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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...]

Conexant Retires Debt - Analyst Blog

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:34:55 GMT

Conexant Systems, Inc. (CNXT) recently announced that it will redeem the remaining $61.4 million of outstanding floating rate senior secured notes due in November 2010 on Dec18, 2009. Earlier, the company retired an aggregate amount of $80 million of its senior secured notes due in November 2010.[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...]

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...]

Sector Snap: Information technology shares gain

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:51:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Shares of CommVault Systems Inc., Juniper Networks Inc. and Rackspace Hosting Inc. gained Friday as Goldman Sachs added them to its "Conviction Buy" list, predicting they will benefit from growth in corporate IT spending.
CommVault, which makes software that helps businesses manage and store data, should see its market share grow, said Goldman analyst Derek Bingham in a client note.
He said "storage spending is a top priority for customers" and added that CommVault, which is based in Oceanport, N.J., is "seeing a positive inflection in brand recognition, resulting in growing traction in larger opportunities."

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Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Conexant Retires Debt - Analyst Blog

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

Sector Snap: Information technology shares gain

Cisco has enough shares to close Tandberg deal

The message from Michigan: President told small firms lack credit; he sees slow rebound

Cisco to proceed with $3.4 billion Tandberg deal

Backbone wind project to be sold for $140 million

Bing, CEOs invited to jobs forum: 6 from Michigan expected in Washington for Obama talks on jump-starting hiring

Sigma Designs shares hit after 3Q sales shortfall

Bing heads delegation at White House forum

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

The Baltimore Sun Jay Hancock column: States show that carbon-dioxide curbs aren't scary

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

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

Cisco Disclosure of TANDBERG Share Acceptances

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

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Ivernia Inc., Weatherford International Ltd., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Instacare Corp. and Gold Wheaton Corporation

Option 3G solution in Google Android 2.0 development platform for pocket, handheld and tablet devices from MOTO Development Group

DexCom Appoints Nicholas Augustinos as Board Member

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