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Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 12, 2009 at 7:49 AM EDT

B of A Cuts TARP Giants (BAC, JPM, GS, MS)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA-Merrill), the new name for the brokerage arm of Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC), …

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 12, 2009 at 2:53 AM EDT

Media Digest 6/12/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters: Baclays (BCS) sold BCI to Blackrock (BLK) for $13.3 billion Reuters: WHO declared a flu epidemic Reuters: Congress bash…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 11, 2009 at 6:28 AM EDT

Top Analyst Upgrades (CAR, BAC, BCSI, CLRT, IHS, MA, PLXS, QTWW, SLB)

These are some of the top early bird analyst upgrades and positive research calls we are seeing from Wall Street…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 11, 2009 at 5:08 AM EDT

China May Buy Volvo, GM May Be Next

The Associated Press released an exclusive story which reported that Chinese car company Beijing Automotive Industry Holding might buy Volvo.…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 11, 2009 at 2:59 AM EDT

Media Digest 6/11/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters: Fiat closed its deal for control of Chrysler. Reuters: California may be hit by an economic “meltdown.” Reuters: May…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 10, 2009 at 7:43 AM EDT

Sprint (S) Still Near Top Of MSN “Worst Customer Service” List

Palm (PALM) may not have had much of a choice in terms of which cellular company was going to market…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 10, 2009 at 5:46 AM EDT

Short Interest In Banks Plunges

The short interest in most large banks fell very sharply for the period ending May 29, an indication that traders believe…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 10, 2009 at 3:52 AM EDT

Examining The Torture Of Ken Lewis

The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed the Fed to get information relating to the Bank of America (BAC) buyout of…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 10, 2009 at 3:41 AM EDT

Liquidating Chrysler Was An Option

The government was successful when it warned that if the Supreme Court delayed the Chapter 11 process of Chrysler more…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 10, 2009 at 3:02 AM EDT

Media Digest 6/10/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters: The Supreme Court delays Chrysler deal. Reuters: The cleared ten banks to repay TARP include JPMorgan (JPM), Goldmand Sachs…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 9, 2009 at 5:13 AM EDT

Stressing The “Stress Test” System

Maybe the initial “stress tests” of America’s 19 largest banks were flawed. Or, perhaps taking a single snapshot is not…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 9, 2009 at 4:50 AM EDT

Treasury Gets Its Money Back And Can Afford To Save Another Industry

The Treasury Department is likely to allow 10 banks which owe in money from TARP funds to pay it back…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 9, 2009 at 3:02 AM EDT

Media Digest 6/9/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters: China must balance growth and reducing greenhouse gases. Reuters: The Supreme Court has delayed Chrysler’s Chapter 11. Reuters: The…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 8, 2009 at 5:19 AM EDT

Will All Of The Top Management On Wall St. Work For $1 A Year?

The Administration is looking at further pay caps for executives on Wall St. and the auto industry. The reasoning is…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Jun 5, 2009 at 5:01 PM EDT