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Landry's: The New Frankenstein?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:30:00 +0000

The Deal Professor examines the buyout of Landry's Restaurant, a leveraged deal that was terminated in the financial crisis and resurrected from the dead this week.

FinanceProfessor.com found this 12 hours ago on dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com

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Combining Bollinger Bands on Rates of Change in the VIX

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 06:21:00 +0000

As far as I can tell, I have not yet posted about the use of Bollinger bands in conjunction a rate of change (ROC) indicator to identify volatility breakouts. In summarizing the action in the VIX over the course of the past two weeks, the chart below captures some of the drama in terms of 10% ...

VIXandMore posted 3 hours ago from vixandmore.blogspot.com

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Ten Ways to Make Your Boss Love You (Or Two If You Prefer)

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:30:00 +0000

Smart Money lists ten ways to make your boss love you as follows: 1. Put in the Hours -- When It Counts 2. Empathize 3. Defuse a Bad Situation 4. Be a Conduit 5. Ask for Help 6. Connect the Boss's Way 7. Show Initiative 8. Be Positive 9. Make Like Mini-Me 10. Get Your Face Time This is a ...

FinanceProfessor.com found this 12 hours ago on freemoneyfinance.com

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Facebook Grabs for Greener Data Centers

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:30:56 +0000

Facebook’s 300 million users, logging 8 billion minutes per day on the site , leave the social network with a massive — and growing — appetite for data center real estate, and energy bills to match. According to Richard Miller at Data Center Knowledge, Facebook has just ...

Rover found this 10 hours ago on earth2tech.com

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Fort Hood: The Victims

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:19:16 +0000

A Look at Some of the People Killed or Wounded During the Fort Hood, Texas, Shooting Rampage

Rover found this 10 hours ago on cbsnews.com

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Wells Fargo Takes Chance With a Loan Exchange

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000

[wells fargo] Associated Press Wells Fargo's interest-only loans will defer balances for up to six to 10 years. Here, a Wells Fargo Home Mortgage location in Springfield, Ill.

naked capitalism found this 23 hours ago on online.wsj.com

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A Contrary Indicator on M.B.A.'s and Stocks

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

A somewhat tongue-in-cheek indicator on the relationship between stocks and Harvard M.B.A.'s suggests that the market may be poised for further gains.

Abnormal Returns found this 30 hours ago on dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com

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Employment Report: 190K Jobs Lost, 10.2% Unemployment Rate

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

From the BLS : The unemployment rate rose from 9.8 to 10.2 percent in October, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline (-190,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest job losses over the month were in construction, manufacturing, and retail trade. Click ...

Abnormal Returns found this 30 hours ago on calculatedriskblog.com

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Socialism Kills: The Human Cost of Delayed Economic Reform in India | Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar | Cato Institute: Development Briefing Paper

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:40:09 +0000

October 21, 2009 Development Briefing Paper no. 4 Socialism Kills: The Human Cost of Delayed Economic Reform in India by Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar Swaminathan Aiyar is a research fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity and has been editor of India's ...

Cafe Hayek found this 7 days ago on cato.org

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Accounting at B of A and Fannie

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:24:02 +0000

Via Yves Smith , John Hempton analyzes the quarterly results of Bank of America (so-so) and Fannie Mae (terrible). The underlying issue is that bank quarter-to-quarter results are largely driven by the amount of provisions they take against future loan losses. You can think of this as a very ...

jamesykwak posted 17 hours ago from baselinescenario.com

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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 ...

Abnormal Returns found this 30 hours ago on ft.com

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Schottenfeld Draws Scrutiny After Goffer Arrest in Insider Case

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:05:47 +0000

Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Schottenfeld Group LLC, the firm where three of the people arrested yesterday on insider-trading charges worked, said it was “deeply troubled and shocked” by the allegations against its former employees. It wasn’t the first time the New York-based company has had to react ...

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NFL Power Rankings -- TSE Style

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:30:00 +0000

Looking over SI.com's and ESPN NFL "Power Rankings," I wondered what drives them. They are part beauty contest trying to attract readers but contain some kind of informational content. Particularly, do the power rankings suffer from "path dependence" -- punishing teams for an early loss or two, ...

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Civilian Hours per Week Cliff Dive Continues

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:08:44 +0000

Employment to population ratio (i.e. percent of the population working) cliff dive.... Multiplied by the number of hours worked per week cliff dive... Equals the least amount of hours worked (19.3 hours from 19.4 hours in September) per population member since... well ever recorded (since ...

The Big Picture found this 17 hours ago on econompicdata.blogspot.com

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Banks Thwarting Feinberg Pay Model by Changing Bonus Formulas

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:05:47 +0000

Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Global leaders and regulators trying to rein in banker pay are proposing everything from clamping down on guaranteed bonuses to recouping compensation from prior years if losses mount. Largely unaddressed is the topic that stirs the most public ire: How much money is too ...

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Top 10 Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (AMZN, ANSS, BEBE, CAH, CNQ, CROX, GCO, PEET, O, SBUX)

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

These are this morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein and target raised from $125 to $160. ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) Raised to Buy at Jefferies. bebe Stores (NASDAQ: BEBE) ...

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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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Amazon: Bernstein Turns Bullish; Sets $160 Target

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:55:41 +0000

Amazon.com (AMZN) shares are getting a boost this morning from Bernstein Research analyst Jeffrey Lindsay , who lifted his rating on the stock to Outperform from Market Perform, and boosted his price target to $160 from $125. “We believe that current valuations give Amazon insufficient credit in three areas,” he writes in a research note. His list: Lindsay thinks consensus revenue growth estimates of 32% for Q4 and 25% for 2010 are too low; he sees 41% in the quarter and at ...

CrossingWallStreet.com found this 13 hours ago on blogs.barrons.com

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S.E.C. Appoints Hedge Fund Veteran as Adviser

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:05:47 +0000

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday named Richard Bookstaber, a veteran hedge fund executive whose 2007 book predicted a financial crisis arising from financial derivatives, as a senior policy adviser.

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The Great Iron Horse BNSF New Engineer: Warren Buffett

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:20:55 +0000

Some pieces to the puzzle why Warren Buffet is buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe $BNI.

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