Who's Getting In Your Pocket, Now? Foxton's and Iggy's House Jul 5, 2009
Joseph and Avi Fox started an online stock brokerage company in 1996 and sold it to eTrade two years later. Could that be what they're planning for real estate. (RealtyTimes)
Facebook, Twitter and peers for sale privately Jul 2, 2009
When it is fully launched later this year, XChange will be an automated online exchange, much like E-Trade, where users can instantly trade shares for cash. But while these services may be able to speed up dealmaking, users must still grapple with another key issue: how to determine a fair price for stock in a company that isn t required to regularly disclose its financial information and doesn t have that many potential buyers or sellers. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
The Company Behind the Hyundai Gas Offer Jun 30, 2009
We want to be the premier online company for price protection the way ETrade () and Netflix () and Amazon () are the premier online providers of stocks and films and books, I would be disappointed if over the next five years we didn't hit $500 million in sales. What kind of sales does Pricelock have now. (BusinessWeek)
Buy-and-hold stock strategy can be big loser in bear market Jun 29, 2009
STOCKS THAT TOOK THE PLUNGE. Market cap (billions, 1999). (USA Today -- Money)
Enterprise iPhone adoption Jun 20, 2009
A growing list of Fortune 1000 companies have developed iPhone apps to communicate with existing or potential customers, including Target's Gift Finder app, Burger King's Now Phone Ordering app, eTrade's Mobile Pro app, and AAA's Discounts app ... For example, panelist Irv Shapiro (CEO, IfByPhone) noted that eTrade's iPhone client helps mobile users keep tabs on their portfolios but does not attempt to leave any data on the device itself ... "eTrade is using the iPhone as a fat client to create... (SearchMobileComputing.com)
Stocks push higher after lackluster week Jun 20, 2009
In corporate news, E-Trade Financial Corp. said a public offering of 435 million shares of common stock was priced at $1. 10 apiece. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
E-Trade Plans Stock Offer, Debt Exchange Jun 18, 2009
E-Trade to raise capital, exchange debt amid rising losses; shareholder Citadel to participate ... FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2009 file photo, pedestrians pass by an E-Trade Financial office in Palo ... FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2009 file photo, pedestrians pass by an E-Trade Financial office in Palo Alto, Calif. (ABC News -- Wire)
Nasdaq SUMMARY Jun 17, 2009
Search Local Business Listings. 6/16/2009, 5:18 p.m. PDT. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)
Bull-Market Rally Gives Ground to Uncertainty Jun 16, 2009
Gazing through the window at an electronic market board from outside an ETrade Financial outlet in downtown Chicago, 70-year-old Earl Youmans saw cause for optimism despite all the red numbers. "I don't think this is going to be the end of the rally," said Youmans, of Aurora, Ill. (ABC News -- Wire)
E-Trade Wins Breach-of-Contract Case Against Deutsche Bank Jun 4, 2009
Last October, Manhattan federal district court Judge Robert Sweet issued pitting E-Trade against Deutsche Bank ... On Monday, Sweet issued a 217-page opinion (available in four parts, , , and ), finding for E-Trade on all of its breach-of-contract claims and awarding it approximately $18 million in damages, plus costs and attorney fees ... Douglas Lobel of Cooley Godward Kronish, who represented E-Trade at the 13-day trial last fall, gave us some background on the case, which was filed 4 1/2... (Law.com)
Today's alerts include: ETFC, AMGN, BRCD, OCNF, BRCM, AMZN May 23, 2009
Today's focused alerts include: Etrade Financial Corp(Nasdaq: ), Amgen Inc(Nasdaq: ), Brocade Communications Systems Inc(Nasdaq: ), OceanFreight Inc(Nasdaq: ), Broadcom orporation(Nasdaq: ), Amazon. com Inc(Nasdaq: ). (PR Newswire)
African Economic Outlook (AEO) 2008/09 May 8, 2009
It concludes that despite low penetration rates for new technologies, innovative applications of ICT have been proliferating to areas such as e-banking, e-payments, e-agriculture, e-trade, e-government and e-education. Many of these new tools are helping to shape an improved business environment by contributing to market development, overcoming traditional infrastructure constraints and reducing business costs. (allAfrica.com)
