Revenge is a dish best served cold. The former CEO of UBS (UBS), pushed out by the bank’s current chairman, has suggest that the huge financial firm be broken up. According to…
According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) raised $4 billion. Reuters writes that US factory orders probably fell in February. Reuters reports that the Fed approved the JPMorgan (JPM) purchase of Bear Stearns (BSC)…
These aren’t the only impact analyst calls this morning, but these are the ones we are focusing the Tuesday in pre-market trading hours: Akamai Tech (NASDAQ: AKAM) Raised to Buy from Neutral…
At UBS (NYSE: UBS) it all hit the fan today. Marcel Ospel, the bank’s chairman, is on the way out. The financial firm wrote-off another $19 billion. The company plans to raise…
According to Reuters, US car sales for March are likely to be off sharply. Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) will not raise its bid for Yahoo! (YHOO) Reuters reports that UBS (UBS)…
Over the weekend UBS (NYSE: UBS) said that it would be cutting the value of auction-rate securities in it client’s accounts. According to CNN Money "UBS using an internal model to value…
In a move that will bloody a number of its customers, UBS (UBS) will mark down the value of auction-rate securities held by its customers. According to The Wall Street Journal the…
Douglas A. McIntyre A day after taking down its earnings forecasts for Citigroup (C), JP Morgan (JPM), and Wachovia (WB), Oppenheimer has cut its first quarter numbers on Merrill Lynch (MER) and UBS (UBS). According…
According to Reuters, Oppenheimer cut is earnings forecasts for Merrill Lynch (MER) and UBS (UBS) a day after cutting Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC). Reuters reports that the Meriwether hedge…
For reasons that are not entirely clear, JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) filed detailed information on the valuations of securities held by itself and other banks with a court in Canada. According to…
In the first of what is likely to be an avalanche of suits over the collapse of the auction-rate market, UBS (NYSE: UBS) has been sued for misleading investors. According to The…
Douglas A. McIntyre Below are the top calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in pre-market trading this Wednesday: Cal Dive International (NYSE: DVR) Raised To Overweight at JP Morgan. Genomic Health (NASDAQ: GHDX) Cut To…
Today was the day the roof officially fell in on the US economy. News from Europe involving bank trouble at UBS (NYSE: UBS) and an inadequate rescue of Ambac (NYSE: ABK) helped…
Douglas A. McIntyre A number of the large financial stocks took news of a write-down at UBS (NYSE: UBS), debt problems at Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER), and downgrades of Thornburg (NYSE: TMA) hard. Hitting 52-week…
UBS (NYSE: UBS) may have sold a huge portion of its high-risk mortgages at an extremely large write-down. And, that may show up in it Q1 results, driving a big loss. According…
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