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Corporate insiders have recently been selling their companies’ shares at a greater pace than at any time since the top of the bull market in the fall of 2007.
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Mark Hulbert: Insiders have quickened the pace of their selling
As we climb out of the valley of the recession, the government will need to get the timing right if it wants to make sure we get out in good shape.
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Irwin Kellner: Despite the rally, we’re still in the valley
Goldman Sachs, under fire for reaping record trading profits in the teeth of the financial crisis, is now fighting to defend one of its major sources of revenue — commodities trading — as regulators consider setting limits on Wall Street speculators.
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Spotlight on Goldman as commodities hearings begin
The recurring question of how the tech startup Twitter Inc. is going to make money has been the talk of Silicon Valley over the last two weeks, after the publication of stolen company documents put the spotlight on the issue again.
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Therese Poletti’s Tech Tales: Twitter leaks show how far the company has to go
In his 2008 bestseller, “Wealth, War and Wisdom,” hedge fund manager Barton Biggs warns that investors must “assume the possibility of a breakdown of the civilized infrastructure.”
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Paul B. Farrell: Investing rules for The End of Civilization
While the jury is still out on whether China can sustain its pace of growth, one already optimistic forecast just got even brighter, which could be good news for investors in mainland Chinese shares.
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Asia Markets: Merrill Lynch hikes China growth forecast
NEC Electronics and Renesas will delay by one month their merger to create Japan’s largest computer-chip maker, as they need more time to look through each other’s books.
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Renesas, NEC Electronics to delay merger one month
Canon will reportedly spend roughly $263 million on streamlining design and product data systems in 2010 in order to save more than four times that amount over three years.
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Canon to spend $263 million ’streamlining’: report
Amgen reports higher second-quarter earnings, due in part to a variety of charges and gains taken during the quarter and in the same period the previous year.
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Amgen reports higher earnings, Glaxo deal
The sharp rally in U.S. stocks is giving well-regarded investor Jeremy Grantham more than a moment’s hesitation.
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Mutual Understanding: GMO’s Grantham: Stocks expensive, resources scarce
