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Bank of America (BAC) To Repay Entire TARP Money

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:33:12 GMT

Bank of America Corporation (BAC) said on Wednesday that in a few days it will repay the entire $45 billion of bailout money it has received from the government for its participation in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) at the height of the credit crisis last year and after its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. earlier this year.[More...]

Treasury Sells Capital One Warrants

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:01:36 GMT

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday that it will auction 12.7 million warrants to buy common stock of Capital One Financial (COF) on Thursday. This is the latest government effort under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) set up during the height of the financial crisis last year to shore up the financial system.[More...]

FDIC Fund In The Negative

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:13:20 GMT

In its quarterly report on the banks, issued on Tuesday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) said that the deposit insurance fund used to protect customer accounts dropped by $18.6 billion during the third quarter of 2009 to a deficit of $8.2 billion, while banks earned only $2.8 billion as loan defaults continued to hurt bank balance sheets. The agency said that the decline in the insurance fund was due primarily to an additional $21.7 billion set aside by the FDIC during the quarter for additional bank failures.[More...]

U.S. Bank Failures Hit 124

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:34:08 GMT

U.S. regulators on Friday closed down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida. Though there are some early signs of economic recovery, bank failures go on growing with rising loan defaults. This takes the total number of bank failures to 124, compared to 25 in 2008 and 3 in 2007. The weak economy continues to weigh heavily on banks with a stream of loan defaults.[More...]

Treasury To Auction TARP Warrants

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:04:31 GMT

After almost a year of initiating the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to rescue the nation’s financial industry, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday that it would auction off stock warrants it acquired from three big banks that received a significant portion of taxpayers’ money and have fully repaid the same. The government is taking this step to free the lenders from the federal bailout program.[More...]

Top Picks In Income-Rich Sectors

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:12:34 GMT

Dividend expert Josh Peters provides more of his best ideas.[More...]

Bank Failures Rise To 123

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:19:15 GMT

Regulators shut down 2 banks in Florida and 1 in California; U.S. bank failures reach 123 this year. U.S. regulators on Friday shuttered two more banks in Florida and one in California. Though there are some early signs of economic recovery, bank failures continue unabated. This takes the total number of bank failures to 123, compared to 25 in 2008 and 3 in 2007. The weak economy continues to weigh heavily on banks with a stream of loan defaults. As the industry has to tolerate bad loans that were made during the credit explosion, the trouble in the banking system goes even deeper, increasing the possibility of more bank failures. However, the regulators are trying to avoid panic by seizing banks slowly. Also, the slow seizing could be a strategy as it is hard to get buyers for so many failed banks. The failed banks were -- Century Bank,[More...]

Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:36 GMT

Estimating future dividend growth is difficult if not impossible. Companies which might have had a long history of consistent double digit increases might stop raising dividends and might even cut them.[More...]

Bank Failures Pass 100 For The Year

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:20:17 GMT

Regulators shut down 7 more banks in FL, WI, GA, MN and IL; total failed banks in '09 reach 106 Though there are some early signs of economic recovery, bank failures continue and the pace has picked up sharply this year. With the failure of 7 more banks on Friday, the tally has surpassed 100 this year. This takes the total number to 106, compared to 25 in 2008 and 3 in 2007.[More...]

Goldman Sachs: The 'Smart' Money?!

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:15:52 GMT

U.S. stocks rebounded today, aided by a rally in financials. Why was the group strong? Because a team of analysts at a well-known Wall Street firm upgraded the large banks sector. And why did they do that? Bloomberg gives us the lowdown in "Wells Fargo, Biggest U.S. Banks Raised by Goldman":[More...]

Minnesota's SandP 500 major league players: For public companies, inclusion on a major index increases analysts coverage and sparks investor interest.

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:50:00 GMT

Dec. 6--There are 16 Minnesota-based companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index, which not only means they are the largest public companies in Minnesota but it also virtually guarantees they are among the most widely held, most closely watched and most heavily covered by analysts.
3M Co. is Minnesota's largest company, as measured by market capitalization, and it is covered by 21 analysts who currently are split on the big manufacturer's near-term prospects.
3M is also the only Minnesota-based company in the 30-member Dow Jones Industrials index.

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Bank of America (BAC) To Repay Entire TARP Money

Treasury Sells Capital One Warrants

FDIC Fund In The Negative

U.S. Bank Failures Hit 124

Treasury To Auction TARP Warrants

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Bank Failures Rise To 123

Estimating Future Dividend Growth

Bank Failures Pass 100 For The Year

Goldman Sachs: The 'Smart' Money?!

Minnesota's SandP 500 major league players: For public companies, inclusion on a major index increases analysts coverage and sparks investor interest.

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U.S. Bank Selected as Trustee, Registrar and Paying Agent for Bond Issues at University of Massachusetts Building Authority

American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc., American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc. -- II, American Strategic Income Portfolio Inc. -- III and American Select Portfolio Inc. File Current Reports on Form 8-K

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FAF Advisors, Inc., Announces Financial Positions for Closed-End Funds

Robert B. Horsman Named Regional Chairman for U.S. Bank in San Diego

U.S. Bancorp to Present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Banking & Financial Services Conference

U.S. Bank to Open Next Spring in New Ohio Union at The Ohio State University

U.S. Bank Receives $95 Million in New Markets Tax Credit Allocation to Attract Investment in Distressed and Underserved Areas

U.S. Bank Acquires FBOP Corporation's Banking Subsidiaries Through an FDIC Facilitated Transaction

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