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Conexant Retires Debt - Analyst Blog

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:34:55 GMT

Conexant Systems, Inc. (CNXT) recently announced that it will redeem the remaining $61.4 million of outstanding floating rate senior secured notes due in November 2010 on Dec18, 2009. Earlier, the company retired an aggregate amount of $80 million of its senior secured notes due in November 2010.[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...]

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...]

Sensata plans to raise up to $500 million in IPO

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:48:00 GMT

NEW YORK - Sensata Technologies Holding BV, which makes engineered sensors and controls for manufacturers in the automotive, aircraft and other industries, plans to raise up to $500 million in an initial public offering.
The company operated as part of chip maker Texas Instruments Inc. from 1959 until it was sold to Bain Capital to operate as a stand-alone company in 2006.
Its main U.S. operating subsidiary is Sensata Technologies Inc. based in Attleboro, Mass.

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Conexant Retires Debt - Analyst Blog

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

Sensata plans to raise up to $500 million in IPO

The Dallas Morning News Robert Miller column: Spirit of Generations luncheon to honor Sally and Forrest Hoglund

Wireless 4G plans take wing at Dallas conference

SanDisk shares fall after Goldman downgrade

Durable goods orders rise 1 percent in September

Ahead of the Bell: Durable Goods

Council to Consider Granting FSTI Annexation Petition

Houston Chronicle Loren Steffy Column

TI Posts Weak Q3 Results

Stocks fall after mixed economic data, earnings

Option 3G solution in Google Android 2.0 development platform for pocket, handheld and tablet devices from MOTO Development Group

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Terex to Present at Citi Industrial Manufacturing & Transportation Conference

Marlin Business Services Corp. Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results

Xtendwave Announces Key Additions to Senior Management Team

Terex Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results

Integrity Media: Making a Move

Explicit Picks Daily Report Alerts Investors to Big Buzz From CIT Group Inc; Favorable Reports and Marketing With Techs; Apple Inc, Texas Instruments Inc and Motorola Inc.

Impax Laboratories Commences Shipment of Generic Adderall XR® Capsules, 5mg, 10mg, 15mg, 20mg, 25mg, and 30mg

Halter USX China Index Up 10.59% for Third Quarter 2009

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