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Tips On Picking The Right Small Business Banking Account

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:43:07 GMT

Picking a small business banking account can be like eating at a buffet. There is something for everyone but it is hard to tell which offerings are the best for you given that they are so diverse. The issue is compounded by the fact that small business banking is not like personal banking. A small business typically requires a lot more services than personal banking and there should be, from the customers’ perspective at least, there should be a balance between paying the lowest small business banking fees and deriving value.[More...]

Radvision (NASDAQ: RVSN): Cisco Goes From A Friend To A Foe

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:57:55 GMT

Radvision (NASDAQ:RVSN) is getting downgraded today after Cisco announced it will acquire Tandberg, a key competitor of RadVision.[More...]

The Clock Is Ticking On Micromet (MITI)

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:05:20 GMT

Earlier this month, Micromet (MITI) concluded an impressive public offering of $75M, approximately 20% of the company’s market cap. The offering illustrates the transformation the company has undergone from an anonymous biotech play into a recognized industry leader. This is also echoed by the growing attention from Wall St. When I first wrote about Micromet in 2007, the company was covered by a single analyst,[More...]

RBC Issues Note On Sirius XM

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 21:34:51 GMT

RBC analyst David Bank issued a report today covering details of Sirius XM’s Q2 conference call. The analyst has no price target on the equity, but did make several points as to why RBC remains neutral on Sirius XM. Like other analysts, Bank sees EBITDA beginning to surge, but shows caution with the realization that SIRI still needs to grow into its valuation and translate EBITDA Into cashflow. Bank seems to take no exception to the guidance issued by Sirius XM of over $400 million EBITDA and is expecting the number to come in closer to $500mm in 2010. However, the conservative side of the analyst notes that the enterprise value of ~$6bn, means that SIRI is currently trading at trading ~12x 2010E EBITDA (one of the most expensive valuations in our coverage universe). Thus, the upside potential is limited unless a higher valuation multiple is applied. In the current economic environment, that is hard to justify. Bank wants to see[More...]

With Each Interest Rate Tick Higher, Another 'Green Shoot' Dies

Tue, 26 May 2009 16:17:00 GMT

With every major economy in the world attempting to solve this economic crisis with both loose monetary and fiscal policy, it was only a matter of time before the global credit markets would reach their limits.[More...]

Japanese Housewives Back In The Game?

Wed, 13 May 2009 21:40:08 GMT

I am sure all investors, analysts, and commentators have been tracking a wide range of indicators to gauge whether the shoots of green would continue to spark or whether it was merely a blip on the way down. Clearly, this has been and is a little more than a blip I think and for my own part, decisive evidence came today that things might have changed. I am of course talking about the Bloomberg report (also here) that Japanese housewives are once again making their presence felt in currency markets playing the carry wheel. Individual investors in Japan increased bets to the most in six months that the yen will weaken as the economy stabilizes, jumping back into a trade that was all but wiped out last[More...]

RBC Offers Opinion On Sirius XM’s First Quarter Results

Tue, 12 May 2009 00:58:32 GMT

RBC analyst David Bank has offered his opinion on Sirius XM Radio’s first quarter results. The analyst sees a mixed bag and is suspending his price target, but maintains a SECTOR PERFORM rating. According to Bank, “Sirius XM is on the right track, but the valuation is still fair, and OEM hurdles are brutal” He sees demonstration that Sirius XM is delivering on the promise of post-merger expense savings, but given valuations of other media companies, that SIRI is just too expensive, even in the context of potential growth.” Adding to that point Bank points out that weak auto trends will likely persist for a while and he has questions regarding the long-term growth in the retail channel. The analyst stated[More...]

Sham-tastic Bank Stress-Tests

Mon, 11 May 2009 14:31:00 GMT

Criticism of these stress tests run deep and wide, if you avoid the headlines and soundbites from MSM. The results appear to be little more than a PR stunt aimed at “restoring confidence” in the bad banks which is merely code or a euphemism to provide false assurances to the unwashed masses. First, the worst-case scenarios Treasury came up with were hardly “worst-case” at all, and so were not very stressful at all. Second, the bank regulators relied on the banks themselves to provide balance sheet details and one to two year projections, rather than do a thorough examination themselves. Third, the regulators allowed the bad banks to negotiate with them. In short, as Option Armageddon’s Rolfe Winkler observed, in “dealing with the devil,” the Fed was browbeat into providing bad banks much more generous terms[More...]

