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The One Thing New Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) CEO Scott Thompson Needs to Do

{ Posted on Jan 05 2012 by Kerri Shannon }
Four months after chief executive Carol Bartz was let go, Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) appointed new CEO Scott Thompson to salvage the sinking Internet company and do something Bartz couldn't - win shareholder support. Yahoo announced yesterday ...Read More »

Once the Planet’s Most Valuable Company, Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) Now Seeks to Rebound From a Decade of Stagnation

{ Posted on May 25 2011 by David Zeiler }
At the height of the 1990s Internet boom, Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) wasn't merely the ultimate tech titan. It was the most valuable company on earth. Cisco - the maker of the switchers and routers ...Read More »

Cash-Rich Companies Share the Wealth with Trillion-Dollar M&A Activity in 2011

{ Posted on Apr 18 2011 by Larry D. Spears }
Mergers and acquisitions, or M&A activity, so far in 2011 has been a driving force in the stock market's positive performance. In fact, global M&A activity in the first quarter topped $799.8 billion, the most since ...Read More »

Investment Banking Earnings Highlight Wall Street’s New Vulnerabilities

{ Posted on Oct 19 2010 by Martin Hutchinson }
The collapse of The Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (OTC: LEHMQ), the forced takeover of Merrill Lynch and the decisions by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) to get ...Read More »

Investment Banking Earnings Highlight Wall Street’s New Vulnerabilities

{ Posted on Oct 19 2010 by Martin Hutchinson }
The collapse of The Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (OTC: LEHMQ), the forced takeover of Merrill Lynch and the decisions by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) to get ...Read More »

Investors’ Hopes Riding on Surge in M&A Activity

{ Posted on Aug 24 2010 by Don Miller }
Global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity is at its highest level since late 2009, providing a glimmer of hope to investors struggling to decipher stock and bond markets roiled by a weakening U.S. economy. ...Read More »