Money is short and times are hard, but the government is paid back and bank investors may find dividend checks in with their holiday cards. The Wall Street Journal broke news late in afternoon…
The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TRV) is the Dow Jones Industrial Average component which many investors manage to overlook or forget about it being a DJIA member. The insurance giant has announced an expansion into…
Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB) is one that flew under the radar last week because of the floodgates of earnings reports. Last night the company issued an update to its sale process of…
The Treasury Department says it will make a profit on the investment it made for taxpayers when it bailed out AIG. That leads to the question of whether the US government can make money…
BankUnited Inc. was one of the first public bank casualties in the financial meltdown. Filings last week show that the turnaround acquisition is coming public again, and the filing was for up to $300…
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: ABK) is signaling that the company is on the verge of implosion, which is not real shock if you have been following the situation since the financial meltdown. The…
It is hard to argue against the thought that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one of the hottest growth stocks with great share performance and great brand loyalty. Its shares closed out 2009 at…
American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) has recently disclosed that CEO Bob Benmosche has cancer, and last night the company announced a succession plan in case it is needed. What is more important is…
Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) will modify 55,000 mortgages, a tacit admission that it had done something wrong with the home loans in the first place. The big bank announced that: Out of an abundance…
Maybe the worst is over for Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC). Maybe. The fears of mortgage put-backs and lawsuits over mortgage disclosures and the ongoing foreclosure halt has created what many feel may…
Maybe the worst is over for Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC). Maybe. The fears of mortgage put-backs and lawsuits over mortgage disclosures and the ongoing foreclosure halt has created what many feel may…
It has been a week since E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) reported earnings. We have also seen earnings this week from TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: AMTD), and The Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW)…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has an amazing bond offering that is selling today with a caveat. The Goldman Sachs bond issue is $1.3 billion with a 6 1/8% coupon. What makes this…
Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE: CAH) is breaking ranks by responding to market rumors that have had shares higher all day. The company noted, “While it is our longstanding practice not to respond to market…
Mergers and Acquisitions are still coming in the world of technology and communications. Many deals have been announced in technology that are around the Ciscoization of the data center and around cloud computing and…