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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...]

Reaching For Yield In The Post-TARP Era

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:42:49 GMT

Bank of America’s repayment of its TARP funds, I couldn’t help but think of a post I wrote six months ago called "Asymmetric information and corporate governance in bank bailouts." The gist is of the post is about the same as Yves’ and it was inspired by lessons of the S&L crisis of the 1980s.[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...]

Goodyear Tire & Rubber (NYSE: GT): Likelihood Of An Upside Surprise For Q4 - J.P. Morgan

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:40:13 GMT

J.P. Morgan is out very positive on Goodyear Tire & Rubber (NYSE:GT) reiterating their Overweight rating and $22 price target ahead of a potentially very good Q4 #'s.[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...]

Treasury gets $146.5M for Capital One warrants

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:48:00 GMT

WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department said Friday it received $146.5 million for the warrants of Capital One Financial Corp. in the first auction of the warrants the government received as part of the $700 billion financial system bailout.
Capital One stock closed trading Friday at $37.92 Friday, up from Thursday's close of $36.92.
The government had received nearly 12.7 million warrants in return for providing Capital One $3.56 billion in support from the financial rescue fund in November 2008 at the height of the financial crisis.

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

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Reaching For Yield In The Post-TARP Era

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

Goodyear Tire & Rubber (NYSE: GT): Likelihood Of An Upside Surprise For Q4 - J.P. Morgan

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

Treasury gets $146.5M for Capital One warrants

Job losses will continue into 2010, experts say: Economists' predictions mostly negative

Obama wants ideas, private help on jobs

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Daily Mail, London, market report column

FalconStor Software appoints new chief strategy officer

Bank robbery suspect nabbed in Myrtle Beach area

Job creation near but likely to be painfully slow

Chinese official raps foreign banks on derivatives

FalconStor Software Names James McNiel as Chief Strategy Officer

Reval Testifies Before U.S. Senate on OTC Derivatives Reform

DRI Corporation Appoints New Independent Director

BlackRock Completes Merger With Barclays Global Investors

D.A. Davidson & Co. Investment Banking Group Reports Strong Fiscal Year-End Results

BlackRock Completes Merger with Barclays Global Investors

Integrity Media: a Revenue Bellwether

Wall St Sense Offers Unbiased Analysis of Scrips Within Consumer Goods & Financial Sectors

Carpenter Technology Announces Completion of $200 Million Syndicated Credit Facility

JPMorgan Chase to Present at the Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference 2009

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