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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...]

S&P Cuts Bank Of Ireland's Rating While Goldman Says Buy

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:22:19 GMT

After going bullish on bank stocks in April, two months ago I said most of the upside in bank shares was priced in. Since that time, shares have traded sideways to down. I expect this trend to continue as headwinds like another wave of writedowns in the housing sector is felt. Credit Suisse came to similar conclusions at just the same time, cutting estimates for the sector across the board.[More...]

Hickory company cited in fatal plant blast

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:47:00 GMT

Dec. 3--HICKORY -- Workplace inspectors cited ConAgra Foods Inc. and a Hickory-based contractor for dozens of serious safety violations in the June explosion at a Slim Jim plant that killed four people, the state Labor Department said.
Most of the citations against ConAgra Foods and Energy Systems Analysts Inc., a company hired to install a water heater at the ConAgra plant in Garner, involved either failing to provide safety information or, more generally, failing to provide a workplace free of recognized hazards.
Energy Systems Analysts Inc. was cited for 28 serious violations and fined $58,100.

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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

S&P Cuts Bank Of Ireland's Rating While Goldman Says Buy

Hickory company cited in fatal plant blast

Kraft rounds up banks to help Cadbury bid

Contractor dies from burns in ConAgra blast

T.F. seeks $498,100 grant for downtown

Shell expects the Americas to have big role

Rise in hiring temps may signal a rebound in Toledo-area job market

Home prices fall nearly 9 percent: Slow job market taking its toll

Federal law gives rights to renters: Banks hide details during foreclosures

UBS reports 3Q net loss of $542 million

Krungthai-AXA Upbeat on Healthy Profits

StockPreacher.com Initiates Independent Research Coverage for Pacific Ethanol Inc.

Pacific Ethanol Planning January 2010 Restart of Idaho Ethanol Plant, an Industrial Info News Alert

RidgewaterEquity.Com Free Fundamental Sector &Amp; Market Research on CS, SFD, MAC, BAM, RHI and MDR

ConAgra Foods Holds Annual Meeting of Stockholders

ConAgra Foods Announces 5% Dividend Increase

ConAgra Foods Reports Strong First-Quarter EPS From Continuing Operations & Significant Growth in Consumer Foods' Profitability; Increases Fiscal 2010 EPS Guidance

Capstone Announces Additional Mineral Claims Acquired Adjacent to Cozamin Copper Mine, Mexico

Capstone Reports Additional High Grade Copper-Gold Results at Minto North

Capstone Mining Corp. - Q2 Financial Results Webcast - August 14, 2009

Weaker Dollar, Global Stimulus and Infrastructure Spending Help Boost Commodity Returns in July

Form 4 CONAGRA FOODS INC /DE/ For: Dec 02 Filed by: Gehring John (10K)

Form 4 CONAGRA FOODS INC /DE/ For: Dec 01 Filed by: Hawaux Andre J (10K)

Form 4/A CONAGRA FOODS INC /DE/ For: Oct 01 Filed by: JURGENSEN WILLIAM G (10K)

Form 4 Pacific Ethanol, Inc. For: Nov 12 Filed by: Wright Christopher W (10K)

Form 4 JURGENSEN WILLIAM G For: Oct 01 (10K)

Form 4 STINSON KENNETH E For: Sep 25 (10K)

Form 4 SCHINDLER ANDREW J For: Sep 25 (10K)

Form 4 Linehan Patrick Douglas For: Sep 27 (10K)

Form 4 LENNY RICHARD H For: Sep 25 (10K)

Form 4 JURGENSEN WILLIAM G For: Sep 25 (10K)