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Media Digest 10/21/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 21, 2008 at 2:47 am

According to Reuters, Japan markets were higher on a broad government bailout plan.Reuters reports that Merrill Lynch (MER) will cut 500 trading jobs.Reuters writes that low retailer prices and competition ...
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Armed Robbery At The Fed: Bank Problems Are Getting Worse (C)(MER)(JPM)(UBS)

Posted: October 17, 2008 at 5:09 am

Bank earnings were hit hard this week. Even if the results at Citigroup (C), Merrill Lynch (MER), and JP Morgan (JPM) did not drive the credit system into insolvency, each ...
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Google (GOOG) Earnings: A Perfect Proxy For Small Business

Posted: October 17, 2008 at 4:42 am

Google’s (GOOG) earnings are ancient news now. The search company did much better than expected. The economy did not bring it down like a rhino killed off in the wild.The ...
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Financial Stocks: No One Believes Paulson (UBS)(MER)(C)(BAC)(MS)(WFC)(JPM)

Posted: October 16, 2008 at 9:37 am

Henry Paulson seems like a very large and old Eagle Scout. He would never mislead, at least not on purpose.He gave the impression as he announced that Treasury would dump ...
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Merrill Lynch’s (MER) Bad Medicine

Posted: October 16, 2008 at 5:50 am

A lot of people on Wall St. were worried about the future of Merrill Lynch (MER) and were glad when Bank of America (BAC) bought it. Now, Bank of America ...
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Media Digest 10/14/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 14, 2008 at 2:52 am

According to Reuters, the Treasury will make $250 billion directly into banks. Ciitgroup (C) and JPMorgan (JPM) would get $26 billion each. Merrill Lynch (MER) and Bank of America (BAC) ...
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FDIC To Insure New Senior Bank Debt: Inviting The Sovereign Funds To Dinner (MER)(C)

Posted: October 13, 2008 at 6:50 pm

Many of the world's largest sovereign funds believe that they were taken to the cleaners earlier this year when they dumped billions of dollars into large US financial companies like ...
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Merrill Lynch (MER), Wachovia (WB), And Morgan Stanley (MS) Deals Could Fail

Posted: October 10, 2008 at 4:10 am

A few days ago, it would have been nearly impossible to believe that the deals for Bank of America (BAC) to buy Merrill Lynch (MER), for Mitsubishi UFJ to buy ...
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B of A: When Your Stock Breaks Under Offering Price (BAC, JPM, MER)

Posted: October 8, 2008 at 8:10 am

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) is being taken to the cleaners this morning.  Shares closed down sharply yesterday at $23.77 after closing at $32.22 just the day before.  Bank ...
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Media Digest 10/3/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: October 3, 2008 at 2:59 am

According to Reuters, the House will vote on the bailout bill today.Reuters reports that JP Morgan (JPM) will not keep the CEO of WaMu.Reuters reports that John Thain of Merrill ...
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Banks Wait To Screw Wachovia (WB) Shareholders

Posted: September 28, 2008 at 7:30 am

Banks and investment banks who watched Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual, and Lehman go down in flames have learned a lesson. Bank of America (BAC) moved too fast to buy Merrill ...
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Sick Twist of Fate, Citigroup’s Model Was Right (C, JPM, WM, GS, MS, WB, BAC, MER)

Posted: September 26, 2008 at 8:49 am

There is one interesting irony in this whole financial meltdown which goes which many will not want to admit.  Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) and the financial supermarket model may actually be ...
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Level 3 Registers Shares For Merrill Lynch (LVLT, MER)

Posted: September 24, 2008 at 8:04 am

Level 3 Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) has registered shares for sale by affiliates of Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER).  This relates to potential offers and sales by Merrill Lynch International of ...
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The 52-Week Low Club 9/16/2008 (AIG)(WM)(MER)(CEG)(GHS)

Posted: September 16, 2008 at 2:57 pm

Constellation Energy Group (CEG) falls on fears of link to the Lehman bankruptcy. The company says no. The shares plunges to $13 from 52-week high of $107.97.Gatehouse (GHS) shows why ...
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A Relentless Day For Bad News: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) To Cut 25,000

Posted: September 15, 2008 at 4:47 pm

After a savage day in which one Wall St. firm closed and another was sold, perhaps there might have been an evening's respite. Lehman (LEH) has more than 25,000 employees, ...
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