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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...]

The Oil Services Industry's 3Q--A Fragile Recovery

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:17:26 GMT

We look back at the industry's third quarter and offer early thoughts on 2010.[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...]

Jaguar Mining Announces Closing of Gurupi Gold Property Acquisition

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:46:00 GMT

CONCORD, NH, Dec. 2 /CNW/ - Jaguar Mining Inc. ("Jaguar" or the "Company") (JAG: TSX/NYSE) announced today that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of MCT Mineraco Ltda.
The Company satisfied the US$39 million purchase price for MCT by issuing to CNM 3,377,354 Jaguar common shares, representing approximately 4.07% of Jaguar's outstanding common shares (on a non- diluted basis) as of the date hereof after giving effect to the issuance of such shares.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended.

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

The Oil Services Industry's 3Q--A Fragile Recovery

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

Jaguar Mining Announces Closing of Gurupi Gold Property Acquisition

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Canadian gold miners fight foreign bill

BJ Services posts 4Q loss

Mountain Top firm wants to store radioactive material

US rig count this week up 12

Stocks jump as retail sales rebound in October

Big Oil's lean look fuels area jobs fear: If cuts remain permanent, glory days may be over

Claude Resources Inc. Announces Third Quarter Results

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PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Kinross Gold Corporation, Outlook Resources Inc., Taseko Mines Limited, Zinccorp Resources and Medclean Technologies Inc.

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AXcess News: Junior Gold Mining Company Makes Rare Move Into Production

The Fortune Financial Covers Financial & Sector Analysis for Technology and Basic Materials Companies

Technip and Schlumberger Announce Joint Development Agreement

Teryl Resources Received a Letter of Intent to Acquire Its 20% Interest in the Gil Joint Venture Gold Property From Fairbanks Gold Mining Co., Inc., a Subsidiary of Kinross Gold

Alstom and Schlumberger Sign Joint Offering to Evaluate CCS Systems, an Industrial Info News Alert

Teryl Resources Announces That 3000 Feet of New Access Road Has Been Completed and Sampled on the Gil J/V Gold Property

City Government Deploys UltiPro® to Maximize Human Resources Efficiency and Productivity

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