The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning after the news that German chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany would support European Central Bank sovereign bond buying. Unfortunately...
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) lost half its market share in China last year, falling from 42% share in the first quarter to about 20% in the fourth quarter. The company wants to turn that around in 2012,...
The chairman of China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL) has said that the world’s largest mobile carrier, with more than 610 million subscribers, does not have a timetable to begin offering the iPhone from...
Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSI) is not as well known in American healthcare as it is about to be.  The pharmacy benefit management company has just signed a pact to acquire the PBM...
China’s three largest mobile phone operators are all being investigated for corruption by the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. So far, at least three...
MedcoHealth Solutions Inc. (NYSE: MHS) is a company we have somewhat expected might succumb to consolidation in the arena surrounding healthcare.  Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX) is offering...
In a reorganization of China’s telecom industry, which would be almost unimaginable in the West, the country plans to merge two of its largest mobile companies, China Netcom (CN) and China...
It is a tale you have heard before… driving down prices or capping hikes by bidding contract renewals out in what feels like a Dutch auction.  Today’s daily hat trick comes in a fight between...
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell .2% to 13,040. Canon was off 1.5% to 5100. Dentsu was down 2.6% to 223000. The Hang Seng rose 1.6% to 22,174. China Mobile (CHL) was up 2.2% to 104.60....
Markets in Asia were lower. The Nikkei fell .1% to 12,915. Hitachi rose 2.6% to 822. Nippon Oil rose 2.6% to 630. The Hang Seng fell 3.% to 21,832. China Mobile (CHL) was down 2.8% to 101.60. China...
There is a complicated merger in the Chinese telecom market, which is part of the government mandate to consolidate a fragmented telecom industry in China. China Unicom Ltd. (NYSE: CHU) has...
Late last Friday, Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) issued a brief statement on the company’s dispute with Express Scripts Inc. (NASDAQ: ESRX): The parties have agreed to dismiss their respective claims,...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) remains a key focal stock for many investors as it continues to take market share and as it continues growing international.  This morning came a research note with a...
Today could be called IPO Friday.  We have four confirmed priced deals, and likely a fifth.  The IPO’s involve Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) for its Symetra Financial (NYSE: SYA),...