Stifel Financial Corp. has agreed to acquire Thomas Weisel Partners, a California-based investment bank focused on the high-tech industry, in a transaction valued at $318 million.
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Stifel Financial and Thomas Weisel Join Forces originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:30:00.
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Not surprisingly, some big banks aren't happy with the president calling for their support of his financial reform. One lobbyist complains that Obama "demagogued the industry" in his quest for new regulations. Some voices were more conciliatory.
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In Financial Reform Drama, Industry Displeasure With Obama's Speech originally appeared on DailyFinance on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:00:00.
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During a widely anticipated speech today in New York City, President Barack Obama is bearing down on Wall Street. He's pressing for quick action on financial reform that could forever change the way big banks do business.
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Obama's Wall Street Speech to Call for Swift Action on Financial Reform originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:10:00.
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Morgan Stanley racked up a first-quarter profit of $1.4 billion to easily top Wall Street estimates, thanks to a big jump in revenue and a rebound in asset management. It's the latest big bank to eclipse analysts' estimates this quarter.
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Morgan Stanley Earnings Swing Investment Bank Back to Profit originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:00:00.
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The Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America took its case to the Capitol last week, where members disrupted a congressional committee hearing, surprised a bank CEO, and dramatized the problems faced by "underwater" homeowners.
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NACA's Bruce Marks: Quirky Populist Lights the Fuse of Homeowners' Rage originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:16:00.
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Although America's commitment to Free Speech is legendary and perhaps
unique in the world, it turns out we have one higher value, at least in some states: profit.
Misappropriation of Hot News is a new type of lawsuit that news and information producers can bring in New York and some other states to slow or prevent others from disseminating their information on the theory that disseminating the...
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'Hot News' Is a Triumph of Profit Over Free Speech originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:00:00.
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Several IPO hopefuls didn't fare well earlier in the year, but private equity investors KKR and Bain Capital feel confident enough about NXP, which they own most of. With the semiconductor business picking up, will investors warm up to NXP?
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Can Chipmaker NXP's $1.15 Billion IPO Warm Up a Chilly Market? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:00:00.
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The battle between Donald Trump and Carl Icahn over control of the addled Trump Entertainment Resorts and its Atlantic City casinos is over, with a bankruptcy court declaring Trump's group the winner. But Trump may have gotten himself into a losing a proposition.
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Donald Trump's Win in Atlantic City Is Far From a Victory originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:45:00.
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One of the biggest battles in financial reform is whether derivative trades will move out of the shadows into a public exchange. Derivatives played a major role in the financial meltdown, but because private trades are highly profitable, big banks and their GOP allies are fighting hard against reformers' push for new regulations.
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Legal Briefing: Reformers Push Hard to Regulate Derivatives originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:30:00.
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Crumbling commercial property investments are expected to wipe out two-thirds of Morgan Stanley's Msref VI International fund. The news arrives as the bank prepares to report its earnings next week.
Continue reading Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund May Lose a Massive $5.4 Billion
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund May Lose a Massive $5.4 Billion originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:50:00.
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