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Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 27, 2008 at 3:33 PM EDT

Jimmy Cayne Unloads All Bear Stearns Stock (BSC, JPM)

Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE: BSC) has an SEC filing out showing that Chairman James "Jimmy" Cayne sold shares the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 27, 2008 at 7:22 AM EDT

GE Sells Corporate Payment Services Unit to American Express (GE, AXP)

American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) and GE Money, part of General Electric (NYSE: GE), have announced that American Express will…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 26, 2008 at 8:25 AM EDT

Platinum’s Buyout of Covad Set To Close (DVW)

As we have been expecting, Covad Communications Group Inc., (AMEX:DVW) announced that it has obtained all of the required regulatory…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 26, 2008 at 7:02 AM EDT

Did Oppenheimer Bank Cuts Signal The Bottom Is Near? (C, BAC, WB, JPM)

Oppenheimer’s Meredith Whitney is currently the most followed bank and financial firm analysts on Wall Street. We don’t normally like…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 26, 2008 at 5:13 AM EDT

Financial Write-Downs May Just Be Starting (C)(BSC)(JPM)

Goldman Sachs says that write-downs for subprime mortgage paper, LBOs, credit cards,and other bad paper could hit banks and brokerages…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 25, 2008 at 5:07 PM EDT

MoneyGram Recapitalizes.. What’s Left? (MGI, GS)

MoneyGram International, Inc. (NYSE: MGI) has completed its recapitalization that was led by affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners and…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 25, 2008 at 8:40 AM EDT

Goldman Sachs SPAC IPO: Liberty Lane Acquisition Corp. (GS, MFW, LKQX, TMO)

Liberty Lane Acquisition Corp., another special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, has filed to come public via an initial public…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 24, 2008 at 12:59 PM EDT

Gleaming Into Fortress’ Earnings (FIG)

Tuesday morning we’ll get to see earnings out of Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG). After close to a year…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 24, 2008 at 4:53 AM EDT

A 95% Off Sale At Big Banks (JPM)(UBS)

For reasons that are not entirely clear, JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) filed detailed information on the valuations of securities held…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 23, 2008 at 6:15 AM EDT

Letter From SEC Chairman Says Bear Stearns (BSC) Could Have Weathered Storm

In what is likely to be a bit of a blockbuster, SEC charman Christopher Cox sent a letter to Swiss…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 22, 2008 at 10:05 AM EDT

How Much Higher Will Bear Stearns Ultimately Fetch? (BSC, JPM)

The last 5 to 10 trading days have been dominated by Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC). Whether it was over the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 22, 2008 at 4:47 AM EDT

The Largest Bail-Out In The History Of The World

Imagine that many of the world’s central banks went into the market and bought tens of billions of dollars in…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 21, 2008 at 12:15 PM EDT

Sign Of More Market Trouble: S&P Downgrades Goldman Sachs (GS) And Lehman (LEH)

After a week in which the market finally seemed to vote that big financial companies will be OK, S&P took…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 20, 2008 at 4:50 PM EDT

Sovereign Funds Bow Down To Paulson

Major sovereign funds from Singapore and Abu Dhabi have agreed to Boy Scout rules about keeping their investments in the…

Douglas A. McIntyre | Mar 20, 2008 at 4:11 PM EDT

Primary Dealers Take $29 Billion From The Fed (GS)(MS)(LEH)

Primary dealers borrowed $28.8 billion from the Fed during the first three days a new facility was open. Reuters writes…

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Jimmy Cayne Unloads All Bear Stearns Stock (BSC, JPM)

GE Sells Corporate Payment Services Unit to American Express (GE, AXP)

Platinum’s Buyout of Covad Set To Close (DVW)

Did Oppenheimer Bank Cuts Signal The Bottom Is Near? (C, BAC, WB, JPM)

Financial Write-Downs May Just Be Starting (C)(BSC)(JPM)

MoneyGram Recapitalizes.. What’s Left? (MGI, GS)

Goldman Sachs SPAC IPO: Liberty Lane Acquisition Corp. (GS, MFW, LKQX, TMO)

Gleaming Into Fortress’ Earnings (FIG)

A 95% Off Sale At Big Banks (JPM)(UBS)

Letter From SEC Chairman Says Bear Stearns (BSC) Could Have Weathered Storm

How Much Higher Will Bear Stearns Ultimately Fetch? (BSC, JPM)

The Largest Bail-Out In The History Of The World

Sign Of More Market Trouble: S&P Downgrades Goldman Sachs (GS) And Lehman (LEH)

Sovereign Funds Bow Down To Paulson

Primary Dealers Take $29 Billion From The Fed (GS)(MS)(LEH)

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7 Reasons Why Wall Street May Regret Trump Nominating Kevin Warsh for Fed Chair

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Jimmy Cayne Unloads All Bear Stearns Stock (BSC, JPM)

GE Sells Corporate Payment Services Unit to American Express (GE, AXP)

Platinum’s Buyout of Covad Set To Close (DVW)

Did Oppenheimer Bank Cuts Signal The Bottom Is Near? (C, BAC, WB, JPM)

Financial Write-Downs May Just Be Starting (C)(BSC)(JPM)

MoneyGram Recapitalizes.. What’s Left? (MGI, GS)

Goldman Sachs SPAC IPO: Liberty Lane Acquisition Corp. (GS, MFW, LKQX, TMO)

Gleaming Into Fortress’ Earnings (FIG)

A 95% Off Sale At Big Banks (JPM)(UBS)

Letter From SEC Chairman Says Bear Stearns (BSC) Could Have Weathered Storm

How Much Higher Will Bear Stearns Ultimately Fetch? (BSC, JPM)

The Largest Bail-Out In The History Of The World

Sign Of More Market Trouble: S&P Downgrades Goldman Sachs (GS) And Lehman (LEH)

Sovereign Funds Bow Down To Paulson

Primary Dealers Take $29 Billion From The Fed (GS)(MS)(LEH)

Should You Dump Bitcoin for Stocks After the S&P 500 Hit a New Record on Apple’s $100 Billion Buyback?

7 Reasons Why Wall Street May Regret Trump Nominating Kevin Warsh for Fed Chair

This Overlooked Precious Metals ETF Offers a 7% Yield

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