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Thursday November 27, 2008 — PR Newswire
TORONTO, Nov. 26 /CNW/ -- TORONTO, Nov. 26 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors of BNS Split Corp. II (the "Company") has declared today dividends of $0.2214 per Preferred Share and $0.1150 per Capital Share, payable on December 22, 2008 to holders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2008...
Thursday September 18, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
Shares of Barclays
(BCS:
sentiment,
chart,
options)
dropped 2.42% today, holding up pretty well amid the near 5% decline for the S&P 500 Index (SPX). The shares were lauded early in the session following the announcement that BCS was bargain-hunting with Lehman Brothers'
(LE...
Tuesday September 9, 2008 — PR Newswire
TORONTO, Sept. 8 /CNW/ -- TORONTO, Sept. 8 /CNW/ - BNS Split Corp. II (the "Company") announced today that it has called 293,090 Preferred Shares for cash redemption on September 22, 2008 (in accordance with the Company's Articles) as a result of the special annual retraction of 1,033,050 Capital ...
Friday September 5, 2008 — PR Newswire
TORONTO, Sept. 4 /CNW/ -- TORONTO, Sept. 4 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors of BNS Split Corp. II (the "Company") has declared today dividends of $0.2214 per Preferred Share and $0.1150 per Capital Share, payable on September 22, 2008 to holders of record at the close of business on September 19, 20...
Wednesday June 4, 2008 — Condor Options
In the days following the Bear Stearns collapse, Lehman Brothers was the favorite target of speculation for traders, especially those who missed the BSC and wanted their own chance to watch some cheap out of the money puts turn into real paper.
After it looked like LEH had pacified the concerns of...
Thursday May 29, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
It appears that Bear Stearns
(BSC:
sentiment,
chart,
options)
has its answer as far as the $2.2-billion buyout bid from J.P. Morgan Chase
(JPM:
sentiment,
chart,
options)
goes. It took all of 15 minutes for shareholders to vote to approve the buyout. BSC noted tha...
Wednesday May 28, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
The opening bell has sounded and the market is slightly higher. It looks like the Dow will battle with potential resistance at the 12,600 level throughout the session, as it has already backed away from this level in the early going. The S&P 500 Index may make a run at the 1,400 level and the Na...
Wednesday May 28, 2008 — StockWeb
European ETF market is still well behind US. By the end of 2007 assets in European ETF bln vs US $581 bln. Nevertheless European assets grew by 43% last year. In terms of issues 423 vs 601. Even thought ETF is the fastest growing retail investment product ETF market makes up only 5% of mutual fund...
Friday May 23, 2008 — Standard & Poor's
NEW YORK, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard Poor's will make the following changes to the SP 500, SP MidCap 400 and SP SmallCap 600 indices: -- SP MidCap 400 constituent Intuitive Surgical Inc. will
replace The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. in the SP 500, SP
SmallCap 600 constituent The...
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...
Thursday May 8, 2008 — Mark & Associates, P.C.
UNIONDALE, N.Y., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Mark Associates, P.C. announces that, along with its co-counsel, it has filed an arbitration request with the Financial Industry Regulation Authority "FINRA" (FINRA Dispute Number 08-01137) on behalf of a Bear Stearns shareholder which names The Bear Stear...
Thursday May 1, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
As expected the Fed cut the Fed Funds rate again today. Below is the current statement and the March 18th statement by paragraph, with my commentary interspersed:
4-30: The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate 25 basis points to 2 per...
Monday April 28, 2008 — WallStreet Direct, Inc.
NEW YORK, April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- The Analyst's Review is a daily video program hosted by WallSt.net editor, Henry Truc. The show is available at: http://tv.wallst.net/analyst-review/analyst-review.php.The Analyst's Review features informative interviews with Wall Street analysts on a wide range...
Wednesday April 23, 2008 — Stock Market Beat
The spread between the return on 10-year Treasuries and Baa-rated corporate bonds was 336 basis points last week. In historical terms, that is very high. In fact, the only times in the last 50 years that it was higher were the trough of the tech wreck and the 1982 recession/stagflation busting cyc...
Wednesday April 23, 2008 — PR Newswire
TORONTO, April 22 /CNW/ -- TORONTO, April 22 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors of BNS Split Corp. II (the "Company") has declared today dividends of $0.2214 per Preferred Share and $0.1050 per Capital Share, payable on June 20, 2008 to holders of record at the close of business on June 13, 2008.Holde...
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 April 18, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
The S&P 500 (SPX) hit its recent intraday low on March 17. Since that day's close, the index has advanced nearly 7%. To see what stocks have led the rally, I created a simple query to pull the returns from March 17 through last night's close. I must admit I was somewhat surprised to find Be...
Tuesday April 15, 2008 — SchaeffersResearch
One of the biggest financial names reporting earnings is Bear Stearns
(BSC:
sentiment,
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. The firm announced that first-quarter net income plummeted to $115 million, or 86 cents per share, from $554 million, or $3.82 per share, a year ago. Meanwhile, revenue dropped...
Monday April 14, 2008 — WC Power Tech Fund
Wachovia (WB) joins the list of Financials that promise one thing and deliver another as it reports a quarterly loss and tries to raise more cash, $7Billion worth, with a further offering. The 4th largest bank in America gave Wall Street a loss of $0.20/share vs. an expected $0.40/share profit.
...
Wednesday April 9, 2008 — Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
SEATTLE, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro filed a third complaint today against Bear Stearns on behalf of current and former employees, claiming the company violated ERISA laws concerning the management of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).Today's lawsuit, filed i...
Wednesday April 2, 2008 — StockWeb
Nasdaq bear up against credit turmoil in early stage (mid of 2007) but January sell off hit this new economy index the most. On 17th of March after Bear Stearns (BSC) bail out I posted that I expect rebound. Technically speaking double bottom has been formed. Market was oversold and quite resista...
Wednesday April 2, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Last week, the annual report on the Social Security and Medicare programs were released. The following are some of the highlights.
'In the 2008 Annual Report to Congress, the Trustees announced:
'The projected point at which tax revenues will fall below program costs comes in 2017 -- th...
Friday March 28, 2008 — Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP
RADNOR, Pa., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin Barroway Topaz Kessler, LLP:Notice is hereby given that the law firm of Schiffrin Barroway Topaz Kessler, LLP ("SBTK") has filed the first lawsuit of its kind on behalf of participants an...
Friday March 28, 2008 — Goodrich Petroleum Corporation
HOUSTON, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Goodrich Petroleum Corporation ("GDP") today announced that, as a result of a ratings upgrade of The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. ("BSC") debt by Standard and Poors ("SP") on March 24, 2008, its obligation to transfer its rights and obligations under th...
Wednesday March 26, 2008 — Milberg LLP
NEW YORK, March 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Advertising. The law firm of Milberg LLP is investigating possible illegal conduct relating to The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the "Plan") .Specifically, Milberg is investigating whether certain fiduciaries of the Plan ma...