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Wachovia Corp. (NYSE: WB) is now in play as Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) has come out with an alternative merger…
These are some of the key upgrades from analysts we are focusing on this Tuesday morning: Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF)…
According to Reuters, Congress is ready to vote on a $700 billion financial bailout package. Reuters reports that Belgian-Dutch group…
Two European financial firms fell apart during the last 24 hours. The U.K. government said that mortgage bank Bradford &…
Banks and investment banks who watched Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual, and Lehman go down in flames have learned a lesson.…
According to The Times of London, the Treasury is poised today to nationalize Bradford & Bingley, the troubled mortgage bank.…
Oppenheimer’s star banking analyst Meredith Whitney is out with another scathing note on major banks this morning despite the government…
T. Boone Pickens can get out of the alternative energy business. Under new regulations, he is allowed to buy Citigroup…
According to Reuters, Morgan Stanley (MS) is in merger talks with several firms. Reuters says HSBC (HBC) may be a…
The latest rumor on Wall St. is that Washington Mutual (WM) will be auctioned off and has retained Goldman Sachs…
Wells Fargo’s (WFC) shares are up 8% on strong volume. The bank stock should be trading down along with Citigroup…
Short interest in a number of financial stocks moved up very sharply for the period ending August 29. Shares short…
Short sellers believe that they have seen the bottom for financial shares and exited the industry en masse. Shares sold…
This morning there was a rather long CNBC interview where Becky Quick got to interview Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE: BRK-A) Warren…
These are the last of Warren Buffett’s and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) holdings as of June 30, 2008: Torchmark…
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