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The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:19:07 GMT

As expected, Bank of America (BAC) will repurchase its $45 billion TARP preferreds, funded in part by an additional $18.8 billion in "common stock equivalents", $4.0 billion in asset sales, and $1.7 billion in restricted stock issued to employees in lieu of cash bonuses.[More...]

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:21:30 GMT

Good morning. Stocks tanked in the last half-hour on Thursday and while the major news outlets attributed the decline to either profit taking or some trepidation in front of this morning's big Jobs report, we'd like to offer a little more substantial reason for the 85 point dive on an otherwise subdued day of trading.[More...]

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:14:41 GMT

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet declined by $15 billion to $2,183 billion from the prior week, after the Fed presumably offloaded $2.7 billion in MBS: this is the first time since QE started that MBS holdings have declined. If anyone can tell us just who the idiots are who bought MBS from the Fed (and at what price), and who the even greater idiots are who are supposed to believe this, please send us an email.[More...]

Revealed: How The System Favors The Wealthy

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:07:08 GMT

"The U.S. tax code is the most political law in the world." -- Jonathan Blattmacher, tax lawyer to the super-wealthy "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes[More...]

Market Closing Update: Late Slide For Stocks Reflects Jobs Report Jitters

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:00 GMT

Stocks pushed to new daily lows heading into the close, including a brief 100-point drop for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as Wall Street braces for the latest monthly jobs report out early Friday. The DJIA closed down 86 points or 0.8%, the S&P 500 shed 0.8% and the Nasdaq dropped 0.5%.[More...]

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:38:07 GMT

China isn’t just leading the global economic recovery – it’s lapping the field.[More...]

MFI Stock Review: Nathans Famous (NATH)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:18:24 GMT

Yes, it's the company that sponsors the hot dog eating contest. It's also a Magic Formula small-cap stock worth biting into, with a cheap valuation, good business model, and strong balance sheet.[More...]

Public Policy And Venture Capital

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:16:44 GMT

I did a "Room For Debate" on the New York Times yesterday with Ken Auletta and John Markoff. Here's the first part and here's the second part. The topic was Google; are they too powerful and if so, what the government should do about it.[More...]

AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:49:00 GMT

CONOVER, N.C. - As record numbers of orders flow through Legacy Furniture Group's manufacturing plant, workers toil between towers of piled foam and incomplete end tables precariously stacked five pieces high.
With a 10 percent sales growth this year, Legacy has quickly forgotten the recession's low point in March, when weak order volumes forced the company to implement four-day work weeks.
The Associated Press Economic Stress Index, a monthly analysis of the economic state of more than 3,100 U.S. counties, found that manufacturing counties have outperformed the national average since March.

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The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Revealed: How The System Favors The Wealthy

Market Closing Update: Late Slide For Stocks Reflects Jobs Report Jitters

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

MFI Stock Review: Nathans Famous (NATH)

Public Policy And Venture Capital

AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback

Real estate expert sees good and bad going forward

AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback

AP: Manufacturing areas lead surprise job comeback

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

AP source: Apple in talks to buy Lala.com

UPI NewsTrack Business

Microsoft ironing out Bing glitch

Obama's mortgage approach doubted

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on High River Gold Mines Ltd., Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, AMBAC Financial Group, Tianyin Pharmaceuticals Company Inc. and Hawk Systems, Inc.

Union Bank Vice Chairman John F. Woods Appointed Chief Financial Officer, Succeeding David I. Matson

The Washington Post Company to Webcast Presentation at the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference

Frontier State Bank Selects Kroll Factual Data to Provide Independent Verifications

The Big Money Facebook 50 Unveiled Today

Wall St Sense Undertakes Financial Research on Stocks Trading on Basic Materials, Financial & Services Sectors

Anworth to Make Presentation at FBR Capital Markets 2009 Fall Investor Conference

Form 4 Google Inc. For: Dec 02 Filed by: Rosenberg Jonathan J (10K)

Form 4 Google Inc. For: Dec 02 Filed by: HENNESSY JOHN L (10K)

Form 4 Google Inc. For: Dec 01 Filed by: Brown Shona L (10K)

Form 4 Employers Holdings, Inc. For: Dec 02 Filed by: Mckinney-James Rose (10K)

Form 4 Employers Holdings, Inc. For: Dec 02 Filed by: Sande John P III (10K)

Form 4 Employers Holdings, Inc. For: Dec 02 Filed by: Rumbolz Michael D (10K)

Form 4 Employers Holdings, Inc. For: Dec 02 Filed by: Ong Katherine W (10K)

Form 4 Employers Holdings, Inc. For: Dec 02 Filed by: Mosher Ronald F (10K)

Form 4 Employers Holdings, Inc. For: Dec 02 Filed by: Kolesar Robert J (10K)

Form 4 Employers Holdings, Inc. For: Dec 02 Filed by: Glenn Valerie R (10K)