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E.U. Financial Transaction Tax: Stupid Idea From Stupid Leadership

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 10:27 am

If you can count on the Europeans to invent one thing, it is the invention of taxation.  The latest effort by the European Commission is one that is just baffling if ...
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Home Ownership No Longer a Federal Goal (FNMA, FMCC)

Posted: February 14, 2011 at 2:32 pm

If the US government is truly able to exit the mortgage credit market, that move will be a seismic shift in a 75-year old government commitment to underwrite home ownership ...
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Is Ambac Closer To Being Saved? (ABK, LEHMQ, BAC)

Posted: October 6, 2010 at 4:50 pm

Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) is neither a company nor a stock that is without controversy.  It has a lot of fans who have been buying shares before and ...
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PetroAlgae (Biomass) Raising $200 Million in IPO (PALG, FWLT)

Posted: August 11, 2010 at 11:44 am

PetroAlgae Inc.  has just filed to come public via an initial public offering.  While terms were not disclosed, the filing is for up to $200 million in common stock.  The ...
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YRC Worldwide: Lessons From SIRIUS XM (YRCW, SIRI)

Posted: July 12, 2010 at 10:50 am

YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) is starting to do what many companies do when they have a large business with thousands of shareholders and employees with a low stock price ...
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Public Service Announcement: Fannie & Freddie New OTC Tickers (FNM, FRE, FNMA, FMCC)

Posted: July 7, 2010 at 4:57 pm

Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) (OTC-BB: FNMA) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) (OTC-BB: FMCC) have both just made their 'public service announcements' showing the new tickers for the shares of their ...
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Delisting Posse Heads to Ambac (FNM, FRE, ABK)

Posted: July 6, 2010 at 5:14 pm

We already knew all about the big delistings for Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE).  Now the delisting process is heading the way of Ambac Financial Group, ...
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Freddie Mac Delisting, Fannie Mae Next (FNM, FRE)

Posted: June 16, 2010 at 8:24 am

The day has come for Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) and Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM).  Freddie Mac has notified the New York Stock Exchange of its intent to delist its common ...
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NASDAQ/NYSE Delisting Notices Galore (BFNB, DEAR, DCGN, DNE, EUBK, HRZB, IAO, IPII, INHX, RPC, RGCI, RHIE, TONE, VIAP, XBKS)

Posted: December 31, 2009 at 8:52 am

It is year-end.  That means that NASDAQ and the NYSE have been sending out more and more letters of non-compliance to public companies over their subsequent listing requirements.  Some are ...
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Quasi-IPO FILING: Golden Minerals Company (GDMN)

Posted: October 15, 2009 at 10:24 am

An initial public offering filing has been made by a company called Golden Minerals Company, although we would rate this as a quasi-IPO that looks more like a secondary offering ...
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Is Carl Icahn Stealing XO? (XOHO, IEP)

Posted: July 31, 2009 at 11:29 am

XO Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: XOHO) is not a usual company we'd cover because of the size and because of the Bulletin Board status.  But this week we have been getting ...
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Rethinking a CIT Gamble… Preferred & Senior Vs. Common (CIT, CIT-PA, CIT-PC, CIT-PZ)

Posted: July 16, 2009 at 11:17 am

CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT) is trading no different than a warrant or way out of the money call option at this point.  In short, any trading other than a ...
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Day Traders & GM Stock: Drag Race To Zero (GMGMQ)

Posted: July 7, 2009 at 8:45 am

How many bankrupt companies have OTC and Pink Sheet stocks before they disappear for the long haul?  Enron, Lehman, Adelphia... General Motors (GMGMQ) is on this list. Some of these ...
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New Beer Public Company: Black Art Beer Importers (BLVI)

Posted: June 16, 2009 at 9:15 am

There is a new public company that is a specialty beer play, a trend we have seen less and less of in recent years after the roll-ups in the wine ...
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Foreign Brands Gone Missing For Investors (NYX, NDAQ, ADDDF, BAESY, AHBIF, LVMHF, NSRGY, NTDOY, RHHBY, LUKOY)

Posted: April 17, 2009 at 11:14 am

There has been an interesting trend in the globalization movement.  The U.S. has seen some major brands and major companies get acquired by foreign public companies, but suddenly U.S. investors ...
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