According to Reuters, the Fed is opening up its own balance sheet to poisonous securities it may get from banks in exchange for cash. Reuters writes that JP Morgan (JPM) bought Bear Stearns (BSC)…
According to Reuters, the head of the World Bank sees the US moving into recession and a slowdown in Europe but believes that developing countries are not being hurt by the current economic situation.…
According to Reuters, regulators unveiled a plan to toughen rules for mortgage brokers. Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) have begiin informal discussion about the buy-out. Reuters reports that IACI (IACI) CEO…
If you have read any of our commentary or probably most other commentary online, you know that newspapers are not exactly the next growth engine in the economy. In fact, they are probably losing…
DirecTV (NYSE: DTV) has hundreds of channels and can offer high-definition programming, but, because satellite signals do not work two-way, getting into the "on demand" business has been impossible. That has given an edge…
According to Reuters, Paulson will try to tighten rules at the state and federal levels to tighten mortgage standards. Reuters writes that Carlyle Capital was unable to reach a deal with it lenders, setting…
Mel Karmazin, CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI), has commented at the Bear Stearns Media Conference that he continues to be "very optimistic" over receiving proper regulatory approval for its pending merger…
TiVo Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO) has reached an agreement with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to bring videos from YouTube to the television set. It will offer access to videos stored on YouTube directly to televisions that…
Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) raised another tranche of junk debt, about $1 billion. That will sit on top of the $19 billion which the company, controlled by billionaire Paul Allen, already has. Just because Charter…
According to Reuters, central banks are uniting to ease the credit crisis. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) got EU approval to buy DoubleClick and its shares rose. Reuters reports that Caterpillar (CAT) raised its…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer hosted World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (NYSE: WWE) CEO Linda McMahon. This is one that Cramer touted before, and it doesn’t look like much has changed there.…
A small company called Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIXD) made an announcement this morning that it received commitments from four major movie studios to provide movies to up to 10,000 digital cinemas in…
According to Reuters, Goldman Sachs says the Fed may make an emergency rate cut. Reuters writes that Nokia (NOK) is likely to sell down now that information from chip company Texas Instruments (TXN) shows…
The Big Six cable companies will team up to sell advertising, targeted by geography and subscriber behavior. It is the fondest hope of television which has seen much of the ability to get to…
The FCC is going after Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) for cutting bandwidth to some file-sharing services which use huge amounts of capacity on the cable company’s network. The agency believes that all telecom and cable…