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• Taxes and Economic Growth: Real World & Simulations

  03 mag 12 - 05:09

  by Mike Kimel Taxes and Economic Growth: Real World & Simulations Over the past few years, I've posted many times on an unpleasant reality: despite the fact that so many people believe otherwise, in general, lower taxes do not result in fast

• Gupta Loses Bid To See SEC Negotiation Documents

  03 mag 12 - 00:38

  Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director Rajat Gupta has lost a bid to get a view into negotiations between the Securities and Exchange Commission and potential witnesses in his civil insider-trading case. Gupta had asked a federal judge to ord

• Allstate Posts Best Quarter Since 2007

  03 mag 12 - 00:28

  Allstate  Corp. posted its largest quarterly profit since 2007, largely due to declining catastrophe costs, as well as higher policy sales from the acquisition of Esurance, an online insurance company. Allstate, the market’s biggest publicly tr

• Why The Buffett Rule Would Raise More Revenue Than Critics Say

  03 mag 12 - 00:25

  Warren Buffett speaking to a group of students from the Kansas University School of Business Image is cropped and flipped. See original image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Warren_Buffett_KU_Visit.jpg (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Critics o

• Carlyle Prices IPO at $22, Below Officially Expected Range

  03 mag 12 - 00:04

  Private equity group Carlyle has priced its IPO at $22, below the reported range of $23 to $25, but in line with what colleagues at WSJ reported earlier today. The IPO has raised $671 million and could hit $772 million if the full over-allotment

• Carlyle shares to fetch discounted price in IPO

  02 mag 12 - 22:19

  The Carlyle Group will sell shares in its firm on the Nasdaq on Thursday at a price of $22 per share, a slight drop from what the firm had hoped for in its highly anticipated initial public offering. The Washington-based private equity giant

• Bank Chiefs Take Complaints To Fed

  02 mag 12 - 22:17

  By Alan Zibel and Ian Talley Top executives from six major U.S. banks on Wednesday discussed concerns over new industry regulations and the central bank’s recent “stress tests” with Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo, the Fed said in a

• Foursquare forges ahead with ad platform as biz dev exec exits

  02 mag 12 - 21:35

  As check-in champion Foursquare prepares to make a run at making money, the startup’s vice president of business development, Tristan Walker, has checked out. Walker , who holds an MBA from Stanford and was once an intern at Twitter, announc

• bradhintz

  02 mag 12 - 20:05

  Conflict of interest specialist Brad Hintz Rajat Gupta, Gary Cohn, Lloyd Blankfein, and the truly lovable Brad Hintz In November 2011, I posted a piece entitled ‘Why Goldman Sachs fears the knowledge of Rajat Gupta’, which ended with the wor

• bradhintz

  02 mag 12 - 20:05

  Conflict of interest specialist Brad Hintz Rajat Gupta, Gary Cohn, Lloyd Blankfein, and the truly lovable Brad Hintz In November 2011, I posted a piece entitled ‘Why Goldman Sachs fears the knowledge of Rajat Gupta’, which ended with the wor

• The Endless Arrogance of Wall Street

  02 mag 12 - 19:39

  Greg Sargent is rightfully stunned by the entitled petulance of Wall Street bankers who are shockedâ shocked âthat President Obama would do anything other than praise their indispensable brilliance: Wall Streeters are so upset about Obamaâs hars

• Mish on Capital Account May 1: Discussion of Europe, Austerity...

  02 mag 12 - 18:56

  Once again it was a pleasure to be on Capital Account with Lauren Lyster Tuesday afternoon. We discussed Europe, austerity measures, Paul Krugman, whether or not the Fed could create jobs, and the Greenspan Contrarian Indicator. Link if vide

• food-price-index-vs-brent-oil-price-june-2011

  02 mag 12 - 18:14

  http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx?time=24 Gas Prices Explained  Quantitative Easing Explained How Uncertainty, Speculation Factor Into Gas Prices  Banksters & Speculation Behind High Food-Oil Prices Under Questioning by Ca

• Counterparties: There is a tech bubble that will never go out

  02 mag 12 - 16:51

  Welcome to the  Counterparties email. The sign-up page is  here , itâs just a matter of checking a box if youâre already registered on the Reuters website. Send suggestions, story tips and complaints to  Counterparties.Reutersgmail.com Nothi

• AIMCo's Leo de Bever Calling the Top on Bonds?

  02 mag 12 - 16:21

  Lee Brodie of CNBC reports, Rotation Underway : As the CEO of Alberta Investment Management Corp., Leo de Bever is responsible for maintaining and growing over $70 billion in public sector employee pensions. And although he's allocated the largest p

• Citi Hires Freddie Mac Executive as Mortgage COO

  02 mag 12 - 16:01

  By Matthias Rieker and Nick Timiraos Citigroup Inc. has snatched Freddie Mac executive Anthony Renzi to become the chief operating officer of its North American mortgage business, according to people familiar with the matter. Bloomberg News Ren

• Carlyle IPO Price Talk Shifts Lower

  02 mag 12 - 15:47

  Price talk is shifting lower for the initial public offering of private equity firm The Carlyle Group L.P. Reuters Carlyle Group co-founder and Managing Director David Rubenstein The company, which is scheduled to begin trading Thursday on

• Why You Can Trust Trusted Translations

  02 mag 12 - 15:46

  With the invention of the internet, more and more individuals, organizations and companies have the opportunity to share their message, product or service to an ever-growing audience. Yet, it is often the case that this audience speaks a differe

• Opening Bell: 05.02.12

  02 mag 12 - 15:30

  UBS Earnings Helped By Wealth-Management Focus, Risk-Cutting (WSJ) UBS’s first-quarter earnings showed that the Swiss bank’s strategy of shifting its focus to managing assets for wealthy clients and reducing risk is starting to pay off, demonstratin

• CVS grabs customers from competitor, boosts profits

  02 mag 12 - 14:08

  Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark Corp. reported first-quarter profit that exceeded analysts' estimates after grabbing customers from Walgreen Co. Net income rose 8.8 percent to $776 million, or 59 cents a share, in the quarter ended March 31 fr

• What We're Reading ~ 5/2/2012

  02 mag 12 - 14:00

  Notes from the DoubleLine lunch with Jeffrey Gundlach Reformed Broker On 'sell in May & go away' Abnormal Returns On being a contrarian & spotting paradigm shifts in investing DistressedDebtInvesting Interview with Morgan Creek

• Broker Note Briefing: Wednesday

  02 mag 12 - 13:17

  European markets are higher Wednesday, with traders back at their desks in chirpy mood after Tuesdayâs May Day holiday across the region. Corporate earnings continue to be the focus this week, with the investment banks adjusting their ratings on som

• My Investment Portfolio Update (May 2012)

  02 mag 12 - 12:00

  A s I mentioned earlier this week, I started investing in individual stocks about three years ago. While I consider myself a passive investor, I’ve come to believe that smart passive investing can include individual stocks and industry-specific ETFs

• Standard Chartered Posts Single-Digit Income Growth

  02 mag 12 - 11:42

  Jerome Favre/Bloomberg Standard Chartered Plc on Wednesday said in its first quarter trading update that profit increased by single-digits, below its usual double-digit growth. The emerging markets-focused bank said the strength of the dollar ag

• Nick Clegg trashes Liam Fox’s economic policy demands

  02 mag 12 - 10:55

  During yesterday’s Radio 4 interview with Nick Clegg there was a feisty exchange over why so much time in the interview was being taken up with the details of when and to who Jeremy Hunt should next answer questions to about his conduct, rather