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What’s Important Today (3/29/2012) PetroChina Tops Oil Production, Goldman Board Meets

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 6:34 am

Europe moved closer to raising the value of all of its bailout funds to a total of $1.3 trillion. Many economists believe that sum will calm the global capital markets. Worry ...
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Media Digest (3/29/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 6:30 am

The heads of the BRIC nations say the pace of IMF-led reforms concerns them. (Reuters) Facebook cuts trading of its stock in the secondary markets. (Reuters) The board of Goldman Sachs ...
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Dollar General Discounts Shares In Secondary Offering After All-Time High (DG, GS, KKR, BRK-B)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 9:05 am

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) was previously in the news for announcing a secondary offering of 25 million shares.   The offering has now priced at what seems a fair discount ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (3/28/2012) New Goldman CEO, Obama Gas Poll

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 6:22 am

Concerns about a slowdown in China’s economy and the effect it will have on the earnings of big companies based there have begun to hammer the stock market. The Shanghai Composite ...
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Media Digest (3/28/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 5:18 am

A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Obama has handled the gasoline crisis. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will offer refunds for iPads sold in ...
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Dollar General Secondary Lightens Private Equity Stakes… Buffett Involved? (DG, GS, KKR, BRK-B)

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 8:55 am

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) is holding a public secondary offering of 25 million shares which are being sold by private equity backers who still own a large part of ...
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Media Digest (3/27/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 6:38 am

Increasing numbers of mutual funds have performances tied to huge investments in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). (Reuters) Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, is in China to address production labor problems. (Reuters) The ...
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Solar Company BrightSource Preps IPO (GS, C, DB, GOOG)

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 8:56 am

Solar thermal generation provider BrightSource Energy Inc. has filed an amended Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an IPO of 6.9 million shares at a price ...
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Media Digest (3/22/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 6:37 am

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) tries to end a legal case concerning fraud in its CDO sales. (Reuters) China’s factory activity slows, as evidenced by the HSBC flash PMI of 48.1, a low reading. ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (3/20/2102) GE Rating Warning, Goldman Layoffs

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 6:22 am

The credit part of the recession is not over -- for General Electric (NYSE: GE) at least. Moody’s says it may downgrade its rating of the conglomerate and part of its financial services ...
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Media Digest (3/20/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 20, 2012 at 6:21 am

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) begins staff cuts as part of an annual review process. (Reuters) The Obama Administration is expected to help U.S. solar panel makers in a trade war ...
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Hess Looks to Sell Caribbean Terminal (HES, GS)

Posted: March 19, 2012 at 9:08 am

Oil & gas producer Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) announced this morning that it has retained Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) to help the company explore the sale of its ...
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Goldman Sachs to Review Policy on Conflicts of Interest (GS, KMI, EP, BCS, BAC, C)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 12:23 pm

Mergers and acquisitions bankers may become subject to stricter rules for revealing their personal investments as a result of a review now being conducted at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: ...
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How Soon Before LifeLock Files for an IPO? (KIPO, GS, SYMC)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 7:01 am

LifeLock, Inc., is one of those companies that has a broad appeal to the public. It helps protect consumers against identity theft and credit fraud, and it is able to ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (3/16/2012) Apple Wins JD Power, Sprint Abandons LightSquared

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 6:24 am

Rumors continue that the U.S. and UK will release some of their strategic oil reserves to help abate rising gas and oil prices. Gas prices increased again yesterday to $3.831, ...
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