1. Same as the Old Boss? Bove Says Lewis May Stick Around  permalink

Same as the Old Boss? Bove Says Lewis May Stick Around
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAC) chief executive Ken Lewis, slated to leave the bank at the end of the year, could actually stay on as CEO, Rochdale Securities analyst Dick Bove said Friday.

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Dick Bové: Bank Of America Should Beg Ken Lewis To Stay BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION   —  Welcome to the machine. One of the largest banks in the US by assets (along with Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase), Bank of America boasts the country's most extensive branch network, with more than 6,100 ... View Full Description

2. Effect of Foreclosure, Short Sale, and Bankruptcy on Your Credit Score  permalink

Five Cent Nickel / Pfblogs.org

Have you ever wondered what kind of impact a foreclosure, short sale, or bankruptcy would have on your credit score? Well, wonder no more… According to a recent report from VantageScore Solutions, which is a credit scoring company created by the “big three” (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion), here’s what you can expect: ...

3. Fed Sicks Attack Dogs On Ron Paul After Audit Amendment Passes  permalink

Fed Sicks Attack Dogs On Ron Paul After Audit Amendment Passes
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The Federal Reserve attack dogs are out in full force today following Congressman Ron Paul’s decisive victory in the battle to bring transparency to the privately owned central bank.

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Ian Mathias / The Daily Reckoning
Grayson on the Audit the Fed amendment HR 1207 Dies, Yet “Audit the Fed” Lives On   —  It’s another sunny day of Indian summer here in Baltimore… here’s some fitting news: The “audit the Fed” bill is alive and kicking. As we reported earlier this month, Ron Paul’s popular proposal of HR 1207 was gutted by Mel Watt, a congressman firmly tucked in the pocket of the American banking industry. In typical political [...] ...

Chuck Butler / The Daily Reckoning
Grayson on the Audit the Fed amendment “Audit the Fed” Bill Moves Along   —  As I checked the currencies throughout the day yesterday, I noticed that as the day went on, the non-dollar currencies were stronger, led by the Big Dog, euro (EUR)… But then late last night, and I mean late last night, I checked them, and those gains had been wiped out. So, when I arrived here this [...] “Audit the Fed” Bill ...

4. Steel Wins Dismissal Of Icahn Bid To Block Restructuring  permalink

Steel Wins Dismissal Of Icahn Bid To Block Restructuring
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Carl Icahn’s bid to keep Steel Partners from consummating its controversial plan to convert its flagship hedge fund into a publicly-traded partnership has failed.

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Harbinger Again Trims Stake in Times Company   —  The hedge fund disclosed in a regulatory filing Thursday that it now owns 14.64 percent of the Times Company’s publicly traded stock, down from the 16.38 percent stake held as of September.

5. Bank Failure #124 in 2009: Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, Florida  permalink

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From the FDIC: Central Bank, Stillwater, Minnesota, Assumes All of the Deposits of Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, FloridaCommerce Bank of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, Florida, was closed today by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. ...

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Press Releases   —  Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, Florida, was closed today by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To protect the depositors, the FDIC entered into a purchase and assumption agreement with Central Bank, Stillwater, Minnesota, to assume all of the ...

6. College Students Arrested For Refusing To Pay Tip  permalink

College Students Arrested For Refusing To Pay Tip
Consumerist.com

Should you be required by law to pay a gratuity if you don't think the restaurant's service was worth it? The police in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania think so, and they arrested two college students for refusing to pay a $16.35 tip over what they claim was poor service.

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7. Custom Markup?  permalink

Custom Markup?
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I've created a form which allows user input. However, it grabs any < and > and replaces them with &gt; and &lt;, making it tougher to hack. But I still want users to have access to bold text or italic text.

8. Installation problem...  permalink

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Now I try to install php-5.3.1-Win32-VC6-x86 and recieve an error that the batch can't install and I've to configure manualy.

9. Problem mortgages hit new high at 14 percent  permalink

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More than 14 percent of borrowers were in trouble on their mortgage during the third quarter, a new record, according to an industry survey released Thursday, which also suggests that the foreclosure rate is likely not to peak until next year as unemployment rates continue to rise.

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10. Closing Bell: Earnings working against stocks  permalink

Closing Bell: Earnings working against stocks
Jon Ogg / BloggingStocks

Filed under: Dell (DELL) , Intel (INTC) Today was a very unusual day. There was no real economic data to absorb. And the markets did see some unusual options trading ahead of expiration date at 4:00 PM today. Disappointing earnings kept a negative bias in the air despite a brief recovery into positive territory in the final hour today... Yet the ...

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Closing Bell: Earnings working against stocks Stocks close lower for third straight day   —  The stock market ended a down week with light selling as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt.

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Dell earnings disappoint investors as PC sales stumble   —  SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Dell Inc. on Thursday reported a fiscal third-quarter profit that fell 54% from a year ago as sales across all of its major business areas, adding fuel to analysts' reports that the PC giant is losing market share to its rivals.

