Wall St. is a den of thieves and NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo wants to wipe them out on his way to becoming governor like his father was before him. His latest…
Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) has confirmed that activist Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has shared various ideas for an alternative ownership structure related to Target real estate. It also said that this has been…
We are seeing many high volume price drops in actively traded shares today. In most cases, the earnings are to blame, but there are other issues affecting some stocks as well. Goldman…
Sometimes there is just lunacy written about financial companies, and sometimes there is lunacy inside of financial companies. Forget about the argument that there are usually both for a minute. Yesterday we…
Citigroup (C) is not going to make it, at least not an an independent company. The FT has reported that the head of Goldman Sachs (GS) called Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit to…
According to Reuters, the Korean central bank made record rate cuts. Reuters reports that the G7 said the rising yen may be a threat to financial markets. Reuters writes that Hungary and…
This is obviously one of our ugliest mornings in years with futures trading limit down. What is interesting is that the financial stocks are the most leveraged to this, yet oddly enough…
No matter where economists look there is no evidence that a recession in the US, EU, and Asia is doing anything but deepening. The stock markets are the least of it. Some…
The media is reporting that Goldman Sachs (GS) will cut 10% of its workforce, or about 3,000 people. Since the firm has been at the summit of its industry for decades, the…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, former Citigroup (C) CEO Sandy Weill may start a fund to invest in distressed financial companies. Reuters writes that Amazon (AMZN) turned in a weak forecast hurting its stock.…
No matter how badly the economy is doing and what shareholders in American financial firms have lost, it would be a shame to see investment bankers go without their bonuses. According to…
Most corporations have bylaws about how many board members they must have. The federal government requires that boards of directors keep enough outside members to maintain independent audit and compensation committees. Ford…
The New York Times has a new writer, at least for a day. Warren Buffett has written an op-ed piece for the paper titled "Buy American. I Am." to shore up some…
One size fits all. That is the reasoning behind Treasury’s plan to invest money in a number of large banks by purchasing preferred shares. Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan (JPM) and Lloyd…
It has long been thought that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) was going to escape this credit crisis mostly unscathed and that the firm would never have capital issues. The good…
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