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How Much is Benmosche Really Worth to AIG? (AIG, MET)

Posted: November 11, 2009 at 1:00 pm

American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) is under pressure today after its new CEO Robert Benmosche, who has not even had a full three months yet on the job, has ...
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Trader Crack: AIG Goes To $100 (AIG, C, BAC, HIG, MET, YHOO)

Posted: August 28, 2009 at 1:50 pm

The DJIA has risen for eight straight days and the verdict is still out as to how today's close will go.  With major indexes trading over 50% above their March ...
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Larry Ellison: The Return Of The Dollar A Year Man

Posted: August 24, 2009 at 5:01 am

Steve Jobs worked at Apple (AAPL) for $1 a year in 2000, just before the launch of the iPod which completely changed the company’s fortunes and made him astonishingly wealthy. ...
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New CEO May Keep AIG Together… Or Not Dump Units on the Cheap (AIG, MET)

Posted: August 19, 2009 at 7:05 am

Robert Benmosche has already come under a bit of fire for his pay package as the new head of troubled insurance giant American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG).  But critics ...
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Head Of AIG (AIG) To Be Overpaid By $6,999,999

Posted: August 18, 2009 at 6:06 am

AIG has already taken in $180 billion of taxpayer money and there is absolutely no reason to believe that most of it will be returned. The insurance company is still ...
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Media Digest 8/4/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 4, 2009 at 3:54 am

Reuters:   A plan for universal healthcare in China could cut the savings rate. Reuters:   Bank regulators are opposing the Obama shake-up of the system. Reuters:   Bank of America (BAC) settled ...
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Meet AIG’s New CEO… Maybe (AIG, MET)

Posted: August 3, 2009 at 11:58 am

Troubled insurance and financial giant American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) may have found a new CEO to run the company.  Or dare we say... a new victim! Based upon ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AET, APD, ADSK, ENOC, LEN, ERIC, MET, PRGO, PM, VECO)

Posted: July 28, 2009 at 7:37 am

These are the top Wall Street research calls with analyst upgrades and downgrades early this Tuesday morning: Aetna (AET) Raised to Sell from Conviction Sell List at Goldman Sachs; no ...
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Media Digest 7/9/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 9, 2009 at 3:07 am

Reuters:   The promise of mobile TV is being destroyed by smartphone use of software applications. Reuters:   More attacks on websites in the West are expected and North Korea is suspected. ...
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Stress Test Results, Bank by Bank (AXP, BBT, BAC, COF, C, FITB, GS, JPM, KEY, MET, MS, PNC, RF, STT, STI, USB, WFC)

Posted: May 7, 2009 at 4:59 pm

Finally, the stress tests are out for the US banking and financial institutions.  Of the banks, 10 of 19 banks need a combined $74 billion of equity.The good news is ...
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Media Digest 5/1/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 1, 2009 at 3:00 am

According to Reuters, lenders will object to the Chrysler Chapter 11 filing. Reuters reports that Switzerland  is asking US a court to halt a case against UBS (UBS). Reuters reports that SMFG ...
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Media Digest 4/14/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Barron’s

Posted: April 14, 2009 at 2:56 am

According to Reuters, Ebay's (EBAY) shares are cheap by many measures but investors are avoiding the company, while Amazon's (AMZN) are so expensive that investors are concerned. Reuters reports that ...
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TARP Revisit: Were Life Insurers On the Brink? (MET, PRU, HIG, LNC, GNW, AIG)

Posted: April 9, 2009 at 5:08 am

There is one question that keeps making the rounds after the news of yesterday's TARP bailout money inclusion being offered to life insurers.  Are these really close to falling into ...
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The Bailout Expands To Life Insurance Firms, Money For The Deceased

Posted: April 8, 2009 at 4:46 am

There is no end to it, this process of bailing out financial institutions. Once the banks were stable, the rest of the sector was supposed to become more solid. That ...
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Unemployment Picks Up Speed While Bailout Slows

Posted: March 12, 2009 at 5:06 am

A new Reuters poll of economists does not offer much hope for an improvement in the nation's financial condition. Many see unemployment topping 10%. The news service reports that "Median ...
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