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Tech M&A, IPO markets are hardly healthy yet

[Posted on July 3, 2009 at 8:15 AM]

A drop-off in average deal size in June proves we aren't out of the woods yet.
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Goldman Sachs vs. Rolling Stone

[Posted on July 2, 2009 at 8:35 AM]

The drama rages on: Goldman Sachs Group versus Rolling Stone's contributing editor Matt Taibbi.
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CNBC host says the darndest things

[Posted on July 1, 2009 at 3:08 PM]

CNBC host Dennis Kneale has once again put his foot in his mouth as he is wont to do.
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Recycling bank executives

[Posted on July 1, 2009 at 1:47 PM]

Although Sir Win Bischoff sat on Citigroup's board during the run-up to the credit crisis, the fact seems to be of little concern to Lloyds Banking Group.
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Alpha, RIP, on dark pools

[Posted on July 1, 2009 at 12:03 PM]

Thoughts on loosely regulate markets known as dark pools that may be under threat from financial regulation.
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CRA stuck in Carney's craw

[Posted on July 1, 2009 at 9:53 AM]

Clusterstock's John Carney has touted a Federal Reserve study to support his CRA conspiracy theory, when in fact the report may help debunk it.
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At AIG meeting all is secure except future

[Posted on July 1, 2009 at 8:30 AM]

AIG had its first annual meeting since September 2008, and shareholders weren't as confident on the company's outlook as its executives.
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Scientific American on the science of bubbles

[Posted on June 30, 2009 at 10:49 AM]

Scientific American's piece that suggests the study of economic bubbles is a 'science' is absurd.
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Is the crisis driving the IPO frenzy?

[Posted on June 30, 2009 at 10:15 AM]

At first glance, it might seem counterintuitive to conclude the credit crisis is driving the explosion in initial public offerings, but take a closer look at a few circumstances.
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Valuing TARP warrants a tricky science

[Posted on June 30, 2009 at 9:43 AM]

Pluris Valuation Advisors' Espen Robak on determining the value of the warrants that Treasury holds on TARP banks.
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Would Vodafone exit Verizon Wireless?

[Posted on June 29, 2009 at 3:59 PM]

If British carrier Vodafone consolidates its home market, what becomes of its U.S. joint venture with Verizon Communications?
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Madoff gets the max

[Posted on June 29, 2009 at 12:07 PM]

Judge Denny Chin threw the book at disgraced financier Bernard Madoff and Monday sentenced the self-confessed swindler to 150 years in jail.
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More thoughts on CRA and the crisis

[Posted on June 29, 2009 at 11:17 AM]

The debate over the Community Reinvestment Act's role in the credit crisis continues in the blogosphere as Barry Ritholtz challenges opponents to a real debate not via blogs.
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