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. Update 12.50 PM EST: Boeing (NYSE:BA) could lose a $7.5 billion order for fighter planes to Brazil if the US Senate does not confirm Obama’s nominee to be…
The most charitable thing that can be said about Vikram Pandit, the CEO of Citigroup (NYSE:C) since December 11. 2007, is that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The bank’s…
Reuters: Thain regrets nothing he did at Merrill Lynch and during its merger with Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). Reuters: Trump put his support to the bondholders of his casino business. FT: A…
These are this Monday morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have a link through to each stock at VSInvestor.com with more detailed analysis and data. Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE:…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 12.43 PM EST: Apple may hire its own video game developers to create iPhone and iPod products (Apple Insider) Updated 11.57 AM EST: Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) may…
Reuters: The Ohio Attorney General is suing a number of Wall St. firms. Reuters: GM will start to repay part of its debt to the US. Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) will sell Bellsystem…
John Paulson is rather notorious, and wealthy, for how much he picked up by shorting financial stocks on the way down. But the financial world found out in August that Paulson &…
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve reported that 9 out of 10 bank holding companies that were required to raise additional capital to bolster their balance sheets have successfully done so. The Supervisory Capital…
It has been some time in the making and won’t be the last IPO or divestiture out of Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C). The company is proceeding to divest its Primerica Inc. via…
Updated throughout the day. Citigroup (NYSE:C) will re-launch some of its least successful hedge funds (FT) The stock market is at risk of not holding 10,000. (TheStreet) AIG (NYSE:AIG) will not hold a…
Reuters: The Wall St. insider trading probe lead to another 14 arrests. Reuters: Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) lost $19 billion and asked Treasury for money. Reuters: GM is readying its plans for Opel…
It is of little surprise that CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT) is seeing clobbered today. The company has finally filed its pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy package and that has CIT shares down…
Reuters: Investors in the banking sector were disturbed by the CIT (NYSE:CIT) bankruptcy. Reuters: Summers will lead a high level meeting on the economy. Reuters: US companies are holding more cash. Reuters: …
Updated throughout the day. Updated 3.23 PM EST: Analyst Michael Mayo says Citigroup (NYSE:C) will take a $10 billion write down the quarter. Citi denies it (CNBC) Updated 10.24 AM EST: Cisco…