Brands make recession a part of their creative idea May 6, 2009
During the recently concluded SuperBowl, E-trade and All State Insurance both made commercials centred around the economic depression. While E-trade harped on the fact that there was an opportunity in all this gloom, All State talks about the fact that it actually set up shop in 1931 (just post the Great Depression ) and its experiences through 12 recessions since. (India Times)
Carole Keeton Strayhorn May 2, 2009
We lost major companies like Microsoft, eTrade, Genentech, Toyota, Google, Shott, Solar Array and the battery consortium. Our incentives need to be competitive with, and relevant to, the industries we are trying to recruit. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
In the News: Mortgage rate falls May 1, 2009
-- Charles Schwab Corp. would consider buying assets of E-Trade Financial Corp., which has tumbled 64 percent in New York trading during the past year, if the online brokerage put them up for sale, the company's founder said. Charles Schwab, also the company's chairman, made the comments during a meeting Thursday with investors and analysts in San Francisco. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Industry Notes May 1, 2009
Etrade Financial Corp. has opened a branch at 500 S.W. Fifth Ave., Portland. AWARDS. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)
E*Trade under pressure to raise capital Apr 29, 2009
April 28, 2009 at 6:05 PM EDT. NEW YORK Retail brokerage E*Trade Financial Corp. says it faces regulatory pressure to boost capital as it posted its seventh straight quarterly loss, and its shares fell 23 per cent in after-hours trade. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
E*Trade Pressured to Raise Capital; Reports Loss Apr 29, 2009
E-Trade shares dropped to $1. 84 when the company reported results. (ABC News -- Wire)
Business Briefing Apr 28, 2009
-- Earnings reports expected from Bristol-Myers Squibb, DreamWorks Animation, E-Trade, Franklin Resources, Peet's Coffee Pfizer, Sun Microsystems. W. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Brokerage Schwab Beats Profit, Sales Views As Trading Rises Apr 16, 2009
Schwab has traditionally depended more on fees derived from asset management activities managing funds for wealthy investors than rivals such as TD Ameritrade () and E-Trade (). Despite the decline, Raymond James analyst Patrick O'Shaughnessy says Schwab's asset management results were higher than many analysts expected. (Investors Business Daily)
Consumer Reports Survey: Low-Cost Brokers Score High in Service Apr 7, 2009
E-Trade clients reported a higher number of phone-service problems and said they were unable to find information on the company's Web site 35 percent of the time. E-Trade, Scottrade, and TD Ameritrade were among the lower-rated companies for financial advice, which is not surprising because they are bare-bones discounters. (PR Newswire)
Mid-valley people who left their mark on the world Apr 3, 2009
Newcomb gave 200,000 shares of E-Trade stock, valued at 6. 1 million, to the OSU College of Business, the Gazette-Times reported. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Auction-Rate Securities Class Action Tossed, but Plaintiffs Say Litigation Not Over Yet Apr 1, 2009
(Some banks did not reach buyback deals with state regulators, and some plaintiffs bought auction rate securities through resellers, such as e-Trade and Ameritrade, that did not buy them back. Although there were no plaintiffs in the UBS case whose securities weren't repurchased, Girard told us he and his co-counsel, Stueve Siegel Hanson, plan to amend the complaint to add such plaintiffs. (Law.com)
Cover Story: Multimedia Madness Mar 16, 2009
insurance company Geico and online stock broker E-Trade. Shanks said the network will have to take a close look at the package -- which sources say expires in 2010 -- when it comes up for renewal. (Multichannel News)
IR Global Rankings 2009: Best Ranked Companies in Greater China & Asia/Pacific Mar 12, 2009
tw); China Agri-Industries Holdings (HKSE: 606); China Railway (HKSE: 390); China Telecom (NYSE: ); Chunghwa Telecom (TSE: 2412); Cisco (Nasdaq: ); CNinsure (Nasdaq: ); Coelce - Cia Energetica do Ceara (Bovespa: COCE5); Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: ); Copel (Bovespa: CPLE6); COSCO International Holdings (HKG: 517); Credit Suisse (NYSE: ); Crucell (Euronext: CRXL); CSN - Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (NYSE: ); Danske Bank (OMX: DANSKE); D-Link (TWSE: 2332); DSM (Euronext: DSM); Dufry South America... (PR Newswire)
