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Friday December 12, 2008 — StockWeb
One and half year ago I had been posting about takeover bidding for ABN Ambro from Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Santander Central Hispano SA and Fortis. Finally Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) offered the most, USD 100 bln and won. Now for the same amount RBS could buy following list of companie...
Thursday November 20, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
We are maintaining our Hold on Barclays PLC (BCS), but cutting our target price to $9.25. In its third quarter trading update, Barclays noted that profit before tax for the 2008's first nine months was slightly ahead of 2007. Revenue growth was strong, and costs grew broadly in line with ...
Monday September 15, 2008 — WC Power Tech Fund
Monday started poorly and ended worse for Markets as the weekend turmoil of Lehman Brothers (LEH) and AIG (AIG) weighed heavily on the financial sector and stocks as a whole. As hope for a bailout of Lehman, or at least heavy asset sales dwindled Sunday, leading suitors heading for the exits, the ...
Monday September 15, 2008 — WC Power Tech Fund
Monday started poorly and ended worse for Markets as the weekend turmoil of Lehman Brothers (LEH) and AIG (AIG) weighed heavily on the financial sector and stocks as a whole. As hope for a bailout of Lehman, or at least heavy asset sales dwindled Sunday, leading suitors heading for the exits, the ...
Monday September 15, 2008 — WC Power Tech Fund
Monday started poorly and ended worse for Markets as the weekend turmoil of Lehman Brothers (LEH) and AIG (AIG) weighed heavily on the financial sector and stocks as a whole. As hope for a bailout of Lehman, or at least heavy asset sales dwindled Sunday, leading suitors heading for the exits, the ...
Monday September 15, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
The calendar had caused me to anticipate volatility this week. Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), FedEx (FDX) and Oracle (ORCL) will release quarterly results. The Fed will meet on Tuesday. (No change in rates is expected, but given the Lehman situation, there is a small possibility...
Tuesday August 12, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
We are maintaining our Hold on Barclays PLC (BCS), an international financial services group engaged primarily in banking, investment banking, and asset management. In its first half report, Barclays posted net earnings of £1.7 billion, down 35% year over year and below our estimate due t...
Thursday July 31, 2008 — FiSpace.net
IRVINE, Calif., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- FiSpace.net, which provides social networking tools for investors, announces the availability of blogs, message boards, and articles regarding the current tumult in the banking industry and related to Bank of America CP , J.P. Morgan Chase Co. , MT Bank Cor...
Friday July 11, 2008 — Seven Summits Investment Research
CHICAGO, July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research issues PriceWatch Alerts for key stocks.Seven Summits Strategic Investments' PriceWatch Alerts are available athttp://www.iotogo.com/s/071108A (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.)Today's PriceW...
Sunday June 22, 2008 — Fingad.com
Sichuan Road & Bridge Co., Ltd - Builds Roads, Bridges and Hydropower - by liz Sichuan Road Bridge Co., Ltd (Public, SHA:600039) Companys Fact Sichuan Road and Bridge Co., Ltd. (SRBC) is a wholly state-owned large enterprise which is approved by the Sichuan Provincial People's Governmen...
Monday June 16, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
U.K.-based Barclays
(BCS:
sentiment,
chart,
options)
confirmed that it's considering raising capital by selling shares to existing shareholders, while London's Sunday Times reported that the bank was close to receiving $7.8 billion from sovereign wealth funds in a deal slated to cl...
Wednesday May 21, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
In this morning's Opening View, it was noted that Barclays
(BCS:
sentiment,
chart,
options)
is considering making some acquisitions. The initial reports from the Daily Telegraph noted interest in Lehman Brothers (LEH) and UBS (UBS), along with Britain's Alliance & Leicester. Whil...
Saturday May 17, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
We are maintaining our Hold on Barclays PLC (BCS), but reducing our target price to $34. In its first quarter trading update, Barclays noted that profits at Global Retail and Commercial Banking as well as Barclays Wealth were ahead of the prior-year period, while profits declined at Barcl...
Thursday May 15, 2008 — Seven Summits Investment Research
CHICAGO, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven Summits Research releases NewsBites on key stocks.Seven Summits Strategic Investments NewsBites are available to all investors at:http://www.go7now.com/nb/0515Y (Note: You may have to copy this link into your browser then press the [ENTER] key.)Today's Seven ...
Friday May 9, 2008 — StockWeb
ETF and ETN are becoming more and more popular products for many investors. Sometimes it is used for investing before "real" stock trading. Both offer many advantages compare to mutual funds. Exchange traded funds or notes you can traded directly on exchange. It means you can buy or sell anytime f...
Saturday April 19, 2008 — StockWeb
On the beginning of February I posted article about total credit market losses and write-downs (Total writedowns Feb 2008).On this post I received comment from Cyrille from UK. He informed us about updated losses. Have a look to the progress within 2 months, total losses have deepened from 146 bi...
Friday February 8, 2008 — Barclays
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Barclays U.S. credit card business and Firstsource Solutions Limited, a leading global provider of business process management services, today announced a partnership to manage a Barclays operations center in Colorado Springs.The multi-year partners...
Thursday November 29, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
An update has come out on Barclays PLC (BCS), in which senior banking sector analyst Ann H. Heffron, CFA is restating her Hold rating on the company. We excerpted the following details:'We are maintaining our Hold on Barclays PLC, but reducing our target price to $45. In its third quarter...
Thursday September 27, 2007 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Zacks senior banking industry analyst Ann H. Heffron, CFA has recently updated her report on banking giant Barclays PLC (BCS) from a Buy to Hold. Here are some of the reasons why:'We are maintaining our Hold rating on Barclays PLC, but reducing our target price to $50. Barclays is expecte...