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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...]

Comcast to Pay $13.75B for NBC

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:58:40 GMT

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) is expected to pay $13.75 billion in cash and assets to gain control of NBC Universal from General Electric Company (GE).[More...]

With NBC Deal Done, Comcast Becomes The New Cable Juggernaut

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:01:33 GMT

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA) will acquire a 51% stake in General Electric Co.’s (NYSE: GE) NBC Universal Inc. for $13.75 billion in cash and assets, giving the cable giant lucrative cable channels including SyFy, Bravo and the USA Network, as well as Universal Pictures and its related theme parks in California, Florida and Japan.[More...]

Comcast Corp And General Electric JV Likely To Spur Deals In Media Industry

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:48:00 GMT

On November 2, 2009, 150 or so of the global media elite gathered at the Thomson Reuters headquarters in New York’s Times Square to listen to a panel discussion on why media deals fail. During that discussion, Leo Hindery Jr, former cable executive and now partner of investment firm InterMedia Partners said that NBC Universal and Comcast badly needed to strike a deal. A month after i.e., yesterday Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) owner of NBCU announced a deal to form a joint-venture in entertainment.[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...]

Why Do You Invest?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:49:20 GMT

My wife keeps telling me to buy stock in TJ Maxx (TJX), as she shops in their stores, and believes they run a good operation. I have looked but not touched, as they do not fit our investment profile. We have Walmart (WMT) in the retail sector, currently up 9% and they pay a better dividend.[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...]

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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Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Comcast to Pay $13.75B for NBC

With NBC Deal Done, Comcast Becomes The New Cable Juggernaut

Comcast Corp And General Electric JV Likely To Spur Deals In Media Industry

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

Why Do You Invest?

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

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

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

New charges in stepson-killing case

'Monk' gets 33,000 farewell texts

Business Highlights

GE to buy $345 mln of ads from NBC Universal

UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News

Retailers not in the black yet

Economic Outlook: Talking shop on jobs

Pawlowski in spotlight at jobs summit

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100% Profitable Stock Trading Streak Climbs to 51 in a Row

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

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company

Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company

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

GE Invests $117 Million in EDP Renewables' Oklahoma Wind Farm and Additional $111 Million in Established Wind Farm Portfolio

Kinder Morgan Energy up 42% Since Added to Galtstock Portfolio

UK Energy Minister Opens Europe's First Smart Grid Center at GE Energy's UK Headquarters

New Sopheon Strategic Roadmapping Software Enables Users to Quickly Adjust Strategies in Response to Changing Market Conditions

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

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