The Thanksgiving/Black Friday weekend yielded much better retail figures that expected. This signals that retail sales could return to the robust level of the mid-2000s, before the recession began. That, in turn,…
The new proposed stress tests are just one more thorn in the side for the banking sector, but analysts from Dick Bove to Meredith Whitney, as well as value and bargain investors and…
China’s factory activity reaches a 32-month low. (Reuters) Merck (NYSE: MRK) pays $950 million to settle Vioxx charges brought by the government. (Reuters) FCC head wants more examination of the AT&T (NYSE:…
Fitch is warning that U.S. banks could be adversely affected unless the Eurozone debt crisis “is resolved in a timely and orderly manner.” The mention is a warning that the credit outlook…
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about the Obama health care law. (Reuters) Angela Merkel says Europe may face its greatest crisis since World War II. (Reuters) Italy’s Monti will discuss…
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) was one we had on the calendar because this was the day that it was due to meet with its Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) as its financial…
Financial concerns about Italy have raised the issue of a breakup of the eurozone. (Reuters) China’s October imports rise but exports are weak. (Reuters) A deal to name a new prime minister…
Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) may sell its piece of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for as much as $1.54 billion (Reuters) Carlyle Group has cut fees…
Douglas A. McIntyre Last Friday at the meeting of the G20 in Cannes, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) revealed a list of 29 global systemically important financial institutions (known as the G-Sifis). These institutions are…
The fate of Greece remains undetermined. Rumors are that Prime Minister George Papandreou will leave as part of a brokered agreement to get the opposition party to support austerity measures. There are…
MFÂ Global Holdings (NYSE: MF) became the first U.S. casualty of the European sovereign debt crisis, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. Chairman and chief executive Jon Corzine has yet to acknowledge…
Nearly lost in the news that MF Global (NYSE: MF) has collapsed under the strain of poor gambles about the EU’s future were announcements from larger banks that will cut their staffs.…
To say that MF Global Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: MF) is in trouble might be the understatement of the year. The commodities and derivatives broker has reportedly been caught on the wrong side…
Updated throughout the day. Rajat Gupta, formerly a board member of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) will face criminal charges for insider trading (Reuters) Nintendo will have a first half loss of $1.3…
Douglas A. McIntyre GS.COMGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) stunk this week when it reported one of its few operating losses ever. What is interesting is that shares have risen with the banking sector. The…
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