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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...]

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...]

Why Barrick Closed Their Gold Hedge

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:15:14 GMT

It sure looks like gold is going to close above $1,200 an ounce today in New York. And large open market purchases from central banks in China, India and Russia are only helping the price surge more. (Just one year ago, some of these same central banks were actually selling gold in an attempt to fill an annual 10,000-ton supply gap.)[More...]

New money infuses new life into Xata stock

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:48:00 GMT

Dec. 5--The stock of Xata Corp. rose nearly 12 percent Friday, to $2.80 per share, on news that it has secured $30 million in new equity capital, is planning a $20 million acquisition and has achieved improved performance in fiscal 2009.
In an interview, Xata CEO Jay Coughlan said Technology Crossover Ventures and Trident Capital, an existing investor, have invested $30 million to acquire more than a third of the company in a private deal at $3 per share.
The investment will fuel Xata's $20 million cash-and-stock acquisition of Canada-based Turnpike Global Technologies, a fleet-management system that Coughlan said will allow Xata to work with fleets of 100 or fewer trucks.

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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

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

Why Barrick Closed Their Gold Hedge

New money infuses new life into Xata stock

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Cape business partners harness solar power

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, John Ewoldt column: Sales Thanksgiving Day and Friday

Philadelphia Daily News Jonathan Takiff column: Jonathan Takiff: Companies labor to meet need for more speed

Taking it to the bank, or not

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Troy Wolverton column: Suggestions for a tech-happy holidays

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Troy Wolverton column: Suggestions for a tech-happy holidays

The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., User's Guide column: Top 10 tech toys for 2009

Personal checks becoming currency of holidays past

Trade Alert: Sunwin International Neutraceuticals -- October 26, 2009

Netflix Announces Upcoming Schedule of Events With the Financial Community

Blockbuster Announces Exclusive Mobile Handset Integration Deal with Motorola

Blockbuster Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

BenchmarkJournal.Com Free Analyst Review for ABC, LHO, ING, BBI, HEB and FMC

Netflix Announces Authorization of New $300 Million Stock Buyback

Blockbuster Announces Results of 'Julie & Julia' Inspired Poll: Do I Smell a Rat in the Kitchen?

Netflix Announces Agreement With Disney-ABC Television Group to Stream Several Hit ABC Series ; Select Prior Seasons of 'Lost,' 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Desperate Housewives' Will Be Available From Netflix to Watch Instantly on Computers and TVs

Netflix Announces Agreement With Disney-ABC Television Group to Stream Several Hit ABC Series

Advance America Cash Advance Reports Earnings Per Share of $0.11 for the Second Quarter

Form 4 Advance America, Cash For: Dec 02 Filed by: JOHNSON GEORGE D JR (10K)

Form 4 NETFLIX INC For: Dec 03 Filed by: HASTINGS REED (10K)

Form 4 Advance America, Cash For: Dec 01 Filed by: WEBSTER WILLIAM M IV (10K)

Form 4 NETFLIX INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: HOAG JAY C (10K)

Form 4 NETFLIX INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: SARANDOS THEODORE A (10K)

Form 4 NETFLIX INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: RENDICH ANDREW S (10K)

Form 4 NETFLIX INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: McCORD PATRICIA J (10K)

Form 4 NETFLIX INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: HASTINGS REED (10K)

Form 4 NETFLIX INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: HUNT NEIL D (10K)

Form 4 NETFLIX INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: STANGER GREGORY S (10K)