A New Deal for America
Category: Featured Articles | Listed: June 16, 2010
Today in 1933, FDR opened his New Deal program to combat the Great Depression. He signed bills that . ...
Hummers Are Better When Driven By Women
Category: Money, News | Listed: February 26, 2010
At Seeking Alpha, Robert Salomon unpacks what he thought about both the Saab and Hummer deals: Interesting. Although Saab is certainly the more promising of the two GM castoffs, if you would have told...
Hummer to close after collapse of Chinese deal
Category: Money, News | Listed: February 25, 2010
General Motors' deal to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese automaker fell through Wednesday and the company said it now plans to shut down the brand. Source ...
Buyer interest in Prius grows. Say what?
Category: Money, News | Listed: February 5, 2010
By now, you've heard that some 2010 Toyota Priuses have a braking problem blamed for several crashes. That sounds scary, but to some it sounds like a deal. Source ...
Wells Fargo and Veterans Day
Category: Wells Fargo | Listed: December 8, 2009
When I was a kid, I viewed Veterans Day as another holiday to commemorate distant events, and one of two times a year my Cub Scout troop would place flags on graves at a local Veterans Cem...
Wells Fargo in Colorado
Category: Wells Fargo | Listed: December 8, 2009
On Saturday, November 7, 19 Wachovia Bank stores in Colorado will convert to the Wells Fargo brand. Although Colorado is the first state where Wachovia signs will disappear, Wells Fargo is not a newco...
Time for Fed to Boost Key Interest Rate?
Category: Crisis | Listed: September 27, 2009
The Federal Reserve this week again pledged to keep interest rates close to zero, which means borrowing money remains cheap for banks. But what does it mean for U.S. stocks and economy? If rates stay...
Home Sales Crawl 0.7 Percent Higher
Category: Crisis | Listed: September 27, 2009
New U.S. home sales posted a tepid 0.7 percent increase last month, missing Wall Street expectations and providing more evidence that the housing market recovery remains tentative....
Twitter closes new round — what’s next?
Category: Economic news, Featured Articles | Listed: September 27, 2009
Filed under: Internet, Google (GOOG), Yahoo! (YHOO), Time Warner (TWX), Private equity, TechnologyTwitter's much-hyped $100 million round of financing closed Friday, cementing the company's (illiquid)...
THQ and the acquisition thesis
Category: Economic news, Featured Articles | Listed: September 27, 2009
Filed under: Rumors, Microsoft (MSFT), Time Warner (TWX), Viacom (VIA), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Technology, Nintendo (NTDOY)Well, it's been an exciting month for the video-game in...

