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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...]

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...]

Wall Street Ends Mostly Higher, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Jumps

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:05:13 GMT

US stocks finished mixed on Wednesday after Federal Reserve said economy "improved modestly" in late October and November.[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...]

CompanionLink announces synchronization between PC and Android phones

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:51:00 GMT

CompanionLink Software has announced two-way USB synchronization between PC and Motorola DROID, Motorola CLIQ, and other Android-based phones.
According to CompanionLink, the PC software will synchronize contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes from information management software like Microsoft Outlook and IBM Lotus Notes to phones running Android OS.
Rushang Shah, director of marketing at CompanionLink Software, said: "We are excited to introduce a direct way to synchronization PC data to Motorola Droid and other phones running the Android OS platform.

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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

Wall Street Ends Mostly Higher, Alcoa (NYSE: AA) Jumps

Grab Some Northern Exposure With EWC

CompanionLink announces synchronization between PC and Android phones

New money infuses new life into Xata stock

Bing, CEOs invited to jobs forum: 6 from Michigan expected in Washington for Obama talks on jump-starting hiring

Gift Guide: Touch and Windows 7 in fresh PC lineup

A tiny Texas plane maker says exports make jobs soar

Key dates in history of National Broadcasting Co.

A look at Comcast's changes over the decades

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Department of Labor study finds no health hazards in courthouse

AT&T, Verizon end lawsuits over cell ads

Noetix Simplifies Reporting for Oracle® and PeopleSoft® Time and Labor

Cloud Computing Comes to Hong Kong as CSL Selects SIMtone's "SIMply Safe Everywhere" Universal Computing Platform

Customers Switch to HP Workstations for Improved Performance, Value

Ayna.com, the Most Visited Arabic Search Engine, Selects Basis Technology for Multi-Language Text Analysis

New Sopheon Strategic Roadmapping Software Enables Users to Quickly Adjust Strategies in Response to Changing Market Conditions

PicksThatMove.com Announces Investment Opinion on Qwest Communications International Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., AT&T Inc., Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. and Ecometals Limited

Analyst Choice Issues Updated Analysis on Companies Within the Basic Materials & Financial Sectors

USA Technologies Sends Letter to Shareholders

CORRECTING and REPLACING Professor Settles with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in LED/LD Patent Dispute

Intec Audited Results for the Year Ended 30 September 2009

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