Now that Citigroup (C), UBS (UBS), and Merrill Lynch (MER) have agreed to buy back a total of about $40 billion in auction-rate securities, Wall St. will have to hazard a guess…
Morgan Stanley (MS) has gone to some of its private clients and told them they cannot borrow more on their home equity lines of credit. The customers thought they had signed up…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, a new tally of votes for the Yahoo! (YHOO) board election shows a high percentage of protest votes. Reuters reports that the Fed held rates steady and indicated it…
According to Reuters, T Boone Pickens is seeking an "army" of business leaders and citizens to back alternative energy. Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) posted if first loss as a public company…
In an ironic bit of sloganeering, the current Merrill Lynch (MER) corporate promotion is "Even In Today’s Economy, There Are Smart Places For Your Money." It may not be lost on the…
Newly-minted legend says that short-selling put Bear Stearns out of business and has swamped the stock prices of Lehman (LEH), Fannie Mae (FNM), and Freddie Mac (FRE). To keep evil from further…
Gatehouse Media (GHS) Newspaper company down again. Falls to $1 from $19. Merrill Lynch (MER) More write-off fears. Sells off to $23.64 from 52-week high of $89.23. Citigroup (C) Bad Q2 on…
According to Reuters, the Anheuser-Busch (BUD) board is under pressure to justify what it did not take InBev’s buy-out offer. Reuters writes that overseas money is reluctant to invest in US car…
Wall St. is selling off Morgan Stanley (MS) before the open on weak earnings. Shares are down over 3% MS reported income from continuing operations for the second quarter ended May 31,…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, AIG (AIG) fired its CEO and replaced him with the company’s chairman. Reuters reports that Carl Icahn says the Yahoo! (YHOO) deal with Google (GOOG) has merit. Reuters writes…
Dick Fuld, CEO of Lehman (LEH), may lose his jobs soon. Someone has to step in if the brokerage’s stock keeps falling. The company board knows that. Lehman’s COO and CFO has…
This coming week is going to be a rather important week for brokerage and investment banking firms. We have three key firms in the sector reporting earnings: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:…
Douglas A. McIntyre Lehman (LEH) appears to have raised $6 billion from places like The New Jersey Division of Investment and Hank Greenberg’s C.V. Starr fund. It is a nice chunk of change, but it…
These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on this Wednesday morning in pre-market trading: Bristol-Myers (NYSE: BMY) cut to Neutral at Cowen. Marriott (NYSE: MAR) cut to Perform at…
Standard & Poor’s has come out with a report that is actually weighing down on the entire market even though it is sector specific. The ratings agency has cut ratings on several…
