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The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:31:06 GMT

Welcome to the Wealth Daily Weekend Edition — our insights from the week in investing and links to our most-read Wealth Daily and sister publication articles. Another dizzying week of ups and downs was capped with good news yesterday...[More...]

Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:26:39 GMT

This post is a slightly edited version of remarks prepared for delivery at Unwinding Public Interventions in the Financial Sector: Preconditions and Practical Considerations, IMF High-Level Conference, Thursday, December 3, 2009, Washington D.C. I participated in Session 2: Managing Fiscal Risks—Public Finance Aspects of Unwinding.[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...]

Comcast to Pay $13.75B for NBC

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:58:40 GMT

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) is expected to pay $13.75 billion in cash and assets to gain control of NBC Universal from General Electric Company (GE).[More...]

With NBC Deal Done, Comcast Becomes The New Cable Juggernaut

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:01:33 GMT

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA) will acquire a 51% stake in General Electric Co.’s (NYSE: GE) NBC Universal Inc. for $13.75 billion in cash and assets, giving the cable giant lucrative cable channels including SyFy, Bravo and the USA Network, as well as Universal Pictures and its related theme parks in California, Florida and Japan.[More...]

Seven Bull Stocks To Know In Media

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:48:26 GMT

Anticipation of Comcast Corp and General Electric JV has built a run-up in the media stock buying.[More...]

Two Trade Setups: One Long, One Short

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:04:51 GMT

Here's an article that I wrote for the Slope of Hope today as a guest blogger. Great website if you haven't yet checked it out! Today I want to provide y'all with a couple of trade setups that I thought depending on your trading strategy and market bias, could fit nicely into your portfolio. The first is a short setup in Goldman Sachs (GS). For many of us, the opportunity to short GS goes well beyond a normal trade - there a sense of satisfaction seeing such a corrupt company depreciate in price, no doubt.[More...]

Comcast Corp And General Electric JV Likely To Spur Deals In Media Industry

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:48:00 GMT

On November 2, 2009, 150 or so of the global media elite gathered at the Thomson Reuters headquarters in New York’s Times Square to listen to a panel discussion on why media deals fail. During that discussion, Leo Hindery Jr, former cable executive and now partner of investment firm InterMedia Partners said that NBC Universal and Comcast badly needed to strike a deal. A month after i.e., yesterday Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) owner of NBCU announced a deal to form a joint-venture in entertainment.[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...]

Goodyear Tire & Rubber (NYSE: GT): Likelihood Of An Upside Surprise For Q4 - J.P. Morgan

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:40:13 GMT

J.P. Morgan is out very positive on Goodyear Tire & Rubber (NYSE:GT) reiterating their Overweight rating and $22 price target ahead of a potentially very good Q4 #'s.[More...]

Chicago Tribune Gail MarksJarvis column: Surprising jobs strength provides some promise

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:49:00 GMT

Dec. 5--If the latest jobs numbers are any indication, Americans can worry less about pink slips and look forward to a year of economic healing.
With layoffs easing sharply, as the Labor Department's numbers suggested Friday, people with jobs might feel a little more comfortable about spending money, and that could prompt employers to add a few workers if they are having trouble meeting greater demand with a tight staff.
October's 10.2 percent unemployment rate improved to 10 percent in November.

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The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

Measuring The Fiscal Costs Of Not Fixing The Financial System

Unemployment Duration Still Rising

Comcast to Pay $13.75B for NBC

With NBC Deal Done, Comcast Becomes The New Cable Juggernaut

Seven Bull Stocks To Know In Media

Two Trade Setups: One Long, One Short

Comcast Corp And General Electric JV Likely To Spur Deals In Media Industry

The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment

Goodyear Tire & Rubber (NYSE: GT): Likelihood Of An Upside Surprise For Q4 - J.P. Morgan

Chicago Tribune Gail MarksJarvis column: Surprising jobs strength provides some promise

Dubai, Kuwait recovery 'to lag behind'

'Monk' gets 33,000 farewell texts

Treasury gets $146.5M for Capital One warrants

GE to buy $345 mln of ads from NBC Universal

UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News

Job losses will continue into 2010, experts say: Economists' predictions mostly negative

Sector Snap: Information technology shares gain

Evening Standard, London, market report column

Daily Mail, London, market report column

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company

TD AMERITRADE CEO to Speak at Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference 2009

Forest Conservation Can Supply 25% of Climate Solutions Through 2020, Saving $40 Billion

Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company

GE Invests $117 Million in EDP Renewables' Oklahoma Wind Farm and Additional $111 Million in Established Wind Farm Portfolio

Union Bank Vice Chairman John F. Woods Appointed Chief Financial Officer, Succeeding David I. Matson

Elite Portfolio Management Team Launches Boutique Investment Firm

Reval Testifies Before U.S. Senate on OTC Derivatives Reform

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