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Some Shareholders Want Goldman to Cut Back on 2009 Bonuses
online.wsj.com — Some of the largest shareholders in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have urged the Wall Street firm to reduce the size of its bonus pool, arguing that it should pass along more of its blockbuster earnings to investors, according to people familiar with the ... (more) Some Shareholders Want Goldman to Cut Back on 2009 Bonuses
How Deutsche Bank Bet On Americans Dying Early And Lost
How Deutsche Bank Bet On Americans Dying Early And Lost
businessinsider.com — You've probably heard of the controversial investment schemes buy people's life insurance policies, pay them an annual amount, and then collect money when each people die. If the people die early, and you only end up subsidizing them for a few years, ... (more) How Deutsche Bank Bet On Americans Dying Early And Lost
ICE investigating spike in dollar index futures
marketwatch.com — Alert Email Print By Steve Goldstein , MarketWatch LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The IntercontinentalExchange is probing trades in U.S. dollar index futures that briefly showed a massive 9% jump on Friday morning. The lead contract surged as high as ... (more) ICE investigating spike in dollar index futures
Harvard Poker Pro Says Texas Hold ‘Em Can Teach Traders to Fold
Harvard Poker Pro Says Texas Hold ‘Em Can Teach Traders to Fold
bloomberg.com — Harvard Poker Pro Says Texas Hold ‘Em Can Teach Traders to Fold (more) Harvard Poker Pro Says Texas Hold ‘Em Can Teach Traders ...
Big Bullish Options Bet in B of A (BAC)
vsinvestor.com — Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) has seen an absolute massive butterfly call spread for January 2011 as 50,000 January $20 and $40 calls are bought for $1.94, and 100,000 $30 calls are sold at $0.37, so a $1.20 debit, expecting shares to nearly ... (more) Big Bullish Options Bet in B of A (BAC)
Unusual Friday Options Activity (AAPL, GOOG, BAC, LEAP, PCS, DRYS, YHOO)
247wallst.com — We have seen some unusual options trading today. As you would expect, some is around today’s 4:00 PM close with today being options expiration date. But some bets are way out into 2011 and we have some around merger rumors. All have links ... (more) Unusual Friday Options Activity (AAPL, GOOG, BAC, LEAP, ...
The Big 2011 Yahoo! Options Bet (YHOO)
vsinvestor.com — Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has seen a massive trade for January 2011 as 20,000 January $12.50 puts are sold for $1.10, and 20,000 January $17.50 and $30 calls are also sold for a total of $1.75, while 40,000 of the $20 calls are bought for $0.96, a ... (more) The Big 2011 Yahoo! Options Bet (YHOO)
Felix Salmon: Henry Blodget Should Be Banned From The Industry
Felix Salmon: Henry Blodget Should Be Banned From The Industry
businessinsider.com — Sponsored Link: Advertisement (more) Felix Salmon: Henry Blodget Should Be Banned From The ...
Disclosing journalists’ pasts
blogs.reuters.com — Dear Henry , I'm not annoyed by you! How could I be, when you call me the "king of financial bloggers" no fewer than four times in one piece? I think you've created a powerful, innovative , and disruptive franchise in The Business Insider, which ... (more) Disclosing journalists’ pasts
Fed Makes Monitoring Bank Capital Foremost Concern (Update1)
Fed Makes Monitoring Bank Capital Foremost Concern (Update1)
bloomberg.com — Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve officials are stepping up scrutiny of the biggest U.S. banks to ensure the lenders can withstand a reversal of soaring global-asset prices, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Supervisors are ... (more) Fed Makes Monitoring Bank Capital Foremost Concern (Update1)
Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AFL, BRCM, DDS, D, INTC, MRVL, BTU, RTP, STP, TXN)
247wallst.com — These are Friday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen early this morning in Wall Street research calls: AFLAC (NYSE: AFL) Raised to Overweight at Morgan Stanley. Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) Started as ... (more) Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AFL, ...
Top Day Trader Alerts (BCRX, DELL, DRYS, NVAX, WCRX)
247wallst.com — These are this morning’s top day trader alerts and active trader alerts early this Friday morning. We have links through to each stock at VSInvestor.com with more data and analysis on each: BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BCRX) down ... (more) Top Day Trader Alerts (BCRX, DELL, DRYS, NVAX, WCRX)
Dell's Third Quarter Disappoints, Yet It Sees IT Demand Improving
Dell's Third Quarter Disappoints, Yet It Sees IT Demand Improving
seekingalpha.com — Dell’s (DELL) fiscal third quarter financials fell well short of estimates across the board. The company on Thursday reported third quarter net income of $337 million, or 17 cents a share. That tally is down 54 percent from a year ago. Wall Street ... (more) Dell's Third Quarter Disappoints, Yet It Sees IT Demand ...
Dell Will Be A Key Beneficiary of The PC Upgrade Cycle
benzinga.com — Goldman Sachs resumes coverage on Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL ) and gave DELL a Buy rating at a 12-month price target of $19. Goldman believes that DELL will benefit from a corporate PC refresh cycle and will show better earnings as DELL is trying to ... (more) Dell Will Be A Key Beneficiary of The PC Upgrade Cycle
Novavax Offering Pressure (NVAX)
vsinvestor.com — Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) is trading down this morning on reports from teh company that it plans to offer common stock in a public secondary offering through Piper Jaffray and Lazard Capital Markets. Terms were not yet stated, but the shares at ... (more) Novavax Offering Pressure (NVAX)
New Technical Levels on Dell (DELL)
vsinvestor.com — Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is down, and you know why… disappointing earnings…. say no more. This traded over 8 million shares in the after-hours session last night and went out down 6.05% at $14.91 late in the after-hours session. But ... (more) New Technical Levels on Dell (DELL)
Media Digest 11/20/2009  Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Media Digest 11/20/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
247wallst.com — Reuters: The Senate is near its first vote on healthcare. Reuters: Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) is betting on corporate spending for its recovery. Reuters: Time Warner’s (NYSE:TWX) AOL showed that the worst is not over for media job cuts. Reuters:  ... (more) Media Digest 11/20/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, ...
Short-term US interest rates turn negative
ft.com — Published: November 20 2009 01:40 | Last updated: November 20 2009 01:40 Short-term US interest rates turned negative on Thursday as banks frantically stockpiled government securities in order to polish their balance sheets for the end of the year. ... (more) Short-term US interest rates turn negative
The AIG-Maiden Lane III Controversy
baselinescenario.com — As everyone knows by now, Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for TARP, has a new report out on the decision by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last Fall to make various AIG counterparties (primarily some very big banks with names you know) whole on the the CDS protection they had ... (more) The AIG-Maiden Lane III Controversy
Google & Apple Options Pulling Share Prices (GOOG, AAPL)
vsinvestor.com — It is always said that options around the options expiration dates tend to act as a magnet to the closest strike price. That appears to be the case today in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). While it is easy to refute the ... (more) Google & Apple Options Pulling Share Prices (GOOG, AAPL)
Video: Google opens its Chrome OS to developers
marketnewslive.blogspot.com — Google's Chrome operating system took a big step on Thursday with its release to the open source community. The OS is targeted at netbooks and will be faster, simpler and more secure than existing operating systems, according to Google. (more) Video: Google opens its Chrome OS to developers
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