Reuters:Â Â Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may make bonus payments in stock. Reuters:Â Â China is worried about sticking to dollar deposits. Reuters:Â Â A well-known economist says housing will continue to fall. Reuters:Â Â Bank of…
These are this Thursday morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Started as Market Perform at JMP Securities. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
The program Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has announced to repay the TARP funds it received is a modest vindication for its retiring CEO Ken Lewis. He has proved that his firm, which…
Reuters:Â Â Affluent borrowers are being made credit card offers. Most other people are rarely solicited. Reuters:Â Â Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) will repay $45 billion in TARP funds. Reuters:Â Â AMRÂ (NYSE:AMR) and TPGÂ have offered…
Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) will soon be out of the TARP. The report was first out by CNBC’s Charlie Gasparino right after 5 PM that Bank of America is about…
Douglas A. McIntyre It does not say much for the future of plans to rebuild Bank of America NYSE:(BAC) that major candidates for the CEO position question the board’s strategy for running the firm. Many…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters:  The GM board pushed out CEO Henderson. Reuters:  Bernanke will defend the Fed’s record and his before Congress. Reuters:  China will let foreigners set up limited partnerships. Reuters:  Manufacturing is growing…
General Motors may be looking more like Government Motors every day. Fritz Henderson is stepping down according to a report from CNBC’s Phil Lebeau, citing sources. What is not clear is if…
The head of the credit card operations at Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) believes that credit card write-offs will not continue to rise, and that they hit their high point in the last…
Douglas A. McIntyre We recently discussed the changes that have taken place inside Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) as Warren Buffett has gone higher up the food chain. In his more focused and more opaque…
The Fed wants the taxpayer’s money back. It has asked nine large banks, including Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), to give it a timetable for when they will repay TARP funds. All of these…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE:RBS) has had Cadbury as a corporate client for decades. The financial firm agreed to help fund Kraft’s (NYSE:KFT) potential buyout of Cadbury. RBS’s ownership is controlled by…
We have seen some unusual options trading today. As you would expect, some is around today’s 4:00 PM close with today being options expiration date. But some bets are way out into…
There is a rumor that has been around Hollywood for decades that some of the greatest silent film comedy scripts were created by screen writers who would bribe wardens at a local…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 1.48 PM EST: News Corp’s (NYSE:NWS) MySpace is in talks to buy free music streaming site imeem. (AP) Update 1.42 PM EST: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will launch its…
