: iStockAnalyst.com Symbols Feed

Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:46 GMT

US stocks finished up as as a government release showed that economy lost far fewer jobs than expected in November, as the unemployment rate fell to 10 percent.[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...]

Credit Market Overview: Dec 4, 2009

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:07:42 GMT

Credit Market Overview December 4, 2009 When he and Bruce Willis are not saving the world from internet terrorists intent on shutting down the United States in “Live Free or Die Hard”, Justin Long spends his time battling John Hodgman to save the world from the other internet terrorist, Microsoft (MSFT), in ...[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...]

GM’s Search For CEO Won't Likely Be Part Of The 'Old Guard'

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:02:28 GMT

The circumstances surrounding the resignation of General Motors (NYSE: GRM) Chief Executive Officer Fritz Henderson are still unclear. But it’s likely that whoever succeeds Henderson will no doubt have a turnaround plan more compatible with that of the company’s board, and will likely come from outside of GM’s ranks.[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...]

FTC expands probe of Intel

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:53:00 GMT

Dec. 4--The Federal Trade Commission has broadened its investigation of Santa Clara chipmaker Intel beyond the company's competition with Advanced Micro Devices to include at least one other Silicon Valley company, Nvidia, sources said Thursday.
The investigation has expanded to include a look at a dispute between Intel and Nvidia over a 5-year-old deal that allowed Nvidia to make certain products for Intel, sources said.
When the federal agency disclosed in June last year that it had begun investigating Intel, its probe at the time was centered on allegations that Intel's discounts to computer makers and other practices had hindered the ability of Sunnyvale-based AMD to compete in the market for microprocessors, the brains of PCs and other devices.

: iStockAnalyst.com Symbols Feed

Wall Street Ends Higher On Stronger-Than Expected Data, DuPont (NYSE: DD) Sinks

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

Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs

Credit Market Overview: Dec 4, 2009

Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record

GM’s Search For CEO Won't Likely Be Part Of The 'Old Guard'

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

FTC expands probe of Intel

President concludes LCCC speech

Morning biz update: Comcast buys NBC, energy tax credits scaling back, home prices still falling

Hickory company cited in fatal plant blast

Portland-area immigrants fuel economy in proportion to numbers

UPI NewsTrack Business

US November auto sales struggle to gain ground

Modest but steady growth seen in economic reports

GM reports 2 percent sales drop over last November

Clearwire shares rise following new financing

Newport Digital Technologies, Inc. Announces Strategic Change in Senior Management Team as It Prepares for Launch of Its RFID and Wireless Digital Signage Products and Solutions

Customers Switch to HP Workstations for Improved Performance, Value

Intel Offers Developer Kit for Future Atom Processor Netbook Apps

Enablence Building Photodiodes for Light Peak: Optical Interconnect for PCs

New Sun VirtualBox Release Enables First Cross-Platform "Teleport" of Running Virtual Machine

Clearwire Announces Pricing of Additional $920 Million of 12 Percent Senior Secured Notes Due 2015, Expanding Note Facility to $2.78 Billion

Ridgewater Equity Reviews the Following Equities Human Genome Sciences Inc., Intuit Inc., Advanced Battery Technologies, Linn Energy LLC, Intel Corp. and Allos Therapeutics Inc.

Chinese Developer of Biodegradable Bone Screw Technology Wins Silicon Valley Entrepreneurial Award

Intel Capital Announces Seven Investments at 10th Annual CEO Summit

Adam Spice Joins Symwave as Chief Financial Officer

Form 4 NEW YORK TIMES CO For: Dec 01 Filed by: FALCONE PHILIP (10K)

Form 4 CONAGRA FOODS INC /DE/ For: Dec 02 Filed by: Gehring John (10K)

Form 4 CONAGRA FOODS INC /DE/ For: Dec 01 Filed by: Hawaux Andre J (10K)

Form 4 COOPER COMPANIES INC For: Nov 30 Filed by: Lindell Jody S (10K)

Form 4 COOPER COMPANIES INC For: Dec 01 Filed by: MARX MOSES (10K)

Form 4 COOPER COMPANIES INC For: Feb 05 Filed by: White Albert G III (10K)

Form 3 INTEL CORP For: Nov 19 Filed by: Melamed Arthur Douglas (10K)

Form 4 Cooper Industries plc For: Nov 18 Filed by: STOESSL MICHAEL A (10K)

Form 4 NEW YORK TIMES CO For: Nov 17 Filed by: FALCONE PHILIP (10K)

Form 4/A CONAGRA FOODS INC /DE/ For: Oct 01 Filed by: JURGENSEN WILLIAM G (10K)