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- Tilson Talks Mortgage Default Friday, July 3, 2009 @ 8:43AMWhitney Tilson is the founder of T2 Partners.
- Portfolio Planning: A Case Study Friday, July 3, 2009 @ 7:08AMThe market meltdown unmoored many a financial plan. With the portfolios of countless baby boomers a shadow of what they once were, BusinessWeek asked five top investment advisers to draft a plan that would enable a hypothetical couple to meet all of their financial obligations.
- Signs point to rally in S&P 500 fizzling Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @ 7:11PMNEW YORK: Drops of more than 20% in regional banks and homebuilders and the failure of transportation companies to erase their annual losses may be signs the rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is about to fizzle.
- (AFX UK Focus) 2009-07-01 13:08 EMERGING MARKETS-Up on economy hopes; Russia lags on debt worry Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @ 7:15AMBy Sebastian Tong
- BOE Says Financial System Vulnerable to More Shocks (Update1) Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 5:30AMJune 26 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of England said financial institutions’ losses from the crisis have left them vulnerable to another wave of shocks, including the risk that the economy will stay mired in recession.
- Cashing In On Iraqi Oil Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @ 4:01PMAddax Petroleum CEO Jean Claude Gandur pulls off sweet deal selling to the Chinese.
- Bull Markets Bullsh*t and Bubbles Wednesday, June 17, 2009 @ 10:51PMWhen credit growth is positive, bull markets result. When credit growth is excessive, bubbles result. When credit growth slows, recessions result and when credit growth contracts, all hell breaks loose.
- Eddie Bauer: Latest Bankrupt Retailer Wednesday, June 17, 2009 @ 2:10PMThe outdoor-clothing chain filed for bankruptcy and said it planned to sell itself for $202 million to CCMP Capital, a private equity firm.
- Seenews: news report of 12.06.2009 Friday, June 12, 2009 @ 1:35PMUpdated news from Balkans powered by www.seenews.com Friday 12 June 2009, by Emanuele G. - 0 letture
- Credit Suisse: Still Value Left In Turkish Banks Thursday, June 11, 2009 @ 4:22AMCredit Suisse: Still Value Left In Turkish Banks
- QUICK POLL Wednesday, June 10, 2009 @ 5:29AMNow Is a Good Time to Go Public. BOISE, ID-A10 Capital said this week it provided a $4.6-million loan that financed a distressed debt purchase. The client, an opportunity fund, used the loan and its own equity to pay approximately $10 million for $22-million loan on which the borrower has defaulted.
- Capital One Seeks To Reinvent Itself Monday, June 8, 2009 @ 3:00PMWashington Post: New government restrictions on credit card issuers may force Capital One, which revolutionized the credit card industry through customized marketing and granular data research, to reinvent itself for a new age of regulation.
- MarketWatch First Take: Have banks really turned it around? Tuesday, June 2, 2009 @ 9:06AMIt’s a good sign that investors are able to digest big U.S. banks’ equity offerings designed to help shore up balance sheets and repay the government under the Troubled Asset Relief Program. But they should maintain an air of skepticism toward any notion that a renaissance for the banks is at hand.
- Why do we really do what we do? | By Dr. John Hogan, CHE CHA MHS Sunday, May 31, 2009 @ 9:13AMWe all adapt to our every day routines and rituals on both a personal and professional basis. We have certain habits and protocols we tend to follow because we have always “done it that way.” Some business examples include: The regular staff meetings that last X number of hours each week: They are held in hotels and offices around the globe, whether there is a real need or not. They frequently ...
- /R E P E A T -- Cluff Gold plc - Preliminary Results for the Year Ended December 31st, 2008/ Wednesday, May 27, 2009 @ 6:00AMCluff Gold plc , announces the preliminary results for the year ended December 31, 2008.
- Doomed Stocks You Should Avoid Thursday, May 21, 2009 @ 2:25PMRight now, you should be particularly wary of these companies.
- Vail Valley mortgage environment is still changing Wednesday, May 20, 2009 @ 7:17PMNot long ago, people applying for a mortgage in the Vail Valley essentially needed a pulse and a stopwatch. Times have changed.
- Merryn Somerset Webb: Pear-shaped replaces V-shaped Friday, May 15, 2009 @ 12:44PMFor the last 80 years or so, there hasn’t been a recession and recovery cycle in the UK that hasn’t been V-shaped. Things have tended to get bad very quickly but then bottom out fast and recover quickly too.
