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Senator Seeks to Break Up Banks 'Too Big to Fail'

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:27:35 +0000

Senator Bernard Sanders of Vermont has introduced legislation that would force the Treasury Department to break up all financial institutions whose failure could cause a major disruption to the nation's financial system.

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The Man Who Sunk Citigroup Launches Hubris Fund

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:47:11 +0000

Having just written a book on the subject ( When Mooks Fail , currently #15 on the Amazon.com best-seller list ), Charlie G. continues his intrepid reporting on the utter shamelessness of Wall Street. Now, Tom Maheras , the former Citigroup president, is hardly the only person who proves that, ...

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Citi to relaunch troubled hedge fund unit

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:47:11 +0000

By Henny Sender and Francesco Guerrera in New York Published: November 6 2009 00:01 | Last updated: November 6 2009 00:01 Citigroup is poised to relaunch the unit containing its troubled hedge fund operations after nearly two years of poor performance, internal strife and investor unrest. People ...

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Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/6/2009) (RTP)(BHP)(BRK.A)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Updated throughout the day. Citigroup (NYSE:C) will re-launch some of its least successful hedge funds (FT) The stock market is at risk of not holding 10,000. (TheStreet) AIG (NYSE:AIG) will not hold a conference call to avoid uncomfortable questions about its balance sheet (The Deal) Sales ...

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Government Backed $4.3 Trillion in Assets Last Year

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:39:14 +0000

The U.S. government guaranteed as much as $4.3 trillion in financial assets last year, making such backstops the biggest and riskiest part of Washington's response to the financial crisis, a bailout watchdog panel said on Friday. The Congressional Oversight Panel said in its latest monthly ...

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Citigroup Wants to Relaunch Hedge Fund Unit But Can't Think of a Good Name

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 03:47:11 +0000

Citigroup is set to relaunch the unit that oversees all of its hedge fund operations — Vikram Pandit's old stomping grounds — but one of the biggest problems is picking a name for the damn thing. Citi Alternative Investments, as it's called now, is in need of a new start after underperforming ...

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Recent Stock Market Chatter on Twitter – 2009-11-03 06:54:34.0

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:52:38 +0000

Stocks in the Twitter stream:2009-11-03 11:19:00.0 - ($AAPL) Apple Upgraded to Outperform | Stock Blog Hub http://bit.ly/Qo6rC2009-11-03 11:10:18.0 - http://chart.ly/z2p8hw $VG2009-11-03 10:52:16.0 - Apple kills Atom hackintosh netbooks? Survey says... http://su.pr/91aRKZ Bloggers wonder if it's ...

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Citigroup's "Hail Mary Pass

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:53:23 +0000

"Perhaps what we're really seeing is a business reacting to hidden deterioration of asset bases that are not known by investors and the public due to the legitimation of bogus accounting that happened this last March, but which is known by company executives!."

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ARI, CSIQ, CSX, DDRX, HEV, INTC, NVDA, VCLK, VITC)

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

These are the top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning: Apollo Commercial Real Estate (NYSE: ARI) Started as Overweight at Barclays; Started as Hold at Citigroup. Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) Raised to Equal ...

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (COH, ITG, K, LYG, WFR, STI, TWX, TOL, VMW, ZUMZ)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000

These are this Friday mornings top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations of coverage from Wall Street firms: Coach Inc. (NYSE: COH) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. Investment Technology Group (NYSE: ITG) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) Raised to Buy at ...

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Morning Links 11-2

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:00:55 +0000

CIT files for bankruptcy (Wilchins/Comlay, Reuters) The $2.3 billion they got from TARP? It’s gone. We’ve known that for a while….another dagger in the heart of the we-made-money-on-TARP argument… Senate health bill won’t reduce health costs as % of the economy ...

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Can Citigroup Carry Its Own Weight?

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 06:02:24 +0000

OVER the past 80 years, the United States government has engineered not one, not two, not three, but at least four rescues of the institution now known as Citigroup . In previous instances, the bank came back from the crisis and prospered. Will Citigroup rise again from its recent near-death ...

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (BIIB, INCY, MOT, CMCSA, JWN, ODP, PALM, RIMM, RCL, YUM)

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

These are this Monday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY) Started as Outperform at Leerink Swann. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Raised to Buy at ...

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Links 10/25/09

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:37:00 +0000

Midway (hat tip reader Scott via Andrew Sullivan ). The photos are very disturbing. You must see them. Gene therapy transforms eyesight of 12 born with rare defect Los Angeles Times (hat tip DoctoRx) Citigroup’s “Hail Mary Pass”: How To Know Citigroup Is In Serious Trouble ...

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Top 10 Wall Street Halloween costumes

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:07:21 +0000

Still trying to figure out what to be for Halloween? Here are our top 10 picks.

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CEO Statements That Should Make You Worry

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 02:00:37 +0000

“Our distinctiveness is we connect the world better than anyone else. We have a great capability of building a business around that. And we are in the process of building a culture around that.” That’s Vikram Pandit on his company, Citigroup, as reported in The New York Times . What ...

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Is Citi being forced to downsize by Obama?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:27:22 +0000

It seems that not a day goes by when you don’t hear about some asset sale in Citigroup’s far-flung empire. Of all the major too-big-to-fail institutions, it is easily the most troubled: the poster child for everything that is wrong in finance in America. But, when President Obama’s Pay Czar ...

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Is Citi being forced to downsize by Obama?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:33:00 +0000

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Citigroup (NYSE:C):

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:12:00 +0000

Merrill Lynch is out positive on Citigroup (NYSE:C) raising their valuation ranges on the stock. They now see $8 to $12 valuation as mid-best case SOTP. Firm notes their decision to upgrade Citi to Buy in August was based on a detailed Burndown analysis that showed, in their view, the stock had ...

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AKS, APOL, BP, CRDN, RX, SNDK, STI, TGT, TXN, WYNN)

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:00:00 +0000

These are this Wednesday’s top 10 seen analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations which we have seen from Wall Street research calls: AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Cut to Hold at Citigroup; ...

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