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Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:36 GMT

Estimating future dividend growth is difficult if not impossible. Companies which might have had a long history of consistent double digit increases might stop raising dividends and might even cut them.[More...]

Wall Street Closes Higher, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Rallies

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:14:45 GMT

US stocks finished higher on Friday as investors shrugged off disappointing government data showing the unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent in October - the highest in 26-1/2 years.[More...]

Options Intellignece Report : Options Activity for PG, CTXS, LINTA, HIG, CVS, UUP, VIX, AONE, SWKS, CLX, BCSI & NVDA

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:55:35 GMT

Staples firm – Proctor & Gamble options suggest further upside. Dollar index bull fund call options continue to attract attention[More...]

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:26:18 GMT

Biostar Pharmaceuticals has completed a private placement that raised $3.6 million in new capital. Biostar will use the proceeds to complete its new raw materials processing facility. By taking its raw material production in house, Biostar will lower costs and ensure its product quality. Biostar plans to sell excess raw materials to other pharmaceutical companies in the Shaanxi province.[More...]

Accounting At B of A And Fannie

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:21:37 GMT

Via Yves Smith, John Hempton analyzes the quarterly results of Bank of America (so-so) and Fannie Mae (terrible). The underlying issue is that bank quarter-to-quarter results are largely driven by the amount of provisions they take against future loan losses. You can think of this as a very rough approximation to marking-to-market — instead of waiting for the loans to default, you estimate how many loans will default in the future (that estimate should change as the economic situation changes) and put that amount of money into reserves. Then when the defaults actually happen, you take the money out of reserves.[More...]

Bulls Back On Track?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:18 GMT

Good morning. With chants of "Dow 10K… Dow 10K" once again rising from the streets at the corner of Broad and Wall yesterday, it is easy to believe that the bulls are back on track and that we'll soon be looking at new highs for the stock market. And when reviewing the data inputs to yesterday's 204 point romp, it is also easy to don the Dow10K hat once again and join in on the celebration.[More...]

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52:50 GMT

Ford's 2,215 page 2007 master contract with the UAW 1941 UAW-Ford contract[More...]

Bank of America Bearish Option Position Closed - Shares Rally

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:13:17 GMT

One investor banked profits today by unraveling a massive bearish credit spread established back on October 28, 2009. The trader’s decision to take profits ahead of expiration could be a bullish sign for BAC.[More...]

Most Active Stock Options November 5, 2009 & Trading Activity

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:55:26 GMT

As of today, the top ten most active stock options were:[More...]

Wall Street Surges On Strong Economic Data, Boeing (NYSE: BA) Rallies

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:29:19 GMT

US stocks rallied on Thursday as upbeat economic data and better-than-expected revenue forecast from Cisco bolstered investor confidence.[More...]

EDITORIAL: Banks are too big, if too big to fail: Ignoring British example, Obama wants to prop up financial behemoths.

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:47:00 GMT

Nov. 8--Ignoring British example, Obama wants to prop up financial behemoths.
As Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, put it, "If it is too big to fail, it is too big."
Paul A. Volcker, another former chairman of the Federal Reserve, thinks a new version of the Glass Steagall Act, repealed in 1999, should be enacted to separate commercial from investment banking.

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Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Wall Street Closes Higher, General Electric (NYSE: GE) Rallies

Options Intellignece Report : Options Activity for PG, CTXS, LINTA, HIG, CVS, UUP, VIX, AONE, SWKS, CLX, BCSI & NVDA

Biostar Raises $3.6 Million

Accounting At B of A And Fannie

Bulls Back On Track?

Ford's Main Problem: The UAW's Crippling Job Classifications And Work Rules

Bank of America Bearish Option Position Closed - Shares Rally

Most Active Stock Options November 5, 2009 & Trading Activity

Wall Street Surges On Strong Economic Data, Boeing (NYSE: BA) Rallies

EDITORIAL: Banks are too big, if too big to fail: Ignoring British example, Obama wants to prop up financial behemoths.

BofA director flying high on perks of special deal: Former FleetBoston CEO Chad Gifford's jet travel cost bank more than $1million last year.

UPI NewsTrack Business

Citigroup issues employees stock options

BofA took risks long before Merrill: In '07, CEO Lewis launched effort to ramp up loans, investment banking while still spending on deals.

Jury convicts N.J. man of southside Lebanon bank robbery

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Nicklaus column: The federal bailout of banks may not be as costly as feared

NYC giving H1N1 vaccine to employers

Timothy Ryder Joins RW Smith as Midwest Regional Director

Gramercy Capital Corp. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

GeoMet Announces Borrowing Base Determined at $135 Million

Signature Bank to Present at Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Banking and Financial Services Conference

Goldman Sachs to Present at the Bank of America -- Merrill Lynch 2009 Banking & Financial Services Conference

Foxit Releases New Firmware for eSlick

Merck and Schering-Plough to Complete Merger Today

InfoVista Adds Application Delivery and Response Capabilities to Its Unified Network and Application Performance Management Solution

InfoVista Reports First Quarter FY10 Results

Form 4 Bowles Richard S III For: Nov 03 (10K)

Form 4 BARSHAY STANLEY F For: Nov 03 (10K)

Form 4 KIDDER C ROBERT For: Nov 03 (10K)

Form 4 RUSSO PATRICIA F For: Nov 03 (10K)

Form 4 Thompson Craig B. For: Nov 03 (10K)

Form 4 Merck & Co. Inc. For: Nov 03 Filed by: WENDELL PETER C (10K)

Form 4 Merck & Co. Inc. For: Nov 03 Filed by: TATLOCK ANNE M (10K)

Form 4 Merck & Co. Inc. For: Nov 03 Filed by: REPRESAS CARLOS E (10K)

Form 3 Bowles Richard S III For: Nov 03 (10K)

Form 3 BARSHAY STANLEY F For: Nov 03 (10K)