Filed under: Financial Crisis Like many other global financial institutions, ING Groep NV (NYSE: ING ) got emergency government funding a year ago — to stave off the financial chaos. The loan amounted to about 10 billion euros

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ING gets dinged

Filed under: Earnings reports , McGraw-Hill Companies (MHP) , Media World The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP ), a distributor of business information and educational materials which counts Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL ) as a related stock, issued third-quarter results earlier today.

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McGraw-Hill comes out ahead of estimates in Q3, but stock is having trouble

If you had told me in 2003 that HealthSouth Corp. (NYSE: HLS ) would become a shining beacon of good corporate governance, I would have laughed

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HealthSouth to reimburse activist investors for expenses

Filed under: Politics , Housing , Recession Put this one under the the category of ‘a half-loaf is better than none.’ Senate leaders are apparently poised to extend the $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time home buyers, Bloomberg News reported Monday . However, the extension will not please all in the housing sector, as the Senate is working on a plan that would extend the credit, which expires November 30, for homes that close before April 1, 2010

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Senate seen extending a reduced first-time home buyer tax credit

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Filed under: Stocks to Buy , Union Pacific Corporation (UNP) As expected, Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP ) is rolling along, which is why I’m Reiterating my Buy rating for the company, first recommended on March 27, 2009 at a price of $43.00.

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Profit from the global economic recovery with Union Pacific

Filed under: Industry , Consumer experience , Internet , Competitive strategy , Google (GOOG) , Microsoft (MSFT) , Amazon.com (AMZN) Traditional retailers haven’t exactly embraced online sales channels. Sure, they all have websites, and they sell varying amounts of merchandise through them, but they’ve been slow to tap into the potential. When I was watching the space as an analyst at a major consulting firm (admittedly, back in 2007), many retailers equated a website to a new store opening

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Consumers dislike web tracking, but not enough to change behavior

Filed under: Expedia Inc (EXPE) , Options Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE ) closed at $26.36. EXPE is scheduled to discuss Q3 EPS on October 29. EXPE November option implied volatility of 53; December is at 49; near its 26-week average of 53 according to Track Data, suggesting non-directional price movement.

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Options Update: Expedia volatility flat at 53 into EPS; shares near 22-month high