11. Jeneffer Casumpang : Philippines  permalink

Jeneffer Casumpang : Philippines
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$25 of $75 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 20, 2009 Jeneffer Casumpang is from the village of Bayabay within Barangay Panalsalan in Misamis Occidental Province, Mindanao. She is 25 years old, married and has one infant. Jeneffer sells fish to the local community. She has been in business for over two years and earns approximately 3,000 PHP ...

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Jeneffer Casumpang : Philippines Foisaga Fono : Samoa   —  $700 of $975 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 20, 2009 Foisaga Fono is a 33-year-old woman living in the town of Gagaifo Lefaga. She is married and has one infant child. Foisaga owns and operates a business planting and harvesting taro for sale. She has been engaged in this business for years and earns approximately 1,500 WST a month from ...

12. Me on Market Wrap  permalink

Me on Market Wrap
David Henderson / EconLog

(November 20, 2009 02:25 PM, by David Henderson) I just completed an interview with Moe Ansari of Market Wrap. We talked about the current recession, the health care bill, and various other things. If you want to listen (I think you'll hear an edited version but they might...

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Me on Market Wrap Are Markets Efficient? Krugman vs. Kling   —  (November 20, 2009 04:38 PM, by Arnold Kling) He says they are: Now, you could and should be worried if this thing looked like a great bubble -- if long-term rates looked unreasonably low given the fundamentals. But do they? Long rates fluctuated between 4.5 and 5 percent...

13. Values Off 43% From 2007 Peak  permalink

Values Off 43% From 2007 Peak
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According to the CPPI report, which is prepared for Moody’s by Real Estate Analytics using RCA data, the four months between June and September saw prices fall by an average 3.2%. That compares with a 4.6% decline in values for the previous four-month period.

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14. Ann Taylor out of style with investors after Q3 report  permalink

Steven Mallas / BloggingStocks

Filed under: Earnings reports I was wrong about Ann Taylor Stores Corp. ( ANN ). Thought it might make a possible earnings trade. Well, Q3 earnings are out, and it looks like the market has given a thumbs down to my thesis. At the time of this writing, shares were off by almost 4%. It's funny, because Ann Taylor has done so well in 2009 as a ...

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Ann Taylor Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results   —  NEW YORK, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ann Taylor Stores Corporation (NYSE: ANN) today reported results for the third quarter of fiscal 2009, ended October 31, 2009.

15. Real Recovery Hallucinations  permalink

Real Recovery Hallucinations
Bill Bonner / The Daily Reckoning

What happened yesterday? The Dow sold off 93 points. Investors had been hesitating. There’s supposed to be a recovery going on. But the latest news is unsettling. Housing and employment numbers are weak. What’s going on? Maybe this recovery is not a sure thing after all. “Record numbers late on US loans,” says a headline in [...] Real ...

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Real Recovery Hallucinations What Real Millionaires Do   —  I'm done reading my copy of Stop Acting Rich: ...And Start Living Like A Real Millionaire and I'll be posting a bit on it here and there. But for now I wanted to share a general overview of the book's findings  regarding what real millionaires do: Dr. Stanley’s research and the national survey carried out on his behalf by University of ...

16. Goldman Employees To Take Out The Trash  permalink

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Alright people. This is it. If the sight of Goldman Sachs employees voluntarily handling garbage doesn't stop the hate, they're going to have to go to DEFCON 1: blow job booth, manned by Blankfein. The Salvation Army plans to serve 10,000 free dinners across the city this Thanksgiving -- meals planned by a star chef, cooked by one of New York's ...

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Goldman Employees To Take Out The Trash Goldman Investors Want a Bigger Slice of Profits   —  Some of Goldman Sachs 's largest shareholders have asked the company to cut the size of its bonus pool and pass along more of its profits to investors, The Wall Street Journal reported.

17. General Atlantic to open bids for Patni stake sale  permalink

General Atlantic to open bids for Patni stake sale
Moneycontrol Top Headlines

General Atlantic (GA) is likely to open bids in order to sell its stake in Patni. CNBCTV18’s Kritika Saxena reports.

18. Need Rs 2L cr worth of road work in progress: Kamal Nath  permalink

Need Rs 2L cr worth of road work in progress: Kamal Nath
Moneycontrol Top Headlines

With Union Road Transport Highways Minister Kamal Nath infusing a new sense of purpose in the Indian road development programme, the focus has been on making the policy regime more flexible.

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Need Rs 2L cr worth of road work in progress: Kamal Nath Kamal Nath   —  Kamal Nath (Madhya Pradesh INC Lok Sabha Chhindwara 68). During his tenure as Minister of Environment & Forests, he helped develop the National Policy on Ecological Conservation and the Abatement of P... more

19. Ooma VOIP - Free Home Phone Service $200 at Buy.com  permalink

Ooma VOIP - Free Home Phone Service $200 at Buy.com
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20. The Miller-Moore Amendment's Not That Bad!  permalink

Seeking Alpha / Pfblogs.org

Felix Salmon submits: John Jansen reprints some BarCap research on the Miller-Moore amendment, and now I think I understand why so many finance types are so scared by it: they’ve misread it! Here’s BarCap:Complete Story » ...