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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEHMQ) is still alive as a stock despite the company being dead.  It turns out that there is actually a little asset value left here, as the company has filed a plan...
If you have watched the earnings from solar power companies and other Cleantech companies in recent weeks, the obvious elephant in the room is the notion that there needs to be mergers in the aspects...
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) is going to get hear more criticism over the notion that it creates so many millionaires.  Compensation has been an issue since about half way through the...
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) holders decided that swallowing more dilution was preferable to having Uncle Sam as a business partner.  After all, it is easier to have a little less than to have...
Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW) is changing its listing from the NASDAQ  to the New York Stock Exchange.  Technically, this is either again or back to it.  The company said that it expects to...
Just yesterday in the FOMC meeting minutes from January, it was becoming painfully clear that the FOMC was getting closer to hiking rates.  Most notable was that the discussions had revolved around...
Shares of electronic trading firms are under a bit of pressure today over fears of more price wars in the highly competitive electronic trading arena.  The pressure comesx after Fidelity said it was...
Charles Schwab Corp. (NASDAQ: SCHW) has launched two new ETF products today.  The Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF (NYSE: SCHC) and the Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF (NYSE: SCHE) have...
LaBranche & Co. Inc. (NYSE: LAB) has been rumored to be making a serious change or sale for some time.  Tonight, that was partially confirmed.  The company has signed a sale agreement to sell...
These are this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from early Wall Street research calls.  There were several banking and broker-on-broker cuts: Morgan Stanley (NYSE:...
By Paul Ausick of 24/7 Wall St. Charles Schwab Corporation (NASDAQ:SCHW) has announced that it will drop its online equity trade commissions for retail investors from $12.95/trade to $8.95/trade...
Earlier this week came an alert that a technical event was likely to be seen in the major money center banks and major financial institution stocks pertaining to the 50-day moving averages.  After...
There is a key technical event that may be close to occurring in some of the major banking and financial stocks.  These have all used the 50-day moving average as a key pivot point since at least...
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) has some good news this morning, although this could actually be bad news for those hoping for an immediate takeover.  The company has been without an...
Meredith Whitney must be staggering her bank coverage news out to get more exposure, or at least that is a cynical take on the matter. Yesterday, she hit Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) and...