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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...]

Dispute Between Industries Stalls Patent Reform

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:48:00 GMT

Recent efforts to reform the U.S. patent system have stalled largely because patent reform issues split American commerce down the middle.
A current reform proposal, the Patent Reform Act of 2009, focuses largely on issues of patent litigation, such as provisions to limit infringement damages.
Hank Nothhaft, chief executive of chipmaker Tessera Technologies in San Jose, says the bill fails to address the core issues: how to better fund the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, improve the quality of patents and shorten the amount of time it takes to get one.

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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

Dispute Between Industries Stalls Patent Reform

Dispute Between Industries Stalls Patent Reform

Tessera Wins Key Patent Ruling

Public Funds No Answer for Embattled Japanese Chipmakers

Chipmakers Renesas, NEC Electronics in Talks to Merge By Spring 2010

Report: NEC Electronics, Renesas near merger

Spansion Files for Bankruptcy

U.S. Auto Industry's Health Affecting Silicon Valley Chip Makers

Women As Business Leaders? Study Shows Little Progress

Tessera Technologies to Present at Upcoming Conferences in December

Tessera Promotes Bernard Cassidy to Executive Vice President

Tessera Technologies Provides Update on Legal Actions

Dr. Robert A. Young Agrees to Join the GEO Semiconductor Board of Directors

Tessera to Present at International Symposium on Immersion Lithography Extensions

Tessera Technologies to Announce Third Quarter 2009 Results

New Tessera FotoNation Technology Enables Reliable, Robust Face Recognition for Mobile Devices

Tessera Updates Third Quarter 2009 Financial Guidance

Tessera to Host Analyst Day September 17th

Federal Circuit Denies Stay of ITC Wireless Orders

Form 4 TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES For: Dec 03 Filed by: YOUNG ROBERT ALEXANDER (10K)

Form 4 TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES For: Dec 03 Filed by: Bereziuk Michael (10K)

Form 4 TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES For: Nov 18 Filed by: Nothhaft Henry R (10K)

Form 4 TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES For: Nov 17 Filed by: Cassidy Bernard J (10K)

Form 4 Bereziuk Michael For: Nov 03 (10K)

Form 4 YOUNG ROBERT ALEXANDER For: Oct 13 (10K)

Form 4 Cassidy Bernard J For: Oct 12 (10K)

Form 4 Anthofer Michael For: Oct 12 (10K)

Form 4 Cassidy Bernard J For: Oct 08 (10K)

Form 4 Bereziuk Michael For: Oct 08 (10K)