Morgan Stanley Beats Expecations, Uses Odd Accounting Practice To Show Strong Gains

Despite a down economy financial firm Morgan Stanley on Wednesday surprised Wall Street analysts by posting stronger than expected profits for Q3 2011. The company's profits were assisted by a large accounting gain and increase in stock-trading revenues. ... continue

Airline Stocks Plummet, American Airlines Drops 33%

Airlines stocks just hit major turbulence, with American Airlines (AMR) shares suffering a 33% fall on Monday. In a harrowing day for the air travel industry, an index of 15 major airline shares tumbled 9.8%. The index is ... continue

Kodak Bankruptcy Rumored, Shares Plummet Despite Denial

Following a report in the financial paper the Wall Street Journal that film and camera company Kodak was seeking legal counsel regarding restructuring, shares of the brand went into free-fall on Friday. At the closing bell, Kodak shares had ... continue

Technology Stocks Fall, but Amazon Shares Boosted by Kindle Fire

Technology stocks saw a sharp decline on the markets yesterday, caused by falling semiconductor shares, but Amazon stock got a predictable boost after it rolled out the Kindle Fire. Amazon (AMZN) stock rose by 2.5%  Wednesday, and closed ... continue

Stock Prices Becoming More Erratic

Sharper swings in stock market prices are occuring more often than before, reports the New York Times. Last week was a prime example, with rollercoasting stocks dipping 3 percent on Tuesday morning, raising 3 percent on Wednesday, before ... continue

Mortgage Rates Continue Downward Trend Amid Stock Market Plunge

The stock market may be on a rapid downward trend but not everyone is being hurt by the loss of stock value, customers looking to buy a home this week will notice that mortgage rates have fallen ... continue

Nintendo Stock Plunges After Wii U Announcement

When Nintendo announced the Wii U at their press conference yesterday, I must admit that I came away from the whole thing feeling a little more confused than I would have liked. Apparently I'm not alone in ... continue

Not happy just pissing off the Chinese Google sets its sights on Wall Street

Much of the news today regarding Google has been its tricky dicky maneuvering as it redirects some of its operations out of China but not others. However it seems that our favorite Mountain View monolith has set its sights ... continue

More Market Quotes Made Available

The New York Stock Exchange is now offering real-time data online at no cost to the user. NYSE Realtime Stock Prices launches today with instant info being made available at Google and CNBC. Both sites pay NYSE ... continue

Google Breaks Real-Time Stock Barrier

Google is now offering real-time stock quotes on its Finance service. The G-Team announced the launch of up-to-the-second updates on NASDAQ securities at its official blog this afternoon. Engineers say real-time data has historically been limited to ... continue