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24/7 Wall St. has prepared its list of the ten brands that will disappear in 2010. This list is based on a review of each firm’s financial situation and other operating data, the current and...
Earnings season has mostly wound down, but as always at least some major companies are reporting earnings.  Some are actually market-movers as well and it is a short week with earnings out only...
Reuters:   The Wall St. insider trading probe lead to another 14 arrests. Reuters:   Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) lost $19 billion and asked Treasury for money. Reuters:   GM is readying its plans for...
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7 Wall St. asked Corebrand, the brand...
Reuters:   Senator Edward Kennedy died at age 77. Reuters:   The US Postal System is seeking 30,000 job cuts. Reuters:   US housing and confidence data moved up. Reuters:   White House and...
Reuters:   GM (GM) is close to filing Chapter 11. Reuters:   A poll of economists says the US recession will end soon followed by modest growth. Retuers:   The mood of US consumers rose despite...
According to Reuters, banks may be hard hit by the bankruptcy of General Growth (GGP) and future commercial real estate defaults. Reuters reports that VW may overtake Toyota (TM) as the No.1 car...
A number of well-known brands disappeared in the last year in large part due to economic forces. Many of them were in the retail industry, led by Circuit City. ATA and Aloha airlines are gone....
The Wall Street Journal has made a great deal of the fact that six big company CEOs have been sacked in the last eight days. Chief executives are fired all the time, so the statistical analysis...
The best way to handle trouble at a company during a recession is to dump the CEO. Someone probably keeps statistics on whether chief executives lose their jobs faster in a downturn than in more...
According the Reuters, December domestic cars sales were the worst month in years. Reuters writes that Toyota (TM) will cut plants. Reuters reports that Apple’s (AAPL) Jobs tried to calm investors...
Nortel (NT) Still falling on Chapter 11 concerns. Falls to $.26 from 52-week high of $16.07. Borders Group (BGP) No one buys books from stores anymore. Drops to $.56 from 52-week high of $11.67....
In a rare sign of sanity in the executive suites of corporate America, it looks like one potential deal that had been the subject of wide speculation will not be happening The Wall Street Journal...
According to Reuters, Greenspan says the housing market should bottom in 2009. Reuters writes that US auto makers are scrambling to make more fuel-efficient cars. Reuters reports that the SEC is...
Barnes & Noble (BKS), the No.1 bricks and mortar bookseller, is looking at a buy-out of No.2 player Borders (BGP). Neither company has done especially well as readers have turned to Amazon (AMZN)...