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Fed Allows Goldman, Morgan to Become Full Banks

(Newser) - Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the nation's last two major independent investment banks, have gotten permission to become bank holding companies, the Federal Reserve said tonight. A fundamental rearrangement of Wall Street, the move will allow them to create commercial banks, which would bolster their resources, while inviting increased regulation....

Markets Give Morgan Stanley Breathing Room on Merger

Wachovia still a player as rising shares gives firms more time to think

(Newser) - Morgan Stanley presses on with merger negotiations, but the beginning of a recovery in financial markets today means the bank will have more time to weigh options, Reuters reports. Talks continue with Wachovia and China Investment Corp., among others, but the firm "feels that it can slow down the...

New AIG Chief Plans to Carve Leaner Corporation

Liddy will sell some assets to pay Feds

(Newser) - The new CEO of beleaguered giant American Insurance Group plans to trim the company, selling some assets to raise capital and pay back the government following its $85 billion bailout, reports the Wall Street Journal. "There will be a company at the end of this," vowed Edward Liddy,...

Dow Plunges 449 Points
 Dow Plunges 449 Points 
MARKETS
Sep 17, 2008 3:41 PM CDT

Dow Plunges 449 Points

SEC moves to restrict short selling

(Newser) - Stocks plummeted again today as insecurity about the financial system gripped the markets, the Wall Street Journal reports. The AIG bailout proved to be of little comfort to traders, who quickly began betting on the next big firm to fall. The Dow closed down 449.36 points to 10,609....

Denial Exacerbated Meltdown
 Denial Exacerbated Meltdown 
ANALYSIS
Sep 16, 2008 1:04 PM CDT

Denial Exacerbated Meltdown

Banks, like homeowners, refused to believe how bad things really are

(Newser) - The collapse of Lehman Brothers and the fire sale of Merrill Lynch are stunning developments, Joe Nocera writes in the New York Times, as is the fact Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are the only big investment banks standing. But the turmoil isn’t simply the result of complex trading...

Stocks Down Again at Open
 Stocks Down Again at Open 
MARKETS
Sep 16, 2008 9:15 AM CDT

Stocks Down Again at Open

AIG, Goldman pace decline

(Newser) - Stocks declined at the opening bell today, sending the S&P 500 into its worst two-day slump since 2002, Bloomberg reports. Investors reacted to an overnight credit downgrade for liquidity-challenged AIG and a weak Goldman Sachs earnings report. Overnight lending rates took a record jump last night, as markets fell...

Goldman Profit Drops 70%, Still Beats Estimates
 Goldman Profit Drops 70%, 
 Still Beats Estimates
EARNINGS REPORTS
Sep 16, 2008 8:37 AM CDT

Goldman Profit Drops 70%, Still Beats Estimates

Revenue cut by half, but firm helped by less mortgage exposure

(Newser) - Amid the financial industry's meltdown, survivor Goldman Sachs reported that third-quarter profit plunged by 70% —the sharpest decline in its history as a public company, but still enough to beat estimates of $1.71 per share. The bank dipped 7% in New York trading, Bloomberg reports, after reporting an...

Still Standing, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Face Bleak Times

Survivors will need to belatedly downsize

(Newser) - With Bank of America buying Merrill Lynch, and Lehman brothers heading into Chapter 11, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are the last major independent investment banks standing on Wall Street. But having survived as the fittest doesn't guarantee an easy ride, reports the Wall Street Journal, as both will have...

10 Banks Form $70B Fund to Stave Off Crash

Paulson brokers twin public-private liquidity measures

(Newser) - Ten of the world's largest banks have formed a massive liquidity fund to mitigate the effects of the Lehman Brothers meltdown, reports the Financial Times. All the investment banks will be able to borrow up to a third of the $70 billion fund in order to reduce volatility and stay...

Stocks Mixed; Down For Week
 Stocks Mixed; Down For Week 
MARKETS
Sep 5, 2008 3:26 PM CDT

Stocks Mixed; Down For Week

Sliding oil again fails to move markets worried over unemployment

(Newser) - Stocks finished the week with a mixed session today, managing to mostly recover from an early sell-off in reaction to a 5-year high in monthly unemployment, MarketWatch reports. The Dow rose 32.73 to close at 11,220.96. The Nasdaq fell 3.16 to 2,255.88, while the...