WSJ: Banks Won Concessions On Tests

Sun, 10 May 2009 01:36:38 GMT

As I stated in my previous piece, only in America do you get to negotiate with your regulator... on a test that "everyone passes" no less. "Look regulator, I don't believe you got it right - here is how we can make it better". It just seems to thrive in this market you have to close your eyes and live in a parallel universe of make believe. I think when the books are written about this entire era in 4-5 years you will see so much dirt exposed, but by then the "solution" of pumping up every asset class via magic hand waving and disingenuous information (leaked of course) will have "succeeded". And we'll all just chuckle as we look back - Banana Republic style. There are so many earlier injustices that have long been forgotten -[More...]

Is GS Tempting The Interest Rate Black Swan With 1,056% Risk Exposure?

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:52:00 GMT

Last week Zero Hedge posted the most recent (Q4 2008) report from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which among other things, discussed the $9.2 billion bank trading loss in cash and derivatives in Q4. That itself was not news to anyone who follows the major commercial banks' operations, however should make for an interesting contrast when the OCC reports Q1 results, especially in the context of the plausible scenario that AIG may have contributed for massive derivative profits, especially for the big banks. Now focusing on the other things side of the equation, there were several charts in the OCC report that caught[More...]

Richard Branson Eyes Citizens As Royal Bank of Scotland Reels

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:47:00 GMT

Nov. 3--Virgin Airlines founder Richard Branson is waiting in the wings if Royal Bank of Scotland is forced to sell off its valued units, including Citizens Bank.
RBS confirmed yesterday that European regulators are putting pressure on it to divest some of its holdings as the price for its massive UK government bailout.
RBS' chief executive, Stephen Hester, appears ready to fight a forced sale of Citizens, the second biggest bank in Massachusetts and the ninth largest in America.

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Tips On Picking The Right Small Business Banking Account

Radvision (NASDAQ: RVSN): Cisco Goes From A Friend To A Foe

The Clock Is Ticking On Micromet (MITI)

RBC Issues Note On Sirius XM

With Each Interest Rate Tick Higher, Another 'Green Shoot' Dies

Japanese Housewives Back In The Game?

RBC Offers Opinion On Sirius XM’s First Quarter Results

Sham-tastic Bank Stress-Tests

WSJ: Banks Won Concessions On Tests

Is GS Tempting The Interest Rate Black Swan With 1,056% Risk Exposure?

Richard Branson Eyes Citizens As Royal Bank of Scotland Reels

Highwoods Beats Quarterly Forecast

RadioShack's Third-Quarter Profits Down, but Sales Better Than Expected

RadioShack Earnings Fall in Third Quarter

Mergers, Acquisitions: Slow, With Signs of Life

Mergers, Acquisitions: Slow, With Signs of Life

Banks Try Self-Regulation

Pa. Tapped, Drillers Not

Pa. Tapped, Drillers Not

McDonald's 3rd-Quarter Same-Store Sales, Profit Jump: Same-Store Sales, Increase in Profit Surpass Estimates

Regal Beloit to Present at the Morgan Stanley Industrials Unplugged Conference

Regal Beloit Reports Second Quarter Results

Regal Beloit Announces Third Quarter Dividend

Regal Beloit Corporation to Hold Second Quarter 2009 Earnings Conference Call on Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Regal Beloit Names Perino Vice President, Investor Relations

Regal Beloit Corporation Completes Common Stock Offering, Announces Exercise of Underwriter's Over-allotment Option

Regal Beloit Corporation Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering

Regal Beloit Corporation Announces Common Stock Offering

Regal Beloit Reports First Quarter Results

Regal Beloit Announces Second Quarter Dividend

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