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From Impossible to Unexpected: Ambac Exits Bankruptcy

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 12:18 pm

Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (OTCMarkets: ABKFQ) is about to do what many investors would have considered to be impossible. The public finance guarantor is set to exit bankruptcy. While new ...
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The American Retirement Asset Crisis Is Upon Us

Posted: March 19, 2013 at 2:43 pm

A fresh report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute is signaling that most Americans are going to be retiring with nowhere close to having enough assets and savings for retirement. ...
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Avalon and Equity Residential Snatch Up Archstone, Creating Super-REITs

Posted: November 26, 2012 at 5:02 pm

Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) and Avalonbay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB) are acquiring  Archstone Enterprises LP. This deal is for the portfolio of apartment properties under Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Today's ...
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Investor Caution: Indentifying the Next Penny Stocks (AMD, ALU, GERN, MTG, OCZ, OSG, RSH, RAD)

Posted: November 9, 2012 at 10:20 am

Some companies are in real trouble. Some are under severe industry pressure, and some are just faltering due to missteps and bad luck. With the economy remaining weak and with ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: October 22, 2012 at 10:38 am

The stock market is mixed Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.04%, The Nasdaq up 0.24% and the S&P 500 up 0.05%. Today's sole winner is a coal ...
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BofA and the Lesson of Assets Sales (BAC, AIG, XLF, FAS)

Posted: August 11, 2011 at 1:31 pm

Shares in Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) are up more than 5.5% today following reports that the bank selling some assets to raise cash. There is also some speculation ...
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American Superconductor Restatement Highlights The Woes In Solar Sector (AMSC, ESLR, SOLR, SOL, TAN)

Posted: July 12, 2011 at 11:56 am

Today is not a good-news day in the alternative energy sector. American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC) has said that it will restate revenues for the last two calendar quarters of ...
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Icahn Bargain-Hunting for Dynegy (DYN, IEP, BX, NRG)

Posted: March 10, 2011 at 9:37 am

When Dynegy Inc. (NYSE: DYN) reported earnings, or rather, losses, yesterday, the company also included the dreaded "going concern" statement telling investors that unless the company could restructure its debt, ...
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Dynegy Struggling to Remain a Going Concern (DYN, IEP)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 8:52 am

After failing to pull the trigger on two buyout offers, Dynegy Corp. (NYSE: DYN) stated in its 10-K filing yesterday that it still has plenty of problems: "Our accompanying consolidated ...
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Bye, Bye Blockbuster; It Was Fun While It Lasted

Posted: September 22, 2010 at 6:41 pm

Blockbuster Inc. is going bust. The struggling movie rental outfit is set to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy tomorrow and receive $125 million in debtor-in-possession financing to forestall the inevitable ...
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