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Taylor Swift Stock Index Outperforms the Stock Market
stockerblog.blogspot.com — Taylor Swift is the famous country singer, winner of 40 awards, and made more famous by the... incident with Kanye West at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. But she is successful for another reason. Taylor is connected to a lot of publicly traded ... (more) Taylor Swift Stock Index Outperforms the Stock Market
Unemployment Rate Falls to 10%
online.wsj.com — U.S. job losses in November posted the smallest drop since the start of the recession and the... unemployment rate unexpectedly declined, a sign the labor market is finally healing as the economy recovers. Nonfarm payrolls fell by just 11,000 last ... (more) Unemployment Rate Falls to 10%
Bernanke Fights for Second Term
Bernanke Fights for Second Term
online.wsj.com — Bernanke's Tumultuous Tenure Track the Dow Jones Industrial Average during Bernanke's term and see Fed highlights. More... Journal Community (more) Bernanke Fights for Second Term
Fed Debates New Role: Bubble Fighter
Fed Debates New Role: Bubble Fighter
online.wsj.com — Bernanke's Tumultuous Tenure Track the Dow Jones Industrial Average during Bernanke's term and see Fed highlights. On... Bubble Prevention Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues re-think the idea that there is little they can do to prevent bubbles ... (more) Fed Debates New Role: Bubble Fighter
Solid Oil Inventory Data, Mixed Metrics (OIH, DIG, USO, OIL)
Solid Oil Inventory Data, Mixed Metrics (OIH, DIG, USO, OIL)
247wallst.com — The Department of Energy has just released its new weekly data on oil inventories. The headline data... looks good for those wanting lower oil prices, but there is actually some very mixed data in the report. The key ETFs that we are watching on the ... (more) Solid Oil Inventory Data, Mixed Metrics (OIH, DIG, USO, OIL)
Former Securities Litigator Cauley Sentenced to 86 Months in Prison
Former Securities Litigator Cauley Sentenced to 86 Months in Prison
securitiesdocket.com — Gene Cauley, a former high-profile securities litigator who was a name partner in the law firm Cauley... Bowman Carney & Williams LLC in Little Rock, Arkansas, was sentenced today to more than seven years in prison, Dow Jones Newswires reports. As previously discussed here , Cauley pleaded ... (more) Former Securities Litigator Cauley Sentenced to 86 ...
DOE Oil Inventory Heads the Right Way (OIH, DIG, USO, OIL)
DOE Oil Inventory Heads the Right Way (OIH, DIG, USO, OIL)
247wallst.com — The Department of Energy has just released this week’s oil inventories data. While there are gains almost... on all counts, this may not be enough. The key ETFs around the news are the Oil Services HOLDRs (NYSE: OIH), the Ultra Oil & Gas ... (more) DOE Oil Inventory Heads the Right Way (OIH, DIG, USO, OIL)
GDP Revisions Keep Recession ay Bay
GDP Revisions Keep Recession ay Bay
247wallst.com — This morning we just received the first revision to third quarter Gross Domestic Product. The original unrevised... figure was reported +3.5% for Q3, and the revision came in at +2.8%. Bloomberg had a consensus estimate of 2.8% for today’s ... (more) GDP Revisions Keep Recession ay Bay
After Pay Czar Review, Bank of America Cuts Two Execs' Pay
online.wsj.com — By Marshall Eckblad Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Bank of America Corp. (BAC), the beneficiary... of more than $45 billion in taxpayer support, has cut the 2009 salaries of two key executives after the U.S. Treasury's pay czar reviewed ... (more) After Pay Czar Review, Bank of America Cuts Two Execs' Pay
Video: H-P Profit Rises, Helped by Services Unit
marketnewslive.blogspot.com — H-P's net income rose 14% to $2.4 billion on revenue of $30.8 billion. Dow Jones's Eric Savitz... talks with WSJ's Lee Hawkins about the results. (more) Video: H-P Profit Rises, Helped by Services Unit
Schwab ETFs Could Be A Gamechanger
Schwab ETFs Could Be A Gamechanger
etfdb.com — Charles Schwab , one of the country’s largest asset managers with more than $200 billion in assets... under management, has made quite an entrance into the ETF arena. The San Francisco-based company announced the launch of its first eight ... (more) Schwab ETFs Could Be A Gamechanger
Drug Makers Managing Development Risk With Deal Structures
online.wsj.com — NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Drug makers, looking to bolster depleted product pipelines, are increasingly using structured acquisition agreements... with smaller drug developers as a way to mitigate failure risk, pay only for success and spread limited ... (more) Drug Makers Managing Development Risk With Deal Structures
Hennessee: Hedge Funds Down 0.5% In October, Up 20% In 2009
online.wsj.com — DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Hedge funds were down along with equity markets in October, Hennessee Group said, as... sectors that had previously driven improvement, such as technology, health care and financials, were hit especially hard. The Hennessee Hedge ... (more) Hennessee: Hedge Funds Down 0.5% In October, Up 20% In 2009
French Oct Gasoline Consumption Down 2.9% From Year Earlier
nasdaq.com — PARIS -(Dow Jones)- The consumption of gasoline in France in October dropped 2.9% from a year earlier,... after four consecutive months of increase from June to September, French oil industry association Union Francaise des Industries Petrolieres said ... (more) French Oct Gasoline Consumption Down 2.9% From Year Earlier
Petrobras eyes end to Iran operations
upstreamonline.com — Petrobras international director Jorge Zelada said the company was studying the pull out because discoveries it had... made there were not commercially viable, and the concessions would be returned to the government. The company said it had drilled two ... (more) Petrobras eyes end to Iran operations
Buffett, Soros Both Bought Wal-Mart in the Second Quarter
blogs.wsj.com — Wal-Mart shares seem to have finally found some love. What with unemployment at 10.2% and projected to... be elevated for the foreseeable future, it would seem logical to be long the giant discount retailer. But through much of the run-up since the March ... (more) Buffett, Soros Both Bought Wal-Mart in the Second Quarter
Denis McInerney of Davis Polk Selected as Chief of DOJ Fraud Section.
Denis McInerney of Davis Polk Selected as Chief of DOJ Fraud Section.
securitiesdocket.com — Denis J. McInerney of law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP has been selected to serve as... the next Chief of the DOJ’s fraud section. Dow Jones Newswires reports that McInerney, a former prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s office in the SDNY from 1989 to 1994, will not officially be ... (more) Denis McInerney of Davis Polk Selected as Chief of DOJ ...
Environmental Capital
Environmental Capital
blogs.wsj.com — Environmental Capital provides daily news and analysis of the shifting energy and environmental landscape. The Wall Street... Journal's Keith Johnson is the lead writer. Environmental Capital is led by Journal energy reporter Russell Gold, and includes ... (more) Environmental Capital
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