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Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:46 GMT

US stocks finished up as as a government release showed that economy lost far fewer jobs than expected in November, as the unemployment rate fell to 10 percent.[More...]

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:00:00 GMT

While we got some very good news with the employment report today (see "Unemployment Report - WOW!"), there was one part of the report that was very troubling. While it looks like the number of people entering the pool of unemployed is falling, once people are out of work it is extremely difficult for them to find new jobs.[More...]

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...]

Wall Street Slips On Services Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Slumps

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:17:35 GMT

US stocks finished down on Thursday as investors were spooked by downbeat ISM services data.[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...]

Bank of America (BAC) Hopes To Lure Top Shelf Talent By Paying Back TARP Loans

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:31:33 GMT

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), the nation’s biggest lender, reached an agreement to repay $45 billion of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) bailout funds, removing government imposed restrictions on executive pay that have hindered its search for a new CEO.[More...]

Senator John Kerry out million$: Study: Senator lost one-third of fortune amid economic crisis

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:46:00 GMT

Dec. 5--THE NATION'S RICHEST SENATOR -- the Bay State's own John Forbes Kerry -- has been knocked down a few notches after seeing his fortune sliced by one-third by the fiscal meltdown that ripped down Wall Street.
The Boston Democrat's staggering losses dropped him from first to third among the wealthiest senators, trailing Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)
and Mark Warner (D-Va.)

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Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

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

Wall Street Slips On Services Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Slumps

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

Bank of America (BAC) Hopes To Lure Top Shelf Talent By Paying Back TARP Loans

Senator John Kerry out million$: Study: Senator lost one-third of fortune amid economic crisis

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Business leaders split on economy: Bankers' outlook upbeat. Duke chief's not so rosy.

Obama's jobs summit faces worst statistics since WWII

Anchor stock climbs 54 percent following investor announcement

Bank of America to repay government in full

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Wachovia Preferred Funding Corp. Declares Dividend on Series A Preferred Securities

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U.S. Bank Selected as Trustee and Fiscal Agent for More Than $5.2 Billion in Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Bonds

U.S. Bank Selected as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent for Bond Issues at University of Massachusetts Building Authority

American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc., American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc. -- II, American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc. -- III and American Select Portfolio Inc. File Current Reports on Form 8-K

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

Weyerhaeuser Announces Results as of the Early Tender Date and Amendment to Its Cash Tender Offer

U.S. Bank Announces Plans to Sell Three Texas Bank Locations Acquired in Recent FDIC Facilitated Transaction

Ignify Becomes First and Only Mid-Market eCommerce Platform to Achieve PCI Compliance for the PA-DSS Standard

AFS Technologies, Inc. Acquires Assets of Softrax Corporation

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