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There has been some misplaced optimism that financial stocks bottomed earlier this month based on the notion that much of…
Countrywide NYSE: CFC) chief operating officer David Sambol cannot get a job as a garbage man. He is viewed as…
According to Reuters, Bank of America (BAC) will pay the president of Countrywide (CFC) $28 million to stay and run…
James Cayne, chairman and, before he was asked to leave, CEO of Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC) sold all of his…
Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE: BSC) has an SEC filing out showing that Chairman James "Jimmy" Cayne sold shares the…
A day after taking down its earnings forecasts for Citigroup (C), JP Morgan (JPM), and Wachovia (WB), Oppenheimer has cut…
Oppenheimer’s Meredith Whitney is currently the most followed bank and financial firm analysts on Wall Street. We don’t normally like…
Goldman Sachs says that write-downs for subprime mortgage paper, LBOs, credit cards,and other bad paper could hit banks and brokerages…
According to Reuters, Comcast (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (TWC) are in talks to fund a wireless venture to be…
According to Reuters, the Justice Department has approved the Sirius (SIRI) merger with XM Satellite (XMSR). Reuters writes that JP…
JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) revised its $2 offer for Bear Stearns (NYSE: BSC) up to $10. Bear now trades at…
There is growing concern about where the Fed will get the hundreds of billions of dollars it will need to…
For reasons that are not entirely clear, JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) filed detailed information on the valuations of securities held…
Samson has been shorn of his locks and blinded. JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM), it appears, will raise its bid for…
According to The New York Times, JP Morgan (JPM) is in talks to raise it bid for Bear Stearns (BSC)…
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