Banks Bracing as Their Own Debts Come Due

Billions in shorter-term, floating rate notes likely to prolong credit woes

(Newser) - Billions of dollars worth of floating rate notes—vehicles used by banks to borrow money—taken out in 2006 are coming due in the next few months, and the industry is bracing for a wave of bank failures and asset sales as institutions struggle to pay off obligations, the Wall ...

3 More Wall Street Firms Agree to Buy Back Securities

Settlement reached after auction-rate securities market collapse

(Newser) - Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank have agreed to a settlement with New York's attorney general and other state regulators to buy back $14.5 billion of now worthless auction-rate securities. The brokerages will also pay $162 million in fines to settle charges that they misled investors into thinking...

Cuomo Raises Pressure on Merrill
Cuomo Raises Pressure
on Merrill
Aug 15, 2008 5:12 PM CDT

Cuomo Raises Pressure on Merrill

He says company faces lawsuit over auction-rate securities

(Newser) - With Wachovia locked in to buying back $9 billion in auction-rate securities from clients, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has his sights set next on finance titans Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg reports. Cuomo says Merrill faces an "imminent" lawsuit after offering to buy back $10 billion...

Who Is Vivi? Media World's Mystery Man

Influential investor keeps a low profile but wields much clout

(Newser) - He has major stakes in Time Warner and Goldman Sachs, he hangs out with Lenny Kravitz and the boss of Morgan Stanley, and he's engaged to the impossibly beautiful Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi. But Vivi Nevo is an unknown quantity: the mogul came from nowhere and, through a series of...

Global Econ Puzzle Awaits New President
Global Econ Puzzle Awaits New President
OPINION
Jun 27, 2008 10:42 AM CDT

Global Econ Puzzle Awaits New President

Kick-starting economy means looking abroad, write Goldman chiefs

(Newser) - Whether it's John McCain or Barack Obama, the next president will confront a global economic landscape unlike anything his predecessor confronted, write Robert Hormats and Jim O'Neill. In an op-ed for the Financial Times, the two Goldman Sachs executives explain that the new president's greatest challenge will be the rise...

'Difficult' Dow Ends Down 358
 'Difficult' Dow Ends Down 358 
MARKETS
Jun 26, 2008 3:37 PM CDT

'Difficult' Dow Ends Down 358

Oil surges past $140 as dollar weakens, financials downgraded

(Newser) - Stocks plunged today due to the convergence of bad news across all sectors of industry against the backdrop of oil’s first surge over $140 a barrel, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow plummeted to a 2-year-low, shedding 358.41 to 11,453.42. The Nasdaq fell 79.89,...

Faltering Banks Push Stocks Down
 Faltering Banks 
 Push Stocks Down 
MARKETS
Jun 17, 2008 3:15 PM CDT

Faltering Banks Push Stocks Down

Financials tumble despite solid report from Goldman Sachs

(Newser) - The markets fell today, led by plunging financials and bank stocks, despite a solid second-quarter report from Goldman Sachs. "There is a lack of clarity at every level of the financial system right now, from regulators to companies," a floor trader told the Wall Street Journal. The Dow...

Stocks Rally After Fannie Mae Woes
 Stocks Rally After
 Fannie Mae Woes 
MARKETS
May 6, 2008 3:30 PM CDT

Stocks Rally After Fannie Mae Woes

Markets make modest gains, led by energy sector

(Newser) - Stocks rallied and recorded modest gains today after initially falling on on bad news from Fannie Mae. But analysts cautioned against excessive optimism. "The fact that we're not imploding doesn't me that we're OK," a strategist told the Wall Street Journal. The Dow ended up 51.29 at...

Oracle Stock Dives 8% on Flagging Q3 Revenue
Oracle Stock Dives 8%
on Flagging Q3 Revenue
Earnings report
Mar 27, 2008 7:45 AM CDT

Oracle Stock Dives 8% on Flagging Q3 Revenue

Despite a 30% jump in profits, investors worry the software maker is vulnerable

(Newser) - Oracle missed its third-quarter revenue projections yesterday and investor reaction was swift and dramatic: shares of the software maker dropped 8% in after-hours trading, reports the Wall Street Journal. This despite the fact that Oracle’s profits rose 30% to $1.34 billion, 26 cents per share, from $1.03...

Lawmakers Gird for Battle Over Wall Street Reforms

Dems, GOP split over regulation

(Newser) - Lawmakers are debating how to regulate and oversee financial institutions to prevent another Bear Stearns near-catastrophe. But exactly what that solution should look like depends on who's doing the proposing. President Bush and Wall Street say that Washington's heavy hand could hamstring the industry’s ability to innovate, reports the...

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