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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...]

A Busy Month For Immunogen (Part II)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:03:11 GMT

At ASH 2009, Immunogen (IMGN) and its partners will present clinical data on three compounds: Sanofi-Aventis’ (SNY) SAR3419, Immunogen’s IMGN901 and Biotest’s BT-062.[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...]

Interesting Stat: How Much Private Sector GDP Is From Construction And Real Estate?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:15:56 GMT

Back in June, we discussed commercial real estate at length following attendance at a large real estate conference in NYC. Our tone was cautious and one question we wondered about was the percentage of GDP that real estate represents. We actually came across the answer back in August and meant to share then, but didn't get to it. Since the question/topic remains highly relevant to considering the potential negative economic drag from depressed real estate activity, we're sharing now -- the following table is from an 8/28/09 NYTs article, "Construction That Fueled Growth in the Sun Belt Slows":[More...]

Credit Market Overview: Dec 3, 2009

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:59:02 GMT

The credit crunch crisis of confidence which we appear to be crawling out of even though the debt and equity markets catapulted themselves higher earlier this year could be similarly argued to be a crisis that started in the credit markets which crunched confidence around the world as it could a collapse in confidence in the value of the securities investors held which corrupted the credit markets causing them to cease funding.[More...]

Grab Some Northern Exposure With EWC

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:39:42 GMT

Emerging markets are captivating investors again, but tidy profits aren’t always far away. Placing your bets on well-established global markets can also prove rewarding. That's why we're looking at Canada.[More...]

Most Active Stock Options December 2, 2009 & Trading Activity

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:37:30 GMT

The top ten most active stock option contracts traded today were: Pfizer (PFE) December 18 put OptionsPowerShares QQQ (QQQQ) January 43 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ December 44 Put OptionsNike (NKE) January 45 Call OptionsPowerShares QQQ December 45 Put OptionsPfizer December 19 put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR (SPY) December 110 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR March 110 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR June 104 Put OptionsS&P 500 SPDR[More...]

Unemployment Struggling To Turn A Corner As Job Losses Mount In November

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:20:20 GMT

U.S. job losses in the private sector slowed in November but still exceeded economists’ projections, a report by payroll-processing firm Automatic Data Processing (Nasdaq: ADP) indicated yesterday (Wednesday).[More...]

Business Highlights

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:49:00 GMT

Unexpected drop in jobless rate sparks optimism
WASHINGTON (AP) - A surprising drop in the unemployment rate and far fewer job losses last month raised hopes Friday for a sustained economic recovery.
The rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent, from 10.2 percent in October, as employers cut the fewest number of jobs since the recession began.

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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

A Busy Month For Immunogen (Part II)

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Interesting Stat: How Much Private Sector GDP Is From Construction And Real Estate?

Credit Market Overview: Dec 3, 2009

Grab Some Northern Exposure With EWC

Most Active Stock Options December 2, 2009 & Trading Activity

Unemployment Struggling To Turn A Corner As Job Losses Mount In November

Business Highlights

NL County home sales stall in October: Uncertainty over jobs at casinos and Pfizer defy statewide trend

OPINION: Eminent Domain: These Grinches Aren't Bringing Christmas Back

Pfizer chief prescribes trust

Business Highlights

President has links to energy: UM leader is on company boards.

Thermal technology puts con on hot seat

Indianapolis tennis event likely moving

High-tech wheelchair problem for Disney

Grand Forks Herald, N.D., Ann Bailey column: ANN BAILEY: November redeemed itself this year

Mintz Levin Intellectual Property Practice Represents Protalix in $60 Million Licensing Agreement with Pfizer Inc.

EnerNOC Customer Johnson & Johnson Wins Platts Global Energy Award; J&J Wins Energy Efficiency Program of the Year Award

Biogen Idec Increases Offer to Acquire Facet Biotech to $17.50 Per Share in Cash; Sends Letter to Facet Biotech Stockholders Describing Its Best-and-Final Offer

LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc. as of September 30, 2009

Synovis Life Technologies Reports 18 Percent Revenue Growth for Fiscal 2009 Fourth Quarter

Health Discovery Corporation Appoints Tom Gallagher, Former Wall Street Attorney& a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co., to Head the Company's Global Intellectual Property Strategies

Rothman Research Issues Fundamental Research on Players in the Financial, Healthcare & Services Sectors

The Fortune Financial Undertakes Review of Stocks in the Healthcare and Services Sectors

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Incyte Corp., EnCana Corporation, B2Gold Corp. and Medclean Technologies Inc.

China's Returnee Entrepreneurship: In the Right Place at the Right Time

Form 4 JOHNSON & JOHNSON For: Dec 03 Filed by: CULLEN JAMES (10K)

Form 4 ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS For: Dec 02 Filed by: Brege Laura (10K)

Form 4 UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP For: Dec 03 Filed by: MAHON PAUL A (10K)

Form 4 UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP For: Dec 03 Filed by: JEFFS ROGER (10K)

Form 4 DENDREON CORP For: Dec 01 Filed by: Frohlich Mark W (10K)

Form 4 LILLY ELI & CO For: Nov 30 Filed by: FELDSTEIN MARTIN S (10K)

Form 4 PFIZER INC For: Nov 30 Filed by: SUSMAN SALLY (10K)

Form 4 PFIZER INC For: Nov 30 Filed by: RINGO WILLIAM R (10K)

Form 4 PFIZER INC For: Nov 30 Filed by: RICCIARDI NATALE S (10K)

Form 4 PFIZER INC For: Nov 30 Filed by: READ IAN C (10K)