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Barclays (BCS) turned down cash from the UK government. Unlike most large US banks, it did not want to trade…
According to Reuters, the economy contracted in the third quarter as consumer spending dropped sharply. Reuters writes that Fidelity Magellan…
Wall St. is a den of thieves and NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo wants to wipe them out on his…
Citigroup (C) is not going to make it, at least not an an independent company. The FT has reported that…
This is obviously one of our ugliest mornings in years with futures trading limit down. What is interesting is that…
No matter where economists look there is no evidence that a recession in the US, EU, and Asia is doing…
Perhaps it is because this is an election year, but everyone is going around asking "Are we better off than…
Analysts often as about "earnings quality". How accurate are quarterly numbers? Are they being "managed" to make a company’s fortunes…
Bank earnings were hit hard this week. Even if the results at Citigroup (C), Merrill Lynch (MER), and JP Morgan…
Henry Paulson seems like a very large and old Eagle Scout. He would never mislead, at least not on purpose.…
According to Reuters, Swiss banks are getting large amounts of capital to fight the global credit crisis. Reuters reports that…
It is as if the Paulson bank bailout and Monday’s 11% run up in the market never happened. The S&P…
Good deeds should be their own rewards, but in the stock market that it not entirely true. Good earnings, especially…
JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) has just released earnings and Jamie Dimon is showing he is a better manager even than…
One size fits all. That is the reasoning behind Treasury’s plan to invest money in a number of large banks…
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