eBay Looking to Sell StumbleUpon
TechCrunch is reporting that eBay (EBAY) has recruited Deutsche Bank (DB) in the hopes of finding a suitable buyer for StumbleUpon, the venerable website that... >>>
Treasury Announces Comprehensive Plans to Fight Financial System Crisis
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson outlined today a comprehensive approach aimed at relieving stresses on financial institutions and markets, as lack of confidence... >>>
In Other News: 9/18/2008 - IHT, WSJ, Reuters
Herald Tribune: MidAmerican Energy Holdings, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate controlled by Warren Buffett, today announced the it reached a tentative... >>>
Putnam Liquidates $12 billion Prime Money Market Fund
The Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds, one of the nation’s oldest and largest management firms, has suddenly voted to close a $12.3 billion prime money... >>>
In Other News: 9/17/2008 - WSJ, The SEC
The Wall Street Journal: Washington Mutual (WM), has instructed its investment bankers to step up their efforts and help the struggling savings and loan raise more... >>>
How the Smart Get Richer
As the bear market deepens success stories are getting harder to find. So a few eyebrows were raised when a Massachusetts fund recently announced it posted an 8.6%... >>>
Microsoft Drops Seinfeld from Vista Commercial
Well, in a way this was sort of expected. According to Valleywag - Microsoft (MSFT) apparently faced with criticism has decided to pull its TV ads, featuring comedian... >>>
Morgan Stanley Considering a Tie-Up with Wachovia
Concerns over the health of investment banks facing increased skepticism from investors about the outlook for the stand-alone broker-dealer business model, in the... >>>
In Other News: 9/16/2008 - Bloomberg, Barclays, The Fed
Bloomberg: Earlier this month, Samsung Electronics said the co. was considering to buy flash memory maker SanDisk (SNDK). Late Tuesday, in a proposed deal that... >>>
AIG Shares Slide Further as Survival Fears Grow
AIG shares dropped nearly 40% on Tuesday as the international credit rating agency Fitch joined Moody’s Investor Services and Standard & Poor’s in... >>>
