Wall Street awaits Fed meeting

Ron Haruni|Apr 27, 2008| 

The focal point for Wall Street in the coming week, specifically on Tuesday – will be the Federal Reserves policy meeting. The obvious question leading up... Read »

U.S Justice Dept Investigating Google/Yahoo Deal

Ron Haruni|Apr 23, 2008| 

The U.S. Justice Department according to Reuters, is investigating possible antitrust implications of Google’s (GOOG) two-week search test with Yahoo which... Read »

CNN’s Jack Cafferty sued by Chinese lawyers

Ron Haruni|Apr 23, 2008| 1

According to Chinadaily, fourteen Chinese lawyers have filed a lawsuit with the Chaoyang Court in Beijing against CNN and commentator Jack Cafferty, charging harm... Read »

China slashes trading costs to boost stock market

Ron Haruni|Apr 23, 2008| 

China is slashing the trading cost for stock investors as the stamp tax on stock trading was cut to 0.1 percent from the current 0.3 percent starting from Thursday.... Read »

Saudis admit of limited oil capacities

Ron Haruni|Apr 22, 2008| 

As oil surged to records near $120 a barrel on worries of export disruptions from Nigerian rebel attacks and concerns – a Scottish refinery strike could hit... Read »

China surpassing U.S. in Internet users

Ron Haruni|Apr 21, 2008| 

During the month of January ‘08, China was just five million users shy of surpassing the United States as the world’s largest Internet market. At the time,... Read »

Industrial Production Stronger Than Expected; Economy OK Outside of Financials

Ron Haruni|Apr 17, 2008| 

March Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization report was released today. Analysts expected a m/m decline of -0.1%. Unfortunately, analysts were wrong, again.... Read »

Alternative energies to profit from gas emission cap

ron|Apr 16, 2008| 

President Bush’s wednesday decision to embrace a greenhouse gas emission cap, will benefit alternative energy companies and natural gas producers. In a Rose... Read »

China’s GDP Accelerates at Fastest Pace in 13 Years

ron|Apr 15, 2008| 

While the U.S. economy continues exhibiting signs of deceleration, based on the latest reports – the chinese economy , now a powerful global presence – expanded... Read »

Apple seriously challenging Microsoft’s computing dominance

Ron Haruni|Apr 15, 2008| 

Microsoft’s grip on the core of computing is finally weakening. According to Businessweek, a recent upgrade to the Mac operating system has moved Jobs ‘co.... Read »