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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...]

Credit Market Overview: Dec 4, 2009

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:07:42 GMT

Credit Market Overview December 4, 2009 When he and Bruce Willis are not saving the world from internet terrorists intent on shutting down the United States in “Live Free or Die Hard”, Justin Long spends his time battling John Hodgman to save the world from the other internet terrorist, Microsoft (MSFT), in ...[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...]

Best Buy: This Season's Top Retail Stock?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:59:53 GMT

“I think it’s Best Buy, BBY for all you home gamers. It reports December 15th and I think it will deliver, yes, indeed… We went to a local Best Buy, under cover, of course, and found that…They have 47 different sets of flat panel TVs, versus 11 at Walmart. Average price, $957, cheaper than Walmart. This best buy beat Walmart on price. Hallelujah! Best Buy had great Black Friday traffic. The crowds were quote, materially bigger than last year.[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...]

Wall Street Ends Mostly Higher, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Jumps

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:05:13 GMT

US stocks finished mixed on Wednesday after Federal Reserve said economy "improved modestly" in late October and November.[More...]

Cisco has enough shares to close Tandberg deal

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:53:00 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Cisco Systems Inc. said Friday it now has enough shares and shareholder commitments to take over Norway's Tandberg ASA, the world's largest videoconferencing equipment maker.
Cisco had said Thursday that stockholders representing only 89 percent of the shares had accepted its $3.4 billion bid for the company - just shy of the 90 percent required to close the deal.
But on Friday Cisco revealed that it has already bought up enough shares on the open market to raise its total stake above 91 percent and clinch the acquisition.

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

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Credit Market Overview: Dec 4, 2009

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

Best Buy: This Season's Top Retail Stock?

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

Wall Street Ends Mostly Higher, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Jumps

Cisco has enough shares to close Tandberg deal

Cisco to proceed with $3.4 billion Tandberg deal

Gift Guide: Touch and Windows 7 in fresh PC lineup

Ciena shares dip after courts clear Nortel deal

Nokia willing to pay more for Nortel assets

Philadelphia Daily News Jonathan Takiff column: Jonathan Takiff: Smart Swipe dodges credit-card hassles

More stars line up for Grammy concert

Ahead of the Bell: ISM manufacturing index

Online retailers rev up deals to keep up momentum

Online retailers rev up deals to keep up momentum

Cisco Controls Approximately 89 Percent of TANDBERG -- 90 Percent Condition Waived

Customers Switch to HP Workstations for Improved Performance, Value

Ayna.com, the Most Visited Arabic Search Engine, Selects Basis Technology for Multi-Language Text Analysis

Cisco Disclosure of TANDBERG Share Acceptances

Nortel Obtains U.S. and Canadian Court Approvals for Sale to Ciena of Optical Networking and Carrier Ethernet Businesses and for Sale to Ericsson and Kapsch of GSM/GSM-R Businesses

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Qwest Communications International Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., AT&T Inc., Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. and Ecometals Limited

Cisco and The Frame Group Help Melbourne Airport Set Benchmark for Digital Airports in Australia

Cisco and City of San Francisco Embark on 'Sustainable 21st Century San Francisco' Project

Cisco Extends the Offer Period for TANDBERG Shareholders

Gen2Media Co-Founder Mary Spio Offers Insights and Perspective on Marketing with Online Video in December Issue of Black Enterprise Magazine

Form 4 HEWLETT PACKARD CO For: Nov 25 Filed by: LESJAK CATHERINE A (10K)

Form 4 HEWLETT PACKARD CO For: Nov 25 Filed by: HURD MARK V (10K)

Form 4 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS For: Nov 25 Filed by: BOGER JOSHUA S (10K)

Form 4 CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. For: Jun 19 Filed by: Noether Monica G (10K)

Form 4 SOAPSTONE NETWORKS INC. For: Nov 18 Filed by: Heslop Ryan (10K)

Form 4 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS For: Nov 18 Filed by: BOGER JOSHUA S (10K)

Form 4 VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS For: Nov 17 Filed by: Kelly Lisa (10K)

Form 4 CIENA CORP For: Nov 16 Filed by: ALEXANDER STEPHEN B (10K)

Form 4 CISCO SYSTEMS INC For: Nov 12 Filed by: CHAMBERS JOHN T (10K)

Form 4 CISCO SYSTEMS INC For: Nov 12 Filed by: CALDERONI FRANK (10K)