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Report: Apple iPad devouring netbook sales; iPod touch next?
The netbook market is being devoured by the Apple iPad, according to a new report.
A new chart issued Thursday by Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty in a report to clients shows the impact of the iPad and other tablets on the broader gadget market — and it looks like the netbook growth curve is falling off [...]
Fitch Downgrades Morgan Stanley 2004-IQ7; Assigns Outlooks & LS Ratings
CHICAGO, Apr 30, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) –Fitch Ratings takes various rating actions on Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, series 2004-IQ7 as follows:
Fitch downgrades, assigns LS ratings and Rating Outlooks to the following classes:
–$5.4 million class H to ‘BB/LS5′ from ‘BB+’; Outlook Negative;
–$4.3 million class J to ‘B/LS5′ from ‘BB’; Outlook Negative;
–$2.2 [...]
Morgan Stanley still chasing Goldman
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley (MS.N) bolstered its trading operations, reshuffled its top management and tinkered with its strategy last year, but those changes are unlikely to bear fruit when the Wall Street bank reports its first-quarter earnings.
Meanwhile, rival Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N), which seems to have weathered the worst of the political [...]
JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) To Enter Liquefied Natural Gas Market
JP Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) announced that it would be entering into the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market on Wednesday under a deal with U.S. LNG natural gas importer Cheniere Energy.
Under the terms of the two-year agreement, JPMorgan and Cheniere will jointly look into buying opportunities in the global LNG marketplace, combining Cheniere’s [...]
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-01 03:36 UPDATE 1-Barclays hires former Goldman banker Leven
HONG KONG, March 1 (Reuters) – Barclays Plc has hired former Goldman Sachs banker Johan Leven as co-head of corporate finance in Asia-Pacific, as the British bank continues its push as a full-fledged investment bank. Barclays Capital, or BarCap, as the Barclays investment banking division is better known, said in a statement on Monday that [...]
Buying Spree Nets China Stakes in Top U.S. Firms
Flush with cash despite the global economic downturn, China’s sovereign wealth fund quietly snapped up more than $9 billion worth of shares last year in some of the biggest American corporations, including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Citigroup.
Although most of the stakes were small, China Investment Corp., the government’s $300 billion investment fund, now [...]
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