrees…
Wall St. had its worst sell-off in two years (Reuters) Regulators have begun to tussle over interpretations of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill (Reuters) LinkedIn (NYSE: LNK) posted strong earnings and a good forecast…
Sales of video games fell by 10% in June according to market research firm NPD Group, from $1.15 billion in June 2010 to $1.03 billion. This past May was even worse, with a sales…
Hitachi and Mitsubishi may merge (Reuters) Japan intervened in the yen (Reuters) Spain will offer bonds and the European Central Bank meets to examine option to help the country’s debt problems (Reuters) The U.S.…