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Thornburg Mortgage Inc. (NYSE: TMA) has filed an open shelf registration with the SEC to sell securities from time to…
A newly created firm called American Capital Agency Corp. has filed to come public. This is a newly-organized Delaware corporation…
Billionaire Joe Lewis invested in Bear Stearns (NYSE BSC), buying as much as 10% of the brokerage firm. Now, he…
Just a few months ago, sovereign funds could not get enough stock and debt in financial firms like Citigroup (NYSE:…
It’s official. The CME Group Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: CME) is acquiring NYMEX Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NMX). The commodities and futures…
Much of the concern about the Fed lending out tens of billions of dollars to financial institutions is that tax-payers…
The Federal Reserve Board unanimously approved a request by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to decrease the primary…
Most on Wall St. thought it would come to this, but few thought the price would be so low. JP…
According to The Wall Street Journal, JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) is close to buying Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC), just days…
Because of its exposure to mortgage-related securities, shares in E*Trade (NASDAQ: ETFC) have fallen from a 52-week high of $25.79…
Shares in Goldman Sachs (NYSE GS): are only down about 12% over the last six months. That is about the…
Joe Lewis, a British billionaire, has lost $800 million from investing in Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC). Lewis has almost 10%…
Sovereign equity funds are huge pools of capital controlled by foreign governments. Most countries have one. Dubai is so rich…
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) will take a $3 billion write-down when its announces its quarterly results, according to the Telegraph.…
In a previously announced deal China’s CITIC said it planned to invest $1 billion in Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC). It…
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