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Are CEOs Paid Too Much? Not All of Them
10:30AM 4/08/2011
Company News, People, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs , Morgan Stanley , Bank of America
The average person may find it hard to imagine what big company CEOs do to justify their massive pay packages. Shareholders often ask a similar question: Why pay executives so much when the returns they produce are often so modest? But that's a question that doesn't apply to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.
Standard & Poor's is revamping its credit rating methodology for banks and financial institutions in a way that may cause about 40% of rated banks to get a downgrade, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Allstate Sues Bank of America, Countrywide Over Mortgage-Backed Securities
5:30PM 12/28/2010
Company News, Investing, Bank of America, Stocks in the News
Allstate is suing Bank of America and its Countrywide Financial division over Countrywide's sale of $700 million in mortgage-backed securities to the insurance giant, alleging that Countrywide knew in advance that the assets would drop in value because of a high percentage of defaults.
The Fed's Commercial Paper Buying Knew No National Boundaries
12:30PM 12/08/2010
During the heat of the financial crisis, Ben Bernanke's Federal Reserve doled out a mountain of money to keep the damage from getting any worse. But if you think American companies were the biggest beneficiaries of this largess, you'd be wrong.
Moody's downgrades Hungary's sovereign credit rating by two notches to near junk on concern that the temporary measures the government is taking to address budget issues won't be sustainable.
Spain to Sell Stake in National Lottery as Debt Crisis Looms
11:15AM 12/01/2010
With the fears of a European sovereign debt crisis growing worse, the Spanish government said Wednesday that it's taking several measures to stop the fiscal contagion from reaching its shores, including selling a 30% stake in its national lottery business, Bloomberg reported.
Two Years After Lehman, Corporate Credit Is Flowing Again
3:00PM 9/14/2010
Many aspects of the financial crisis are still with us. But when it comes to one of the most profound economic impacts of the 2008 meltdown -- the downright seizure of credit markets -- things could hardly be more different now than during the height of the crisis.
Widespread pessimism among investors seems out of line with broader economic developments, which continue to be mixed. So stocks may be undervalued because investors are being overly conservative -- meaning this could be a good time to buy.
The Newest Franken-Finance Creation: Liquidity Derivatives
12:01PM 2/16/2010
Bet you thought the financial world had learned a bit of prudence from the recent meltdown. But no. Citigroup has a clever new derivative for the markets, and this latest attempt at selling "end-of-the-world insurance" could be just as dangerous to the system as credit default swaps were.
Rising Corporate Debt Could Bankrupt Firms, Crash Market by 2013
9:05AM 1/30/2010
Massive amounts of corporate debt issued from 2003 to 2007 is set to come due over the next four years. The inability of companies to refinance their debt will leave them paying high interest payments, dragging down corporate earnings and forcing some companies into bankruptcy.
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