Scotia iTrade, watch those fees Mar 10, 2009
Take a look at how exchange-traded funds index funds that trade like stocks are attracting assets that would once have gone to traditional mutual funds ... As an E-Trade customer I'll be heading for the exits if my fees increase, the person wrote. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Ask Matt about stocks Mar 9, 2009
Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade and E-Trade offer trades for around $10, but all provide access to bricks-and-mortar branches. Charles Schwab is also an industry stand-out in that it provides investors with a number of places to park idle cash and collect a competitive level of interest. (USA Today -- Money)
Prove citizenship to vote Mar 5, 2009
What s next, the E-trade baby ET. (ET didn t just phone home. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Firms settle with SEC for $70m Mar 5, 2009
They include units or subsidiaries of well-known Wall Street names, including ETrade Capital Markets, Execution and Clearing, Knight Financial Products, and TD Options. Regulators said the firms had engaged in various types of "front-running," which involved trading ahead of customer orders or timing their own trades to seize profits. (Boston Globe)
Race becomes more central to TV advertising Mar 2, 2009
Two friends share stock tips in this E-Trade ad. . (MSNBC -- Race)
More TV Ads Project Images of Racial Harmony Mar 2, 2009
In this still image from video provided by E-Trade, the E-Trade Baby "Wings" commercial is seen. (AP Photo/E-Trade) (AP). (ABC News -- Wire)
The skinny on fees for tax-sheltered accounts Feb 22, 2009
Rob Carrick's ideas for managing your investments. Fees and commissions are such a drag for investors, especially at times like these on the stock markets. (Globe and Mail)
Current Hires New Media Pres Feb 18, 2009
Levine seems like sort of an odd choice for such a content-focused job, given his most recent job experience was running product, marketing, and customer operations for online ad company AdBrite, and before that he was at Yahoo Local and E-Trade but perhaps a web guy is just what Current needs. For Current s first two years, its web site was used purely to intake independent producers segments for its cable channel. (Salon)
Current TV Names Levine President of New Media Feb 18, 2009
He also held executive posts at Yahoo, eTrade and AdBrite. Mr. Levine will be tasked with developing new programs and revenue streams for Current TVs online, mobile and alternative platforms. (TVweek.com)
Beware 'free' financial advice online Feb 16, 2009
full disclosure wrote on Feb 15, 2009 4:36 PM:" Maybe the writer of this article should sign it in the spirit of full disclosure. What is his bias? Also online brokers sell mutual funds, index funds (for a transaction fee), bonds, and other securities besides common stocks. Major discount brokers such as TD Ameritrade, Fidelity, Schwab, Etrade, Scottrade, etc. all offer securities of all types. ". Submit a Comment. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
2009 ad meter Feb 8, 2009
E-Trade:Babies discuss "brutal" economy and E-Trade. 30. (USA Today -- Sports)
LETTER: Let Republicans say why they want US to fail Feb 8, 2009
E-trade talking babies ... The pact creating a North American free-trade zone was President Bill Clinton's signature accomplishment; but NAFTA is also the bugaboo of union leaders, grassroots activists and Midwesterners who blame free trade for the factory closings they see in their hometowns. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Top 10 Super Bowl ads (cant go wrong with whipped cream) Feb 8, 2009
Top 10 Super Bowl ads (cant go wrong with whipped cream). P/SUNNY Sunday February 8, 2009. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Top 10 Videos this week Feb 7, 2009
" Videos The story itself attracted tens of thousands of page views, while the video was watched 16,940 times, making it our most viewed this week. 2. Oz 'stinking hot' (Associated Press) 13,830 page views After six days of 40-degree weather, heat was the possible cause of a number of deaths across Australia. Dozens of homes were destroyed by wildfire, while Adelaide was expected to match its worst heat wave in a century. 3. Bale goes ballistic (Associated Press) 13,239 page views The Dark... (Globe and Mail)
