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Will Rise In September Retail Sales Carry into Holidays?

Oct 9th, 2009 | By Bob Blandeburgo | Category: Stock Market Investing

Retail sales rose in September for the first time in 13 months, fueling hopes that the worst is behind retailers that head into the holiday season better prepared for a tough economic environment.



The Lehman of 2009

Oct 5th, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Politics & Economics

Naturally, at the focus of renewed market pessimism is a struggling financial: CIT Group. (NYSE:CIT) The company — a hundred-year-old staple of small/medium business lending — is no stranger to walking the credit tightrope. They narrowly averted fiscal meltdown late last year with $2.3 billion in TARP bucks… then again in July by goosing bondholders with a $3 billion a debt-to-equity deal. Back then we joked, “Look for this crisis to repeat in a couple weeks.” We were wrong… it took a couple months.



H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) Is a Long-Term Keeper, but Will Struggle in the Months Ahead

Oct 5th, 2009 | By Horacio Marquez | Category: Featured

H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) dominates in the ketchup market.  There is no second.  And Heinz has taken advantage of its revered ketchup brand over the years to develop organically and acquire other brands.



Boom, Bust and Rebuild: Bank of America and the Kenneth Lewis Legacy

Oct 2nd, 2009 | By Mike Caggeso | Category: Financial News

Kenneth D. Lewis There are many ways to view Kenneth Lewis’ eight-year reign as Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) chief executive, but two seem to hold the most landscape.



Could Goldman Sachs Share GM’s Fate?

Oct 1st, 2009 | By Martin Hutchinson | Category: Stock Market Investing

Investment banks have gotten fat off the land since 1982, when the great U.S. bull market got its start. Their business has multiplied many-fold, and their earnings have soared into the stratosphere, to a level far higher than any other sector.



Financial Crisis Gives Chinese Car Companies a Chance to Get Up to Speed

Sep 24th, 2009 | By Jason Simpkins | Category: Emerging Markets

There’s no question that the big “winner” in the global financial crisis has been China. While for the past two years developed economies have been scrambling to keep afloat China has taken a nuanced approach to achieving its economic and political goals.



Asian Economies to ‘Lead the Recovery,’ Says ADB

Sep 23rd, 2009 | By Jason Simpkins | Category: Financial News

Asian economies are recovering faster than previously thought and will lead the charge out of the worst global downturn since the 1930s, according to new forecasts by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) – a Manila-based institution that promotes economic and social progress in the Asia-Pacific region.



Wall Street Back to Business as Obama’s Regulatory Overhaul Loses Momentum

Sep 17th, 2009 | By Jason Simpkins | Category: Stock Market Investing

It was more than a year ago – Sept. 14, 2008 – that Lehman Bros. Holding Co. (OTC: LEHMQ) finally collapsed under the weight of its own bad investments.



Oil Prices Gaining Momentum as OPEC Keeps a Lid on Production

Sep 11th, 2009 | By Bob Blandeburgo | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said yesterday (Thursday) that it would keep production quotas at 24.845 million bpd and urge members to adhere to targets, as global demand has yet to return in full.



Morgan Stanley CEO Steps Down, Will Remain as Chairman

Sep 11th, 2009 | By Bob Blandeburgo | Category: Financial News

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) Chief Executive Officer John Mack will step down and be replaced by Co-President James Gorman, who has been running the company’s brokerage and overseeing its merger with Citigroup Inc.’s (NYSE: C) Smith Barney unit.