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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...]

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...]

Bank of America (BAC) To Repay Entire TARP Money

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:33:12 GMT

Bank of America Corporation (BAC) said on Wednesday that in a few days it will repay the entire $45 billion of bailout money it has received from the government for its participation in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) at the height of the credit crisis last year and after its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. earlier this year.[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...]

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

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:52:00 GMT

Dec. 2--THE GIZMOS: SmartSwipe online credit card swiper; FlipShare TV.
CARD SHARK: For a serious online shopper, the SmartSwipe answers prayers and concerns.
A scaled-down, home version of the credit card swiper we use at stores, SmartSwipe hooks up to a Vista, XP or Windows 7 computer (running Internet Explorer 6 or later) via the PC's USB port.

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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

China Will Continue To Drive The Global Economic Recovery In 2010

Bank of America (BAC) To Repay Entire TARP Money

Interesting Stat: How Much Private Sector GDP Is From Construction And Real Estate?

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

St. Petersburg Times, Fla., Robert Trigaux column: Florida lags in venture capital

Cyber Monday: For many shoppers, coupon clicking preferred over coupon clipping

Cyber Monday: For many, coupon clicking preferred over coupon clipping

The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Andrew M. Seder column: Steals and Deals: Pace yourself, the season of savings is just beginning -

EDITORIAL: Consumer habits changing: Surveys show drop in credit use, return to cash and frugality

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.

TV advertising making a comeback

Canadians: No tacky sweater gifts, please

American Express OPEN® Announces Multi-Partner Government Contracting Program to Help Small Business Owners Win Government Contracts and Stimulus Funds

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Gabelli & Company Releases The Focus Five

American Express Reports Third Quarter Earnings From Continuing Operations of $642 Million; EPS of $0.54

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. And Its Life Subsidiaries

Small Business Optimism Grows, but Entrepreneurs Say Worst of Economic Woes Not Over Yet, According to the American Express® OPEN Small Business Monitor

New Research Explores Link Between Business Travel and Profit

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MasterCard to Participate in the 2009 Barclays Capital Global Financial Services Conference

Whataburger Offers Customers Quick and Convenient Payments with MasterCard(R) PayPass(TM)

Form 4 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO For: Nov 30 Filed by: CHENAULT KENNETH I (10K)

Form 3 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO For: Nov 23 Filed by: Buckminster Douglas E. (10K)

Form 4 MASTERCARD INC For: Nov 25 Filed by: Voquer Stephanie (10K)

Form 4 MASTERCARD INC For: Nov 25 Filed by: Reeg Robert (10K)

Form 4 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO For: Nov 10 Filed by: CHERNIN PETER (10K)

Form 4 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO For: Oct 30 Filed by: GILLIGAN EDWARD P (10K)

Form 4 Squeri Stephen J For: Oct 30 (10K)

Form 4 MASTERCARD INC For: Oct 09 Filed by: SELANDER ROBERT W (10K)

Form 4 POPOFF FRANK P For: Sep 30 (10K)

Form 4 MILLER EDWARD D For: Sep 30 (10K)