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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...]

Thermal technology puts con on hot seat

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:48:00 GMT

Dec. 1--Like the Beatles, Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley and Boston police have discovered that happiness is a warm gun.
That's because a Dorchester man has become the first defendant convicted of pistol possession by a Massachusetts jury based on thermal imaging evidence.
Giving new meaning to the catchphrase "packing heat," investigators used the technology to successfully link the warmth from 25-year-old Jose Rodrigues' hand to a loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun they found in a snowbank in Dorchester on Jan. 12 as they were chasing him.

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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

Thermal technology puts con on hot seat

Man held in heist accused of two others: Charged in holdups at banks in Buffalo

An electric rate dispute in Rocky Mount: A fixed electric rate is at the center of a dispute between Appalachian Power and Erath Veneer.

Fewer new jobs in county in the third quarter

California adopts first-in-nation rules to cut energy use by new TVs

California adopts first-in-nation rules to cut energy use by new TVs

Retailers cautious on holiday sales: ... But retailers cautious on holiday sales

Rare plant thought to be discovered near Doyle Drive project

Unlocked bank survives through a night

Qiagen acquires SABiosciences

ELS Announces 2010 Dividend

Guardium and The Herjavec Group Co-Host Executive Seminar on Best Practices for Data Security, Privacy & Compliance

AOL Advertising and Netezza to Present on Analytics at Ad:Tech

Viasystems Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results

ELS Reports Third Quarter Results

Stanley Furniture Announces Third Quarter 2009 Operating Results

RidgewaterEquity.Com Free Fundamental Sector &Amp; Market Research on ACC, CXO, ES, BRY, LFT and MTB

Viasystems and Merix Agree to Merge

Merix Corporation Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2010 Results

Rex Energy Corporation Announces Borrowing Base Reaffirmation

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