At American Express (AXP) customers are not called customers. They are called “members.” Warren Buffett has probably been a member since 1955.  George Soros may go all the way back to 1950.Amex...
The AP announced its list of the top 10 paid CEOs for 2007. The figures were based on "AP’s compensation formula, which adds up salary, perks, bonuses, above-market interest on pay set aside for...
Everyone has been looking for the next shoe to drop in the financial sector where it ties in with the consumer.  Everyone thought this would be credit cards now that primary mortgages, secondary...
American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) and Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF) have both reported earnings this afternoon.  We saw estimates rise in recent days as many lenders were...
These are the top pre-market analyst downgrades and negative calls from Wall Street that we have seen this Wednesday morning: American Express (AXP) Cut to Sell from Neutral at Goldman Sachs....
Internet jobs site Glassdoor has released its list of the top 25 US CEOs based on employee feedback for the past 12 months. The company asked the question, “Do you approve of the way your CEO is...
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) shares are trading down about 1.7% in very earlybird trading this Friday.  The bulge bracket brokerage firm Merrill Lynch has downgraded the processor giant shares from...
American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) and GE Money, part of General Electric (NYSE: GE), have announced that American Express will purchase Corporate Payment Services, GE’s commercial card and corporate...
Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) and American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) are historically about as similar of companies as they come.  Yet at the same time, they are about as different from...
Tonight on CNBC’s Mad Money, Jim Cramer said the S&P finally hit a new high after 7 years but he’s still saying the DJIA will still run another 1,000 points to 14,548.  Real...
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has added three independent directors to its board in an effort to stave off a proxy fight with activist investor Daniel Loeb. The Internet company added John D. Hayes,...
We noted earlier this morning how lenders and credit card issuers were trying to beef up revenues by going back into the sub-prime market. Another way banks and card issuers boost revenue is by...
Citi upgrades American Express (NYSE: AXP) from Sell to Hold. Price target increased from $9 to $16. Citi analyst says, “Given the stock performance over the past four months (shares down 40%)...
American Express (AXP) decided to pole axe 7,000 poor souls. As is true with most mass firings, it is driving the company’s stock higher, in this case by 5% to just over $26. It still trades near...