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Financial Mergers May Be Mandated Rather Than Preferred (WFC, CFC, BAC, AXP, ABK, MBI, BX, COF, WM, WFC, ETFC, BSC, GS, SLM, JPM, STI, FITB, WB, NLY, CIM, BRK-A)

Posted: January 10, 2008 at 4:49 pm

There have been major reports for days and weeks that have revolved around many financial services, banks, lenders, and the like merging.  The truth is that the carnage in the ...
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Morning Rumor II: Bear Stearns (BSC) And Fortress Investments Talked Merger

Posted: January 10, 2008 at 6:19 am

Bear Stearns (BSC) held preliminary talks with Fortress Investments, a listed alternative asset management firm, regarding a possible combination in the weeks before Jimmy Cayne stepped down as chief executive, ...
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Media Digest 1/10/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: January 10, 2008 at 4:27 am

According to Reuters, Capital One has warned that it will have lower than expected earnings.Reuters reports that Goldman Sachs (GS) sees a recession this year. Reuters reports that Tata (TTM) ...
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Media Digest 1/9/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: January 9, 2008 at 4:13 am

According to Reuters, Bear Stearns (BSC) replaced its CEO James Cayne who will remain chairman.Reuters writes that the CEO of Best Buy (BBY) sees the retail climate getting tougher.Reuters writes ...
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CEO’s Axed Left & Right, Who’s Next? (BSC, SBUX, MMC, AMD, CC, BSX, FINL, CFC)

Posted: January 8, 2008 at 5:01 am

It seems that all of a sudden corporations are deciding to do the right thing by getting rid CEO's that have put the companies and shareholders in untenable positions. We ...
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Media Digest 1/8/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: January 8, 2008 at 4:21 am

According to Reuters, Howard Schultz, Starbucks (SBUX) founder, has taken over as CEO.Reuters writes that Cisco (CSCO) will keep its current strategy, even in a recession.Reuters writes that Samsung is ...
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52-Week Low Club: Transport, Semiconductors & Financials (January 2, 2008)

Posted: January 2, 2008 at 4:23 pm

Truckers led the drop after a fake $100 oil print and after a YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ: YRCW) acquisition write-down, pulling down Arkansas Best (NASDAQ: ABFS) and others.  With no surprise, ...
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2008 Corporate Resolutions: Firing Your Bad CEO’s (BSC, BSX, CFC, FINL, MMC, MNI)

Posted: January 1, 2008 at 11:07 am

2007 has been a volatile year in the stock market, but there are many key technology CEO's who just aren't making a passing grade. 247WallSt.com has issued a brief list ...
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52-Week Low Club (December 28, 2007)

Posted: December 28, 2007 at 3:01 pm

Some of these stocks hit 52-week lows and recovered off of lows so they won't have a low close.  But these did all touch or breach the 52-week lows.  At ...
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Media Digest 12/27/2007

Posted: December 27, 2007 at 4:50 am

According to Reuters, housing prices had a record annual drop.Reuters writes that Sallie Mae (SLM) will raise $2.5 billion using stock and convertible notes. Reuters writes that Joseph Lewis has ...
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52-Week Low Club (BIG, BONT, CHS, M, OMX, SSI, HOT, ZLC, RT, F, WM, BSC)

Posted: December 26, 2007 at 2:18 pm

We didn't include only retail names on the 52-week lows today, but it could have been easy to do.  The retail scene just didn't do too hot over Christmas and ...
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Is Bear Stearns Worth More Than $90 A Share?

Posted: December 26, 2007 at 1:26 pm

Joseph Lewis, one of the world's richest men, has bought more shares in Bear Stearns (BSC), and now owns more than 9.5% of the company, according to Reuters. The questions ...
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Confidence In Banking Fix Dissolves As Citigroup (C) Hits New Lows

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 11:13 am

Citigroup (C) is back to it new lows, trading down to $29.52. Citi could have been driven down by the losses at Bear Stearns (BSC). It could be that Fitch ...
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When Brokers Defy Logic (BSC, MS, GS, MER)

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 9:33 am

Whether or not the markets comply going into year-end is a completely different issue.  But these brokerage stocks look like they are trying to find a bottom as they throw ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (December 20, 2007) (ACN, ATVI, ALTU, ARRY, ATHX, BSC, BX, CAKE, ECHO, INTU, FDX, MLHR, IDEV, LDK, LEG, LOCM, NKE, ORCL, PIR, RIMM, RAD, RUTH, SMOD, SCS, DEEP, TRB)

Posted: December 20, 2007 at 8:02 am

This is not every bit of news on individual stocks but this is the major news affecting many shares in pre-market activity this Thursday morning:Accenture (ACN) stock up 4% after ...
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