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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...]

Barrick Breaks Free Of Hedges

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:59:59 GMT

Canadian gold miner Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX) has eliminated its gold hedges and now has full leverage to the gold price on the industry's largest gold production and reserves. Barrick now expects to fully benefit from the rising gold prices.[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...]

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...]

UPI NewsTrack Business

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:47:00 GMT

Dubai seeks debt payment deal
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- A major government-owned investment company in Dubai, with total debts of $59 billion, has asked creditors for a 6-month payment delay, officials say.
Dubai World, hit hard by the global credit crunch and recession, also has appointed an accountancy group to help with financial restructuring, the BBC said Thursday.

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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

Barrick Breaks Free Of Hedges

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

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

UPI NewsTrack Business

Canadian gold miners fight foreign bill

CDC Software 3Q profit rises on lower costs

A FINE LINE: Vaughan could hold the key to county line vote

Meet the Scrooges: They're us! We're all looking to save a buck or two on holiday shopping

Atna Resources Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

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Equinox Q3-2009 Results show 15% Increase in Lumwana Copper Production and 77% Increase in Operating Profit

KongZhong Corporation Reports Unaudited Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Silver Wheaton reports record attributable production, earnings and cash flows in the third quarter; Penasquito commences shipments of silver-bearing concentrates

Barrick Completes Elimination of All Gold Hedges

Barrick Gold Sets Out Position on Bill C-300 and Provides Facts

CDC Corporation Reports Net Income of $5.6 Million and $16.5 Million for the Third Quarter and First Nine Months, Respectively, in 2009 Compared to Net Loss of $10.0 Million and $33.1 Million for Comparable Periods in 2008

Everton Amends Stock Option Plan and Retains Investor Relations Advisors

CDC Software Completes Definitive Agreement to Acquire Truition, a Leading SaaS e-Commerce Software Provider

Rye Patch Arranges the Acquisition of Carlin Trend Gold Resources

Fitch: 2010 Should be a Turning Point for U.S. Consumer Products Sector

Everton and Linear Define a New Gold-Copper Mineralized Zone in the La Lechoza Corridor on the Ampliacion Pueblo Viejo Project, DR-Drilling to Resume in Mid-November

Canarc Arranges CA$40,000 in Private Placement Financing

CDC Software Expects to Exceed Wall Street Consensus Estimates for Third Quarter GAAP Net Income By 33 Percent and Adjusted EBITDA By 15 Percent

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