Filed under: International markets , Forecasts , India , China , Brazil , Russia The developing world’s call for a new global reserve currency to replace the U.S. dollar is a lot of “sound and fury signifying not a whole lot,” says economist David H. Wang

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China, Russia, India, Brazil in no condition to create ’supercurrency’

Filed under: Amazon.com (AMZN) Online retailer Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN ) is looking to extend the reach of its Kindle — a wireless reading device — into the hands of consumers, and hopes that cutting the price will speed adoption in a price-sensitive world. Formerly priced at $359, the Kindle will now be sold for $299, though the more advanced Kindle DX will still maintain its $489 price tag.

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Amazon cuts Kindle price to speed adoption

Filed under: International markets , PepsiCo (PEP) , Russia Under the radar: Some trends are obvious enough and visible to all investors.

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Under the radar: Pepsi plans to invest another $1 billion in Russia

Filed under: Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Forecasts , Good news , Products and services , Management , Competitive strategy , Amazon.com (AMZN) , Recession Shares of online retailer Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN ) are trading a bit higher this afternoon after being upgraded today by Susquehanna Financial . Susquehanna Financial analyst Marianne Wolk raised her rating on the stock this morning to a “positive” from a “neutral” rating and put a $100 price target on the company

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Amazon gets big upgrade

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Filed under: Stocks to Buy Ah yes, the mobile/wireless age. Just down the road, everyone will carry their computer to work, in space-age, wafer-thin notebook forms, which will also do yeoman duty as phones and wireless reading devices. Well, here’s a little attention-getter: traditional, desktop, bulky PCs will dominate the market, led by office purchases, for the next 3-5 years, and probably longer.

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Seagate Technology: Buy on a pull-back

Filed under: Options BATS Global Markets, an innovative global financial markets technology company, announced plans to launch a US equity options exchange and is targeting live trading on the platform in early 2010. Option Update is provided by Stock Specialist Paul Foster of theflyonthewall.com Options Update: BATS Global Markets plans to launch a U.S.

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Options Update: BATS Global Markets plans to launch a U.S. equity options exchange