- Microsoft, Wal-Mart Lead Bond Sales as Rally Subsides (Update1) Friday, May 15, 2009 @ 10:48AMMay 15 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. , the world’s biggest software maker, and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. were among companies selling $32.6 billion of debt this week as investors show signs of “pulling back” after a seven-week credit rally.
- BMHC Announces First Quarter 2009 Financial Results Friday, May 15, 2009 @ 7:30AMBuilding Materials Holding Corporation , a leading provider of building materials and construction services to professional residential builders and contractors, today reported sales for the first quarter of 2009 decreased 51% to $167 million from $343 million in the same quarter a year ago.
- Harrington West Announces Financial Results for the March 2009 Quarter Thursday, May 14, 2009 @ 3:10PMSOLVANG, Calif.----Harrington West Financial Group, Inc. , the holding company for Los Padres Bank, FSB and its division Harrington Bank, today announced that it lost $2.1 million or 31 cents per diluted share in the March 2009 quarter compared with a net loss of $3.2 million or 58 cents per diluted share in the March 2008 quarter.
- Regional News Stories: June 2002 Thursday, May 14, 2009 @ 2:48PMPellet Terminal Sparks Debate Posted Wednesday, June 26, 2002 Many area residents fear the old LTV pellet terminal will end up making its move to the Cleveland Bulk Terminal without careful consideration of possible environmental implications.
- Bailout used by Maine banks Monday, May 11, 2009 @ 8:04PMPORTLAND, Maine ? Bar Harbor Bankshares might not seem like a candidate for a bailout.
- The Next Challenge for Banks: Credit Card Losses Monday, May 11, 2009 @ 6:31AMIt used to be easy to guess how many Americans would have problems paying their credit card bills. Banks just looked at unemployment: Fewer jobs meant more trouble ahead.
- (AFX UK Focus) 2009-05-10 12:35 UPDATE 1-Some Gulf economies to shrink as crisis hits-IMF Sunday, May 10, 2009 @ 7:01AMBy Daliah Merzaban
- Some Gulf economies to shrink as crisis hits-IMF Sunday, May 10, 2009 @ 6:20AM* IMF slashes Mideast GDP forecasts
- Government Reveals Results of Bank Stress Tests Friday, May 8, 2009 @ 10:00AMPost staff writer Binyamin Appelbaum discussed the health of the 19 largest U.S. banks, after government stress tests determined that 10 of them needed an infusion of capital to survive the recession.
- 48% of homeowners upside down Friday, May 8, 2009 @ 3:37AMNearly half of the homes that carry a mortgage in the greater Reno-Sparks area now have negative equity, fourth in the nation, according to a new report.
- Color of Money Live Thursday, May 7, 2009 @ 11:00AMNeed advice about how to handle your personal finances? Whether the struggle is saving for retirement, organizing your bank files, or talking about money responsibility with your spouse or loved one, Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary offered her advice and answered your questions on Thursday, May 7 at 12 p.m. ET.
- (AFX UK Focus) 2009-05-07 14:34 TAKE-A-LOOK: World stocks set 2009 highs; pound falls after BoE Thursday, May 7, 2009 @ 8:53AMWorld stocks rose more than one percent on Thursday to their 2009 highs as investors bet on a stabilisation of the world banking system, emerging markets and the global economy at large.
- How We Tested the Big Banks Thursday, May 7, 2009 @ 7:40AMThe strategy of the stress tests was to lift the fog of uncertainty over bank balance sheets and to help ensure that the major banks had the capital to continue lending.
- Geithner: How We Tested the Big Banks Thursday, May 7, 2009 @ 6:46AMIn an opinion piece published in The New York Times, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner defends the government’s decision to stress-test 19 of the nation’s banks.
- (AFX UK Focus) 2009-05-07 00:24 TAKE-A-LOOK: World stocks and oil gain on US jobs data Wednesday, May 6, 2009 @ 6:54PMNEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stock and crude oil markets rallied on Wednesday as a U.S. report indicating private sector job losses in April were slowing gave investors another sign the worst of the recession may be past. The gains in major U.S. stock indexes mirrored advances elsewhere in the world with the benchmark MSCI world equity index staying close to a 4-month high, helped by ...
- REIT ETFs Await Tidal Wave of Foreclosures Tuesday, May 5, 2009 @ 10:30PMA tidal wave of foreclosures in commercial real estate is coming. Have REIT ETFs absorbed all the bad news?
