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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...]

Recession continues its hold: Wilson joblessness slips higher; company closes

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:49:00 GMT

Dec. 2--Ashley Ward, 21, looked for a job Tuesday, the same routine she's followed for two months.
"I've been out every day searching and searching for jobs," she said.
Ward, a single mother of a 4-year-old son, is among the estimated 4,900 people who are jobless in Wilson County.

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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

Recession continues its hold: Wilson joblessness slips higher; company closes

CP group targets emerging markets

Windows 7 receives strong uptake by enterprises in Kuwait

The Baltimore Sun Personal Finance column

Galleon Group to shut down hedge funds

Polycom shares tumble after 3Q results

Inflation's Gone and It's Not All Bad

Tactics Usually Used on Mobsters a Sign US is Getting Tough on Market Abuse

Insider Trading Case Rocks Silicon Valley

SEC Press Release: Los Altos and Saratoga Executives Named in Insider Trading Case

Wipro Inaugurates Development Centre in Chengdu, China

Alapis, Coca Cola Hellenic, Hellenic Exchanges, Hellenic Telecommunications Organization, Hellenic Petroleum, Hellenic Aerospace, Intralot to Participate at 11th Annual Capital Link Greek Forum Thursday, December 3, 2009, New York City

Brekeke Joins Polycom VoIP Field Verified Interoperability Program

Law Firm Lathrop &Amp; Gage Deploys Innovative Technologies From Polycom and Riverbed to Make Global Workforce More Efficient and Productive

Jacada Signs Material Agreement With Large Public Gas & Electric Utility Provider

GE Energy, Coca-Cola Hellenic and ContourGlobal Celebrate Opening of European Cogeneration Plant

Vaspian Customers Can Easily Migrate to Broadview Networks' OfficeSuite Service

Wipro Signs Co-Development Agreement With Oracle

Broadview Networks Extends OfficeSuite Service Nationwide

Polycom Honored By Prestigious InformationWeek 500 List for Second Consecutive Year

Form 4 POLYCOM INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: ATKINS BETSY S (10K)

Form 4 POLYCOM INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: DEWALT DAVID G (10K)

Form 4 POLYCOM INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: KELLEY JOHN A (10K)

Form 4 POLYCOM INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: MERCER D SCOTT (10K)

Form 4 POLYCOM INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: OWENS WILLIAM ARTHUR (10K)

Form 4 POLYCOM INC For: Nov 27 Filed by: PARKER KEVIN T (10K)

Form 4 Murphy Marshall G. For: Oct 28 (10K)

Form 4 MCG CAPITAL CORP For: Oct 28 Filed by: Nimmons Linda A. (10K)

Form 4 Marcotte Robert L For: Oct 28 (10K)

Form 4 Ford William B For: Oct 28 (10K)