GS.COMFriday was D-Day at the Federal Reserve. D-Day is Dividend Day where the government got tell which of the bailed out financial companies could begin rewarding shareholders again via higher dividends and large stock…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) tried and failed to acquire online coupon leader Groupon.com just a few months ago. The valuation was said to be around $ 6 billion but ultimately Groupon turned the offer awa…
The economy and investment categories may both be normalizing again, but dividend investors will get to start looking at banks again. Today was D-Day for Dividend Day as the Federal Reserve is freeing up the healthy banks…
Lawson Software Inc. (NASDAQ: LWSN) is trading well above its current fresh $11.25 cash buyout from Golden Gate Capital and Infor. There is a reason… Investors believe more is coming. Carl Icahn has already…
The Congressional Oversight Panel, which was established by Congress in late 2008 to oversee the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), today released its 30th and final oversight report. Among its findings were:…
Jon OggThe world of private equity is not what it once was, but the remaining private equity leaders that survived out there do now seem to be stronger if they survived. Apollo Management has…
New York Community Bancorp Inc. (NYSE: NYB) is one of the banks which held up during the recession and its same $0.25 per quarter dividend has been steady since 2005. The current dividend yield that…
We have recently featured a whole slew of high-yield dividends in the banking sector ahead of the upcoming review that will determine which of the TARP recipient banks will get to begin raising their…
Lawson Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWSN) has bucked the market today and shares have risen after news of its $1.8 billion buyout offer on Friday. It was an offer from software company Infor and from…
There has been an interesting trend of late that might lead investors to wonder if they should be involved in or not. Dollar stores and discounters seem to be in the middle of an…
The hackers who released confidential Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) documents claim that they show fraud on the part of the huge financial firm. Some “documents”: Bank Of America Fraud Emails, Corporations Move Your…
Something happened in recent weeks which was easy to miss out on and easy to have forgotten about, but which Irish bank investors need to consider. Other geopolitical news has taken over. Wilbur Ross…
24/7 Wall Street is bringing news and analysis in dividends and dividend trends for income oriented investors each day at 11:00 AM EST. We are now less than two weeks away from getting to…
It was rather surprising when we saw that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) had suddenly sold all of the Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) holdings back in mid-November. After all, Buffett…
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is beginning to in some ways feel like the lost leader… a silver-back gorilla with poor eyesight if you will. The company has incredibly high gross margins and has…