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TARP Approved For Insurance Money: More Cash From The Taxpayer’s Pocket (LNC)(PRU)(HIG)(PFG)

Posted: May 14, 2009 at 6:38 pm

The Washington Post is reporting that the Treasury Department has granted approval for insurance companies to have access to TARP funds. It is not clear what that will do to ...
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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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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (ABX, COGT, GMR, GG, NEM, NAT, PRU, UBS, X, WOR)

Posted: December 22, 2008 at 7:54 am

These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen early this Monday morning:Barrick (ABX) Cut to Neutral at UBS.Cogent (COGT) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan.General Maritime (GMR) ...
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Financial Bailouts Keep Coming, From Competitors (AIG, PRU, RBS, ING)

Posted: October 20, 2008 at 8:29 am

There are many new initiatives for "taking stakes" and "financing packages" this morning.  Most of these seem to be coming from actual competitors rather than from our government, although that ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (CENT, HELE, INTC, LBY, MET, MNST, POZN, PRU)

Posted: October 20, 2008 at 6:48 am

These are some of the top analyst downgrades we are seeing early this Monday morning:Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies.Helen of Troy (HELE) Cut to Hold ...
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Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (CTRP, GS, LEH, MRVL, NLC, NUVA, PRU, RF, RIG, USG, ZION)

Posted: September 8, 2008 at 6:31 am

These are some of the top early bird analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing this Monday morning with more than two hours to the open:Ctrip.com (CTRP) Started as ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ATI, AIV, DELL, GPS, JTX, KSU, NDAQ, PRU, SIRI, AUY)

Posted: April 4, 2008 at 6:38 am

These are not the only analyst calls impacting stocks, but these are the top analyst calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on this Friday in pre-market trading:Allegheny Tech (NYSE: ATI) cut ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (AIG)(PRU)(ALL)(NURO)

Posted: February 11, 2008 at 3:58 pm

American International Group (NYSE: AIG) Warns about more potentia write-offs and bad financial controls. Falls to $44.52 from 52-week high of $72.97.PNM Res (NYSE: PNM) Numbers miss Wall St. estimates. ...
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The 52-Week Low Club (NT)(GSK)(IAR)(IFX)

Posted: February 7, 2008 at 4:04 pm

Idearc (NYSE: IAR) Big earnings miss mugs shares, Down to $11.21 from 52-week high of $38.Infineon Technologies (NYSE: IFX) German company posts weak numbers. Sells off to $7.89 from 52-week ...
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Prudential’s Aggressive Share Repurchases (PRU)

Posted: November 13, 2007 at 4:14 pm

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) has declared an annual dividend for 2007 of $1.15 per share of Common Stock, which represents an increase of 21% percent over the 2006 dividend.But perhaps ...
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Media Digest 10/2/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: October 2, 2007 at 3:22 am

According to Reuters, most mutual fund companies side with management on proxy issues.The Wall Street Journal writes that Ebay (EBAY) is taking a $1.4 billion charge for Skype.The Wall Street ...
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Prudential Turns Itself Into A Widget Firm (PRU)

Posted: June 6, 2007 at 8:17 am

In a somewhat surprising move, Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU-NYSE) has decided to jettison its institutional equity research, sales, amnd trading business known as Prudential Equity Group. This will affect equity ...
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Pre-Market Stock News (June 6, 2007)

Posted: June 6, 2007 at 7:13 am

(AAUK) Anglo American’s CEO will become a non-executive member of the board of directors at BP (BP).(ACAD) Acadia Pharmaceuticals traded up over 10% after Jim Cramer touted the stock as ...
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