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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...]

How To Profit From The 'Next' Dubai

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:51:42 GMT

The Dubai World default is a matter of only $60 billion – mere peanuts when compared to other elements of the global financial crisis. It’s thus of concern only to those silly enough to invest in real estate there (and the European banks foolish enough to finance it.) For the rest of us, it is a useful reminder that sudden collapses don’t really come out of nowhere – they can be foreseen, and smart investors can plan for them.[More...]

Movies made in Wilmington released on Netflix

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:53:00 GMT

Dec. 5--"Forgiven," a feature filmed in Wilmington in 2004, was released on NetFlix this week, months before anoter made-in Wilmingtoon feature becomes available through the video-by-mail service.
Soon, the politician's past comes to light.
The feature spent some time on the film festival circuit, including the local Cucalorus Film Festival in 2006, and was nominated for a 2006 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize in the drama category.

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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

How To Profit From The 'Next' Dubai

Movies made in Wilmington released on Netflix

Cape business partners harness solar power

Star Tribune, Minneapolis, John Ewoldt column: Sales Thanksgiving Day and Friday

Personal checks becoming currency of holidays past

Blockbuster closing two stores: Amherst, Buffalo locations shutting in early January

Drug company warns of contamination

Sony offers `Cloudy' early to people with its TVs

UPI NewsTrack Quirks in the News

Police: Man stabbed self to avoid work

Best Buy to offer movie downloads: The retailer is readying for the next step in home movie watching.

Targeted Genetics Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Dyadic International Reports Financial Results for First and Second Quarters of 2009 and Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007

Genzyme Reports Third-Quarter Financial Results

Windhover Brings Roche, Genentech Executives Together to Talk Business Development

Genzyme Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World and North American Indexes

Holzer Holzer & Fistel, LLC Announces That a Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed on Behalf of Investors in Genzyme Corp.

Blockbuster Announces Exclusive Mobile Handset Integration Deal with Motorola

BenchmarkJournal.Com Free Analyst Review for ENER, GENZ, DLTR, IDTI, COST and EGLE

Blockbuster Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Form 4 GENZYME CORP For: Nov 23 Filed by: TERMEER HENRI A (10K)

Form 4 GENZYME CORP For: Nov 06 Filed by: GERAGHTY JAMES A (10K)

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Form 4 BERTHIAUME DOUGLAS A For: Sep 30 (10K)

Form 4 DZAU VICTOR J For: Sep 30 (10K)

Form 4 DZAU VICTOR J For: Sep 10 (10K)

Form 4 BENNETT C FRANK For: Jul 23 (10K)

Form 4 PARSHALL B LYNNE For: Jul 06 (10K)

Form 4 WENDER JOSEPH H For: Jul 01 (10K)

Form 4 Geary Richard S For: Jul 01 (10K)