Quantcast

Posts related to ‘Regulation’

Fed’s Dudley Downplays Inflation Risk

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 2:01 pm

New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley said today that he believes that the 2% inflation “objective” the Fed has adopted will eventually be higher than the real inflation ...
Read Full Story »

BP Gets OK to Refine Oil Sands Crude in Indiana

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 8:37 am

The sixth-largest crude refinery in the US, in Whiting, Indiana, has the capacity to turn more than 400,000 barrels/day of crude into useful products like gasoline and jet fuel. BP ...
Read Full Story »

SEC Charges Another Ponzi Scheme, $157 Million in Florida

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 3:59 pm

Bernie Madoff is alive in prison, but his extreme Ponzi scheme living has led to more and charges brought against other Ponzi schemes.  Now comes news that the Securities and Exchange ...
Read Full Story »

Solar Tariffs Bring Risks & Rewards (FSLR, SPWR, STP, TSL, LDK, GTAT, TAN)

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 7:01 am

Solar stocks are going to again be under a focus on Friday after the Commerce Department tariffs on Chinese solar products was far higher than originally projected.  Duties will be ...
Read Full Story »

St. Louis Fed President Bullard Wants to Keep Genie of Inflation in the Bottle

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 1:58 pm

In a presentation today, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard that further monetary actions by the Fed’s FOMC had been placed on “pause” as a result of the ...
Read Full Story »

Post Office Unveils Plan to Cut Costs, Retain Rural Stations

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 12:16 pm

Faced with considerable consumer and political pressure to review its plan to close hundreds of the country’s smallest post offices, the US Postal Service announced today that it would propose ...
Read Full Story »

Chesapeake Faces SEC Inquiry, As Does Chairman & CEO (CHK)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 4:12 pm

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) has confirmed what many investors probably should have been expecting in relation to the recent CEO double-dip dealing of Aubrey McClendon.  Chesapeake issued a notice ...
Read Full Story »

Visa & Mastercard Get DOJ Curveball (V, MA)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 9:48 am

Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V) and Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA) should both be trading higher this morning if you were only looking at the earnings reports from Wednesday.  Both credit card ...
Read Full Story »

Bernanke Afterthought: The Looming Fiscal Cliff (Tax & Spending) Poses Great Recovery Risks

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 6:34 am

FOMC meetings and the press conferences which follow each quarter now can show some important insight into what the real underlying risks and issues are to the economic recovery.  It ...
Read Full Story »

Options Gamers See Wal-Mart at $56.50 in June and $55.50 in September (WMT)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 1:39 pm

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) may have caused some irreparable damage to its investors.  This bribery scandal in Mexico looks very small if you just look at the raw dollars ...
Read Full Story »

The Best Value High-Yield and High-Return Utilities (XLU, EXC, ETR, AEP, PEG)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:35 am

The utility sector has been a rather poor performer so far in 2012, as investors have sought growth and less dependence on high payouts, and higher dividend taxes could be ...
Read Full Story »

Cheniere Gets OK to Export Natural Gas (CQP, LNG)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 7:05 am

Cheniere Energy Partners LP. (AMEX: CQP) announced last night that the company has received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) “to site, construct and operate facilities for the ...
Read Full Story »

New Ponzi Scheme Targeted Church Congregations

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 12:06 pm

Bernie Madoff was the ultimate scum if you consider the size, time period and numbers of clients that his Ponzi scheme damaged.  It was billions of dollars lost.  There may ...
Read Full Story »

Goldman Sachs Settles Over ‘Huddle’ Charges by SEC & FINRA (GS)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 11:48 am

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) just seems as though it cannot get out from under the negative spotlight.  The Securities and Exchange Commission charged that the brokerage and trading firm ...
Read Full Story »

Apple Targeted by DOJ Over eBooks (AAPL, BKS)

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 10:07 am

Few details are out, but the Department of Justice is going to be making an announcement today that it is filing a lawsuit against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and book ...
Read Full Story »