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Stocks Pause After Last Week’s Rally

Jul 21, 2008, 4:24 PM

Wall Street fluctuated on Monday as futures indicated a higher open to the trading day. What mostly helped the upward momentum ; were M&A news involving the... Read »

Australian Gov’t Warned By BHP Of Risks In Refusing Rio Tinto Bid

Jul 21, 2008, 11:44 AM

The world’s biggest miner, BHP Billiton (BHP) – in its continued hostile bid for mega-miner Rio Tinto (RTP), according to UK’s Media Group Telegraph... Read »

Emerging Markets Infrastructure Is Booming

Jul 20, 2008, 4:03 PM

In order to sustain economic growth, increases of infrastructure spending are critical for the emerging economies as their populations continue to expand and urbanize. The... Read »

IMF Raises World Economic Outlook

Jul 19, 2008, 4:24 PM

The latest communiqué from IMF’s World Economic Outlook (WEO), released Friday – stressed IMF’s view of a significantly slower pace in global... Read »

Napster: Takeover Speculation Continues

Jul 19, 2008, 3:16 AM

Let the speculation begin. According to Bloomberg - Napster Inc. (NAPS), Internet’s first peer-to-peer music sharing service – could potentially become... Read »

Legg Mason Backs Current Yahoo Board In Icahn Proxy Fight

Jul 18, 2008, 10:13 PM

In its battle to avoid defeat against Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and billionaire investor Carl Icahn, Yahoo’s (YHOO) board of directors received on Friday a major... Read »

Stocks End Mixed In Choppy Session

Jul 18, 2008, 5:13 PM

Wall Street on Friday had a mixed opening following a second consecutive session of strong gains. Disappointing earnings from Merrill Lynch (MER) and influential... Read »

Motorola Suing Apple Executive Over Trade Secrets

Jul 18, 2008, 2:41 PM

The American multinational telecommunications co. Motorola Inc. (MOT), according to Bloomberg, has sued a former executive ; Michael Fenger, currently Apple’s... Read »

comScore Monthly Analysis of U.S. Search Engine Rankings

Jul 18, 2008, 1:36 PM

comScore (SCOR) the global leader in measuring the digital world, released on Friday a report that highlights its monthly qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. comScore’s... Read »

SEC’s Order On Short Selling Might Exempt Market Makers

Jul 18, 2008, 12:56 AM 1

Apparently, old habits die hard. Based on reports from WSJ – U.S. regulators are now having second thoughts about applying restrictions on short-selling for... Read »

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