At first, the offer by mining giant BHP Billiton (BHP) to buy Rio Tinto (RTP) looked improbable. The $140 billion price seemed quite rich and offering an all stock arrangement might not…
Citigroup (C), JP Morgan (JPM), and Bank of America (BAC) are closer to setting up their "super fund" to supply short-term loans to structured investment vehicles, pools of money which are made…
Some on Wall St. are concerned that, as the price of oil reaches closer to $100, Big Oil will not do as well as the rising price of crude would indicate. That…
Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) is seeing shares trade much lower after net income fell by more than half in the first nine months now that SEC filings for Q1, Q2 and Q3 have…
Moody’s has begun to downgrade the debt in a number of the structured investment vehicles that own huge pools of mortgage-related securities. According to The Wall Street Journal "in its report, Moody’s…
According to Reuters, Morgan Stanley (MS) has suffered a $3.7 billion loss from its mortgage portfolio, Reuters writes that shares in Cisco (CSCO) were driven down on concerns that orders from the…
Washington Mutual (WM) Mortgage company in bad environment. Down to $19.72 from 52-week high of $46.38. Capital One Financial (COF) Big financial loss. Down to $50.05 from 52-week high of $83.84. Fannie…
The FT says that the "super-fund" to bail out financial instruments tied to mortgage-backed securities may be dead. Speaking about the fund to the paper: “As far as we can see, it…
Douglas A. McIntyre The term "perfect storm" is overused by writers who have no other way to describe a disaster. Leaving that aside, the news from the last day would appear to indicate that a…
According to Reuters, profits rose 2.7% at Toyota (TM) and the company raised full-year forecasts. Reuters writes that GM (GM) will take a $39 billion non-cash charge in Q3 Reuters reports that…
Below is the short interest for major companies traded on the NYSE and changes from October 15, 2007 to the most current date, October 31, 2007. Company …
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"Directors are not like some kind of 1950s housewife who was always the last to learn about the misadventures of her husband," said J. Richard Findlay, head of The Centre for Corporate…
Douglas A. McIntyre Fremont General (FMT) Mortgage company debt rating cut. Falls to $1.81 from 52-week high of $17.30. Valeant Pharmaceuticals (VRX) Drops on downgrade. Drops to $10.35 from $18.82. Nordstrom (JWN) Retailers keep hurting.…
According to Reuters, Chuck Prince stepped down at CEO of Citigroup (C) and the bank indicated it may have to write off as much as another $11 billion. Reuters writes that shares…
