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Now that Citigroup (C) and Merrill Lynch (MER) have announced that they will buy back auction-rate securities sold to their private clients, the question arises about how financial companies with...
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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...
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AIG (AIG) has made the assumption that other firms like Merrill Lynch (MER) and Citigroup (C) did. Changing CEOs will somehow alter the course of a systemic problem which curses the financial...
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Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain’s decision to sell billions of dollars in bad mortgages at fire sale prices attracted the scorn of Wall Street, which saw it as an ill-time move and a departure from...
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According to Reuters, large Yahoo! (YHOO) holder Capital Research want to know whether vote counts from the company’s annula meeting were accurate. Reuters writes that the Fed is seen as holding...
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Lehman (LEH) may have to raise several billion dollars. With its market cap below $13 billion, that could be painful for current holders of its common shares. According to Reuters, "Lehman Brothers...
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"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."–Abraham Lincoln Deutsche Bank (DB) surprised its...
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According to Reuters, T Boone Pickens is seeking an "army" of business leaders and citizens to back alternative energy. Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) posted if first loss as a public company...
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According to Reuters, oil is nearing a 20% drop from its peak, moving into bear market range. Reuters writes that HP (HPQ), Yahoo! (YHOO), and Intel (INTC) are looking at ways to make the internet...
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On CNBC’s MAD MONEY tonight, Jim Cramer came out and added the Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) CEOJohn Thain to his "Wall of Shame" full of CEO’s that he wants to see go away. He noted that the...
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In an ironic bit of sloganeering, the current Merrill Lynch (MER) corporate promotion is "Even In Today’s Economy, There Are Smart Places For Your Money." It may not be lost on the shareholders of...
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According to Reuters, Merrill Lynch (MER) said that it would sell $8.5 billion in stock and take large write-downs. Reuters report that KKR says the market slump is a good time to go public. The...
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If you reviewed our technical break-down call in Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) today at Volume Spike you might not be surprised about tonight’s news. The brokerage and investment banking firm is...
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At the start of the year, many Wall St. analysts and much of the media give the impression that the current financial crisis would pull down all large US banks and brokerages. With the recovery, the...
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According to Reuters, analysts looking at results from Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), and IBM (IBM) are cautiously optimistic about upcoming tech earnings. Reuters writes that Merrill Lynch (MER)...
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