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More Bizarre Pay Czar News
A new analysis from The Wall Street Journal shows that pay czar Kenneth Feinberg raised the salaries of most of the executives over which he has jurisdiction. The paper reports that base…
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Media Digest 10/28/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The Nielsen survey shows consumer confidence up in the US for the first time since 2007. Reuters: Obama’s financial reforms are advancing in Congress. Reuters: The pay czar said his authority…
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/26/2009) (ATVI)(BP)(BX)(NFLX)(BAC)
Updated throughout the day. Updated 10.53 AM EST Activision-Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) “Guitar Hero 5″ is selling poorly. (Barron’s) Update 9.47 AM EST: BP’s (NYSE:BP) new chairman will make significant changes to the oil…
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B of A And Citi Top Managers Earn $18 Million Each
Bankers have become more and more adroit at shooting themselves in the foot this year. Congress, the Administration and the public are already upset by actions that they believe caused the credit…
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Media Digest 10/26/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Corporate directors are on the hot seat over management pay. Reuters: The US healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year. Reuters: Capmark Financial filed for bankrupcy. Reuters: The land…
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Media Digest (10/23/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Japan Airlines faces $8.8 billion in excess debt if liquidated. Reuters: Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) beat Wall St. estimates. Reuters: GM’s CEO will get a pay raise. Reuters: Nokia (NYSE:NOK) sued Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)…
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/22/2009) (PG)(NYT)(MSFT)
Updated throughout the day. Update 11.03 AM EST P&G (PG) may buy the household prooducts unit of Sara Lee (various) Brian Moynihan, a Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) executive and possible CEO candidate…
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The Pay Czar’s Day In The Sun
Pay czar Kenneth Feinberg has already effectively clipped the compensation wings of Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) CEO Ken Lewis by taking away all of his 2009 compensation. Feinberg now plans to cut the…
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Media Digest 10/22/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: China’s GDP rose 8.9% and the government said it would stick with its liberal monetary policies. Reuters: Larry Summers said the US recovery is on track. Reuters: More Americans will delay…
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/21/2009) (TWX)(AAPL)(BKS)
Updated throughout the day. Updated at 1.11 PM EST: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) will sell First Republic for $1 billion. (The Deal) Updated 1.05 PM EST: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) may be teaming up…
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TARP Too Secret, GM Investment A Bust
The Troubled Asset Relief Program inspector Neil Barofsky has almost nothing good to say about the way the Treasury has handled the TARP. He released his latest report to Congress today. His…
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Media
Media Digest (10/21/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: China is having trouble managing supply and demand. Reuters: Geithner said the core programs of the TARP are ending. Reuters: Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) tripled it profits. Reuters: Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) will cut…
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/20/2009) (NWS)(NVDA)(BCS)
Updated throughout the day. Updated 12.33 PM EST: The CIA will start spying on social media activity (CNET) Updated 10.15 AM EST: Oil could hit $175 a barrel by 2016 making oil-realted…
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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AMZN, BAC, BA, BSX, F, LEAP, PCS, SPR, UA, WEN)
These are this Tuesday’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls which we have seen early in the morning: Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Outperform at…
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/16/2009) (AKAM)(KFT)(BRCD)(MSFT)
Updated throughout the day. Update 10:41 AM EST: Two traders calling Dendreon Corp. (NASDAQ: DNDN) as a takeover stock, again… We are inclined to treat this as a failed Friday rumor that…