It’s fascinating how the sell side uniformly aligned to praise the Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) acquisition of 3Com (COMS) last week. Cheerleaders are plentiful but analysis of an underlying problem s

I had a Wii marathon going (boxing and soccer) last night with my kids. I’m beat, and my thumb and shoulder are sore.Asian stocks sank overnight. The Hang Seng and the Nikkei were down 1.73% an

Minyan Morning Memo One to watch: Founded in a garage by two newly minted graduates during the depths of the Great Depression, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has come a long way and is now the bigge

Instead of laying people off in the hundreds (or thousands), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) is instituting company-wide pay cuts and reducing benefits in an effort to boost its bottom line. It's the largest f

Senator Barack Obama is a either a naïf or a ninny. Based on his tax proposals, the key to any economic program, the nincompoop out-points the naïf. Here’s why: Obama proposes to rais

Imagine you’re running a marathon. Against incredible odds, you’re in first place. The finish line is just yards away; as you cross it, triumphant, the feeling of ecstasy immediately vani

Volatile swings and crushing losses in the stock market are enough to drive you crazy. Literally. The phones of psychologists in New York have been ringing off the hook as Wall Street’s executi

While October may be the cruelest month, its final week was even crueler: It gave us false hope. The Dow was up 10%, the S&P was up 11% - their biggest one-week gains since 1974. Even staid blue-

BRIC Stocks Cheap, ScaryEven after a record 20% gain in emerging-market stocks last week, some of the world’s biggest money managers think tougher times lie ahead for the BRIC nations (Bra

The private sector is actively engaging the mortgage crisis with the first broad-based, systemic attempt to prevent foreclosure. Both Bank of America (BAC) and JPMorgan (JPM) are attempting to h