- (AFX UK Focus) 2009-05-04 14:39 TAKE-A-LOOK: Bulls have upper hand for now in world stocks Monday, May 4, 2009 @ 9:17AMWorld stocks, which posted historic gains in April, must clear big hurdles surrounding banks and economic data next week to silence those who still insist the eight-week upturn since March is a bear market rally.
- How Wall Street and Washington Betrayed America Monday, May 4, 2009 @ 9:08AMThis article is a follow-up to my recent piece on “America’s Financial Oligarchy” which was a synopsis of Simon Johnson’s “The Quiet Coup” on how the financial industry has effectively captured our government.
- A home abroad or a passport to holiday bliss? Saturday, May 2, 2009 @ 6:20PMA second property may seem like a mirage as the once fertile housing market turns to desert, but the fractional ownership industry is defying the trend, and having a share of a foreign home is more than ever a reality.
- Home sales beginning to pick up Saturday, May 2, 2009 @ 12:09PMLeaders seeing more first-time buyers entering the market An $8,000 federal tax credit, low interest rates and declining home prices make a good combination for first-time home buyers.…
- (AFX UK Focus) 2009-05-01 14:42 TAKE-A-LOOK: World stocks hold near 3-month highs Friday, May 1, 2009 @ 9:07AMGlobal stocks stayed near three- and-half-month highs on Friday in subdued holiday weekend trading after growing hopes of a global economic recovery propelled shares 11 percent higher last month.
- Cascade Bancorp (Oregon) Announces Filing of Form 10-Q Quarterly Report and Results for the First Quarter of 2009 Friday, May 1, 2009 @ 8:30AMNet Loss Per Share of Compared to $0.22 Earnings Per Share for Year Ago Quarter
- (AFX UK Focus) 2009-04-30 23:50 TAKE-A-LOOK: US stocks see good month despite Chrysler news Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 6:00PMU.S. stocks ended little changed on Thursday as equity markets around the world capped their best monthly gain in years after fresh U.S. economic data kindled hopes that a deep recession is almost over.
- More Pain Ahead for Banks and Insurers Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 3:37PMLeveraged loans and low-grade bonds pose the next balance sheet risk.
- Firstbank returns to profitability Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 2:55PMFirstbank Corp. announced it had earned $1.5 million during the first quarter of 2009, returning to profitability after the fourth quarter of 2008.
- Hard times and hard choices: Tap a pension? Thursday, April 30, 2009 @ 2:32PMNEW YORK — If desperate times call for desperate measures, does that mean we can all break into our 401(k) accounts now?As job losses mount amid a persisting recession, a few golden rules of personal finance are rapidly losing their luster.
- Arch Capital Group Ltd. Reports 2009 First Quarter Results Tuesday, April 28, 2009 @ 3:01PMHAMILTON, Bermuda----Arch Capital Group Ltd. reports that net income available to common shareholders for the 2009 first quarter was $139.9 million, or $2.24 per share, compared to $189.4 million, or $2.78 per share, for the 2008 first quarter.
- Ocean Shore Holding Co. Reports 1st Quarter 2009 Earnings Tuesday, April 28, 2009 @ 3:00PMOCEAN CITY, N.J.----Ocean Shore Holding Co. today announced net income of $913,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. This represents a 25.0% increase over the $730,000 earned in the first quarter of 2008.
- Debts up but BNZ in good health Tuesday, April 28, 2009 @ 12:07PMBank of New Zealand profits have slipped as bad and doubtful debts jumped $66 million, mainly from business lending on property. But it still made $400m in the half year.
- Peer-to-Peer Lending for Banks, Too? Tuesday, April 28, 2009 @ 8:00AMProsper, a pioneer in connecting little lenders with little borrowers, will start auctioning off bank-originated loans, too
- Patience, tax perks pay off for first-time Inland home buyers Saturday, April 25, 2009 @ 7:16PMFortune finally is smiling on renters who, for years, could not afford to buy a house as they watched home prices escalate ever further beyond their reach.
- Swaps Man Who Knew Too Much Fights to Salvage World He Lost Friday, April 24, 2009 @ 3:33AMApril 24 (Bloomberg) -- As the sun streamed through the glass ceiling of London’s 40-story “Gherkin” tower in May 2007, Thomas Jasper raised his champagne glass.
