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businessinsider.com - 40 mins ago   about  TD
And here they come. Victims of Scott Rothstein's alleged $1 billion Ponzi scheme are looking to get their money back, and the lawsuits are piling up. Some, like businessman Todd Snyder, are going after Rothstein himself. Snyder says he put in $2 million to buy part of Rothstein's purported $500 mill...
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pheedcontent.com - 2 hrs ago   about  BAC
Filed under: Bank of America (BAC)In the past, I've covered Rochdale Securities analyst Dick Bove's inane ramblings about how fantastically awesome Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) CEO Ken Lewis is. Last month he called Mr. Lewis "phenomenally good" and his notes to investors are beginning to have more i...
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businessinsider.com - 2 hrs ago   about  GS
Ordinary shareholders of Goldman Sachs should be worried about the Wall Street Journal report that major shareholders of Goldman Sachs have been putting pressure on the firm to cut down on its compensation.The Journal didn’t explain who these major shareholders might be. But we can imagine they are...
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thebigmoney.com - 2 hrs ago   about  AIG
A government report released this week said that the New York Fed mishandled last year’s bailout of American International Group (AIG). According to the report, the Fed “refused to use its considerable leverage” in negotiations over how to handle the beleaguered insurer’s obligations to various trad...
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etftrends.com - 3 hrs ago   about  ETF
Will the economy ever return to “normal”? Whatever your definition of normal may be, many don’t think the markets will be returning to it. The new market climate requires a more tactical approach to exchange traded fund (ETF) investing. As the markets become more volatile,...
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247wallst.com - 3 hrs ago   about  PCS, GOOG, LEAP and 4 more
We have seen some unusual options trading today.  As you would expect, some is around today’s 4:00 PM close  with today being options expiration date.  But some bets are way out into 2011 and we have some around merger rumors.  All have links with full details on the options trading analysis at VSIn...
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businessinsider.com - 3 hrs ago   about  GS
Maybe Goldman Sachs (GS) really does do "God's work." Sure, the $500 million philanthropic commitment this week to help struggling small businesses was nice. And "Vampire Squid" CEO Lloyd Blankfein's financial crisis apology represented a new tact for the succesful but maligned firm. But this may be...
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blogs.barrons.com - 3 hrs ago   about  BAC, MS
Relentless Buldge Bracket defender Dick Bove of Bespoke Investment Goup spoke passionately about Bank of America (BAC) and Morgan Stanley (MS) in two research notes this morning. Bove believes dream of having outgoing BAC CEO Ken Lewis could actually be possible. After talking with investors, Bove...
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businessinsider.com - Nov 20, 2009   about  BAC
Dick Bove says that shareholders and management of Bank of America want outgoing Chief Executive Ken Lewis to stay. The Rochdale Securities analyst has been a big supporter of Lewis. But today he took it a step further, saying that it appears shareholders and executives want Lewis to stay. His enemi...
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businessinsider.com - Nov 20, 2009   about  WFC
(This guest post comes via Institutional Risk Analytics) Reading through the Qs for this quarter, a picture starts to emerge of utter chaos when it comes to how banks are implementing -- or not -- the changes by the FASB as to how organizations account for off balance sheet ("OBS") exposures. Let ta...
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etftrends.com - Nov 20, 2009   about  ETF
The Chinese yuan, along with the related exchange traded funds (ETF), hasn’t shifted much because of the country’s staunch approach to monetary management. However, external and internal factors may soon change that. President Barack Obama and Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director...
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minyanville.com - Nov 20, 2009   about  GS
More than most the PR department at Goldman Sachs (GS) must be looking forward to the weekend: It just spent the last few days getting pummeled like Apollo Creed. Today the hits kept right on coming. The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that shareholders in Goldman have asked the bank to sli...
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pheedcontent.com - Nov 20, 2009   about  ETFC, BAC, WFC and 2 more
Filed under: Rumors, Market matters, Bank of America (BAC), Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW), TD AmeriTrade Holding (AMTD), Options, Wells Fargo (WFC), Chasing Value, E*TRADE (ETFC)Look before you leap! All year long rumors have been swirling around that E*TRADE (ETFC) was on the auction block being prepa...
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businessinsider.com - Nov 20, 2009   about  GS
Warren Buffett warns that while some parts of the U.S. system need to be updated, there is "nothing more important to economic future of the country than to have an independent fed." He believes this was proven over the course of U.S. history, and even during the latest crisis. "I think it’s done a...
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businessinsider.com - Nov 20, 2009   about  BAC
Bank of America wants to quickly end the ongoing embarrassment over its inability to settle internal disputes and pick a sucessor to chief executive Ken Lewis. So it's aiming to make a decision on its next CEO as early as Sunday, Charlie Gasparino reports. Unfortunately, Bank of America is such a me...
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straightstocks.com - Nov 20, 2009   about  BPS
Limited Brands Inc. (LTD) reported results for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 with earnings of 2 cents per share. Earnings were below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 6 cents but were up 50% compared to the prior-year quarter.   Net sales for the quarter declined 3.5% year-over-year to $1.7 billio...
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blogs.wsj.com - Nov 20, 2009   about  BAC
Rochdale’s Dick Bove beats the drum for Ken Lewis at BofA (BAC) again, citing “anecdotal conversations” that management wants the outgoing CEO to stay. Bove says a rival analyst disapproves, but that “every other communication I received from large investors was supportive of the idea.” Bove first v...
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businessinsider.com - Nov 20, 2009   about  BAC
Executives at Goldman Sachs have been quietly finding ways around the firmwide holiday party ban, people familiar with the matter say. Several executives who lead business groups inside of Goldman have been organizing holiday dinners for employees, as a way of compensating employees for the loss of...
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businessinsider.com - Nov 20, 2009   about  GS, JPM
Deck the halls! JP Morgan Chase has announced that it is holding a holiday party this year! The megabank will hold its holiday party in the cafeteria at one of its two Park Avenue headquarters. This is a change from last year, when the party was cancelled. News that the party was back on was first r...
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straightstocks.com - Nov 20, 2009   about  MS, FC, CRL
Biogen Idec (BIIB) and Genentech, Inc., a wholly-owned member of the Roche Group (RHHBY.PK), announced that they have received a complete response letter (CRL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Rituxan. The companies were seeking approval for the use of Rituxan (rituximab) plus f...
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