MoneyGram International, Inc. (NYSE: MGI) has completed its recapitalization that was led by affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS).  Here is a breakdown of how the...
From November 20 to December 18, the sports world will be transfixed on the FIFA World Cup 2022, the premier event in soccer, held every four years. Thirty-two men’s national teams from across the...
U.S. Labor Department data showed that, during the downturn, men lost jobs at a faster rate than women. There was never an entirely adequate explanation of the trend. Women do make only about 80% of...
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Merrill Lynch (MER), pole-axed by the Citigroup (C) decision to buy back all of the auction-rate securities it has sold to individual investors, buckled and said it will purchase up to $12 billion of...
There are two companies which have reported earnings where the reactions to the same sort of news were entirely different.  Here are the reports at MDU Resources (NYSE:MDU) and Massey Energy...
Med BioGene Inc. has filed for an initial public offering in the United States.  Technically this may not be a formal IPO because it trades in Canada where the company is based.  We do not have the...
As Apollo 17 splashed down on Dec. 19, 1972, to complete its lunar mission, few people predicted that astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt would be the last humans  to set foot on the...
A recent analysis reveals that, worldwide, women’s pay could take 132 years to catch men’s.
This year’s U.S. Open tennis tournament marks the 141th edition of the prestigious sporting event. It’s the fourth and final competition in the Grand Slam tour that began in January with the...
Men's Wearhouse reported mixed fiscal third-quarter financial results after the markets closed on Wednesday.
Despite decades of raising awareness for gender equality, ranking countries based on how differently they treat men and women, and making political pledges to improve the status of women, the world...
Early this morning, Memory Pharmaceuticals (MEMY) dropped a bomb with its announcement that Phase IIa results for MEM1003 failed to achieve its effectiveness targets for treatment in acute mania in...
MBIA (MBIA) will cut its divdend to $.13 from $.34 and go to the capital markets for cash. As part of its plan to raise capital to meet or exceed the rating agencies’ Triple-A requirements, its...
Watch for a big run-up in Ambac (NYSE: ABK) and MBIA (NYSE: MBI) tomorrow. These stocks had major run-ups today in the last 90 minutes of trading as word of this began coming out, and may be part of...