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Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:46 GMT

US stocks finished up as as a government release showed that economy lost far fewer jobs than expected in November, as the unemployment rate fell to 10 percent.[More...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

Bank of America (BAC) Hopes To Lure Top Shelf Talent By Paying Back TARP Loans

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:31:33 GMT

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), the nation’s biggest lender, reached an agreement to repay $45 billion of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) bailout funds, removing government imposed restrictions on executive pay that have hindered its search for a new CEO.[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...]

Coal smoke from power plants tarnishes hybrid electric cars' halo

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:46:00 GMT

Dec. 5--Electric vehicles promise cleaner air, but reality is slightly smoggy.
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, which can draw power from the grid for an electric motor or rely on a gasoline-powered motor, will start hitting the roads next year.
"If they say there's no emissions, they just don't know where power comes from," said Houston mayor Bill White, who's running for governor and who supports electric vehicles.

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Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

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

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

Bank of America (BAC) Hopes To Lure Top Shelf Talent By Paying Back TARP Loans

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Coal smoke from power plants tarnishes hybrid electric cars' halo

Rachleff now the target of $7.5M fraud complaint: Attorney's claim ties late stockbroker to misappropriation of client's funds

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, John Ewoldt column: How to avoid the gift-card 'gotcha'

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

Business Highlights

Serial bank robbery suspect charged in federal indictment

Daily Mail, London, market report column

67.5% of state-based banks unprofitable: That's twice as many as last year; total loss $824 million in 3Q

Home sales shoot up in November from year ago thanks to federal tax credit

Business leaders split on economy: Bankers' outlook upbeat. Duke chief's not so rosy.

Wachovia Preferred Funding Corp. Declares Dividend on Series A Preferred Securities

Wall St Sense Reviews Equities in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Services Sectors

Tenrox Project Workforce User Base Surpasses 100,000 Users Worldwide

eSolar Named World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2010

[x+1] Introduces CPGconnect Harnessing Online Ad Optimization, Consumer Purchase Diagnostics and Analytics to Drive In-Store Sales

Reliant Energy President Jason Few Elected to Rebuilding Together -- Houston's Board of Directors

Rothman Research Initiates Research on Companies in the Basic Materials & Services Sectors

NRG Energy, Inc. Declares Preferred Stock Dividends

Aptera Electric Vehicle Makes Houston Debut at Monday Night Football

NRG Energy Acquires Largest Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant in California

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