Investors would suppose that TD Ameritrade (AMTD) and E*Trade (ETFC) shares would be on fire today after The Wall Street Journal broke the story that the companies were in merger talks. But,…
Douglas A. McIntyre From Silicon Alley Insider So, Google’s (GOOG) YouTube will finally sell video ads. How much revenue will they generate? Most likely, not enough to materially affect Google’s overall revenue for at least…
Douglas A. McIntyre China used to be the next big thing for the Big Three. Now it is South America. GM (GM) is saying that it can grow it Latin America and African revenue by…
Market in Europe were up at 7 AM New York time. The FTSE rose 1.1% to 6,151. BT (BT) was down 3% to 302.75. Invesco was up 4.3% to 607. Vodafone (VOD)…
Douglas A. McIntyre Word from The Wall Street Journal is that discount broker giants TD Ameritrade (ATMD) and E*Trade (ETFC) are working on a merger that would create a company with 11 million accounts. According…
Vodafone (VOD) had some shareholders who wanted the company to sell part of its stake in Verizon Wireless back to majority owner Verizon (VZ). VOD management made the argument that the wireless…
Dell (DELL) came out with a set of cool PCs with fancy colors and better displays. They are aimed at the consumer market. In the past DELL was mostly a direct seller…
Several reports yesterday indicated that Apple (AAPL) would sell 800,000 iPhone in the current quarter. Reuters reported that a UBS analyst believed that AAPL would top its own target of 730,000 handsets.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Below are short interest figures for major companies traded on the NYSE as of August 15 compared to July 13, 2007 Largest Short Positions Ford (F) …
According to Reuters, GM (GM) sees revenue in Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East growing by several billion a year for the next several years. Reuters writes that Toyota (TM) believes…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell a fraction to 15,900. NTT (NTT) was up 1.4% to 504000. Yahoo Japan was up 5.7% to 38700. The Hang Seng rose 2.9% to…
Douglas A. McIntyre Google (GOOG) has finally announced how it will make money on YouTube. According to The Wall Street Journal, the site will begin to run video commercials 15 seconds into the site’s content.…
Douglas A. McIntyre UST Inc (UST) Philip Morris USA is testing rival product. Shares drop to $47.73 from 52-week high of $61.17. Saks (SKS) Market miffed about Q2 loss. Drops to $16.55 from high of…
Douglas A. McIntyre Earlier this morning, Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) announced the launch of its own "DRM-free" MP3 music downloads. Those wanting the service can download from Walmart.com at $0.94/song and $9.22/album. The new MP3 digital format…
One thing has held true since the bubble burst and long before then: When shares of a company get hit hard, attorneys file class action lawsuits against a company for misleading shareholders…
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