Samsung stockholders went scurrying for the exit on Friday when a research note from J.P. Morgan predicted that third-quarter shipments of the Galaxy S4 would be disappointing. The company lost about $12 billion in market value that day and edged further down on Monday. J.P. Morgan was not the only ...
For a long time, small businesses were reluctant to embrace the latest in search engine marketing and other online advertising tactics. The SEM industry was unable to deliver to this group of typically local-interest, cost-conscious companies what they wanted the most: a means to assess how their in...
The Investors' and Issuers' Summit on Alternative Capital Raising Strategies Conference recently took place at The Harvard Club in New York. Several companies representing the reverse merger sector attended the Financial Research Associates-sponsored conference, which was geared toward alternative w...
In a move aimed at keeping its customers connected, E*Trade on Thursday launched a mobile service customized for Research in Motion's BlackBerry device. E*Trade Mobile Pro will offer the same user interface, security features and banking and trading services as the E*Trade Web site exclusively on Bl...
Online brokerage E*Trade has named Donald H. Layton as its new chief executive officer, giving the financial services industry veteran the task of stemming a stock price drop and finding profitable growth opportunities. Layton had served as chairman of E*Trade's board since last November, when he ca...
About 50 percent of all new businesses survive for at least five years, according to estimates by the Small Business Administration. On the flip side, that means that half of all new ventures fail in that time frame. While the e-commerce market has been growing at a rapid clip, a number of companies...
Looking to boost confidence among both investors and customers, online brokerage E*Trade Financial said Wednesday it had received a $2.55 billion investment from a private equity firm. After disclosing it had seen significant erosion of some assets due to the subprime mortgage meltdown and after an ...
Shares of E*Trade plummeted more than 50 percent Monday after the online stock brokerage firm backed down from previously announced profit targets, said it would be forced to take more write-downs due to its exposure to the subprime mortgage industry and disclosed it was being investigated by the Se...
Rumors are flying that E*Trade and TD Ameritrade are again discussing a possible merger, a long-contemplated move that would create an online stock trading powerhouse. The companies reportedly have been in talks for several weeks, but it's not likely that a deal is imminent. Current discussions are ...
The hedge funds that earlier this week called for online broker TD Ameritrade to find a merger partner renewed their call for the strategic move, saying the company is ignoring a "massive value creation opportunity." TD Ameritrade had responded to an earlier call to seek a merger partner by saying i...
Two hedge funds are pushing TD Ameritrade Holding to pursue a merger with a rival firm, the online brokerage announced Tuesday. As an attachment to its regulatory filing, TD Ameritrade included a May 29 letter from hedge funds Jana Partners and S.A.C. Capital Advisors, which own an aggregate of abou...
Online retailers and service providers improved their customer satisfaction ratings during 2005 and Web-based retailers continued to do a better job of making buyers happy than their off-line counterparts, according to a new report. The annual American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Commerce Report c...
The online brokerage world continues to consolidate at breakneck speed as E*Trade announced its third acquisition in two months, saying it would buy BrownCo from JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a deal worth US$1.6 billion. The all-cash deal will give E*Trade access to a wealthy and active customer base,...
E*Trade Financial today announced its second acquisition in as many days, scooping up an investment advisory firm in a deal that augments its much larger, US$700 million buy of Harrisdirect. E*Trade did not disclose the purchase price it will pay for Boston-area-based Kobren Insight Management, a re...
Seeking to keep pace with rivals in a rapidly consolidating industry, E*Trade Financial will buy Harrisdirect for US$700 million in cash. E*Trade said the purchase of Harrisdirect, an online-only brokerage owned by the BMO Financial Group -- parent company of the Bank of Montreal -- would be "highly...
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