Topic: Morgan Stanley

Consumer Web Software Seeps Into the Workplace

Office tech is getting a casual Friday makeover, says Farhad Manjoo, who explains why we should celebrate the Facebookization of the enterprise.READ»

LearnVest Connects Financial Literacy to a New Generation of Women

The LearnVest team is adopting ideas from the likes of Weight Watchers and DailyCandy to help young women improve their fiscal fitness.READ»

Beating Up Wall Street Types Now Legal

After years of having their Fannies spanked and their Goldmans smacked, are bankers, brokers, lawyers, and hedge fund managers prepared for the timely return of White Collar Boxing?READ»

Looking for a Partner: Must be Willing to Commit

Put a bunch of executives from different companies in a room to hatch plans, write checks, and plot how to move markets, and it’s a federal crime. Add some foundations, NGOs, and myriad worthy causes, and you’ve got the Clinton ...READ»

Is the iPad a Notebook Killer?

August was an awful month for notebook PC makers. Sales growth, slowing since the iPad arrived, has slipped into negative numbers. But has Apple cursed the industry, or is the story murkier than that?READ»

Purposeful Obfuscation

I keep telling people about this one passage in "The Big Short" (which is totally awesome and very worth reading if you want to have a better understanding of why we're in the financial state we're in). Anyway, it's actually a footnote ...READ»

What Special Nokia Phone Is Riling Up Analysts and Why?

Despite leading the cell phone world for years, the giant Nokia seemed to have stumbled over planning for the smartphone future. Today some analysts think its future is brighter and have bumped up their Nokia predictions. What's going on?READ»

iPad Hits 3 Million in 80 Days. What Will the iPhone 4 Do?

Yesterday, according to the press office at One, Infinite Loop, Apple sold its 3 millionth iPad, just 80 days after it first went on sale in the U.S. Now, despite the fact that one analyst has claimed that its popularity has peaked, ...READ»

What the Latest "Hot News" Ruling Means for Financial Web Sites - And Maybe Your Blog

The hot news doctrine, created a century ago to prevent telegraphy from spoiling the prospects of East Coast newspapers, is having a resurgence in the digital era. It's just been used to squash publications by financial news ...READ»

JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America Called Out for Financing Mountaintop Removal

Mountaintop removal is one of those instinctively gut-wrenching things--it's never pretty to see natural habitats blown open to make room for coal mining. And yet, many of the biggest banks in the U.S. continue to fund the practice, ...READ»

More Fun With Indices! Health Care Reform Edition

The new (soon to be a) bill is already driving markets--innovation to follow? READ»

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Guvera: Discover Music You're Trying to Avoid

Advertisers and consumers beware: The new online music service Guvera falls way short of the revolution its name suggestsREAD»

WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE - Dugg by William M. Keever

WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're re-creating the conditions for another crash BY MATT TAIBBI William M. Keever READ»

WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE by Matt Taibbi - William M. Keever

WALL STREET'S BAILOUT HUSTLE Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're re-creating the conditions for another crash, BY MATT TAIBBI READ»

3 Words I Wish Big Finance Would Learn

It has been shocking and bewildering to watch the behavior of some of the top banking CEOs in recent months, punctuated by the appearance of four of these executives before Congress last month. Some questions immediately pop into my mind. Do they follow the news? Have they no conscience? Do they not have public-relations people on retainer? The answer to all three is, apparently, no because it is clear that they are so far out of touch with reality that they are the equivalent of the Merry Pranksters of the 1960s tripping on acid.READ»

Wall Street's Mood Reflects China's Growing Dominance

Wall Street's new sarcastic catch-phrase; “The United States of China”.  Accurately reflects, China's two trillion dollar sovereign wealth fund surplus that just snapped up over $9 billion worth of shares in some of ...READ»

Work Smart: Conquering Your Email Inbox

How many messages are in your e-mail inbox right now? A few dozen? It's probably more like a few hundred, or even a few thousand. We all get too much email. Here's how to conquer your inbox.READ»

Paradoxes in PE: IPO's, LBO's and M+A

What Happens to '30 Rock' Jokes Now That Comcast Is Buying NBC?

This morning it became official: Comcast is buying NBC Universal in a deal estimated to be worth $30 billion.READ»

Dow 10,000! Sellout or Dig in? Is the Market poised for a fall?

Shawn Baldwin from CMG discusses the market opportunities at Dow 10,000 and Goldman SachsREAD»

The Ultimate Design Language? Words.

The more user-centered design is, the better. And no medium is more user-centered than the written word.READ»

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Why Apple Should Dump AT&T and Double the iPhone's Market Share

Apple should ditch AT&T as its exclusive iPhone operator and follow a multi-network approach everywhere, according to new analyst thinking. Why? Apple will more than double its market share.Kathryn Huberty at Morgan Stanley did ...READ»

Morgan Stanley may exit back-operations in India

U.S. bank Morgan Stanley is exploring the opportunities to exit its back-office operations in India. The bank, which was bailed out by the U.S. government, is looking at its options to sell the back-office unit that does IT ...READ»

What Does Iberdrola's $295 Million Grant Mean for U.S. Wind Power?

The Department of Energy gave a big boost to solar and wind projects across the United States yesterday when it handed out nearly $503 million to companies in an attempt to raise their prospects of receiving outside capital. The ...READ»

Security Expert Proves Hacking the Smart Grid Is a Snap

As with all wirelessly-connected electronic devices, smart meters--and in turn, the smart grid--are vulnerable to hackers. And if the smart grid is hacked, well, there goes the neighborhood's (or the city's) power. CNN recently ...READ»