BK - Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (The)
Burger King (BKC-$19.60) has yet to win any of the breakfast sandwich battles – whether they be against McDonald’s or Dunkin Donuts. Management is hoping that the national rollout of Seattles “Best Coffee” (lesser-known line of…Read
(This post is part of our series on tracking hedge fund portfolios. If you're unfamiliar with tracking investments they disclose via SEC filings, check out our series preface on hedge fund 13F filings.)This is the first we've…Read
Health care legislation has been a focal point for national debate for more than a year. One way or another, the fate of legislation supported by President Obama will soon be decided -- probably this week. The final…Read
Health care legislation has been a focal point for national debate for more than a year. One way or another, the fate of legislation supported by President Obama will soon be decided -- probably this week. The final…Read
Marion Post Wolcott La Dolce Vita September 1938"Farmer's son who helps make sorghum molasses from sugarcane, Racine, West Virginia" Ilargi: Oh brother, where do I start? You've all heard about the Lehman Repo 105 case, I…Read
The shit has hit the fan and Lehman Brothers was busy cooking the books before they imploded. Where have we seen this before? Let's see, we had Enron, Worldcom, Citigroup, accounting scandals, AIG scandals and here we…Read
Fitch’s rating outlook for the U.S. banking sector remains negative, although many of the factors that put negative pressure on ratings are easing. We are pleased to offer a complimentary download of Fitch’s latest…Read
Now that the stock market has bounced back and we’re being fed the line that the economy is in ‘recovery’, nothing is going to happen, no matter how dirty the stuff that comes out is. At least, that’s…Read
(This post is part of our series on tracking hedge fund portfolios. If you're unfamiliar with tracking investments they disclose via SEC filings, check out our series preface on hedge fund 13F filings.)This is the first we've…Read
For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – March 12, 2010 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting…Read
Theres a couple of topics Id like to briefly cover today. The first hails from the I told ya so department and the second tries to answer the Now what? question. 1. A SKIL-ful illustration of misplaced hope And yet another…Read
Quite a bombshell from Yves Smith from Naked Capitalism tonight. I wonder if the US mainstream media will ignore or dismiss it as they did the exclusion of US banks from European debt sales. Is there a 'reverse gear' on the…Read
Quite a few observers, including this blog, have been stunned and frustrated at the refusal heretofore to investigate what appeared to be almost certain accounting fraud at Lehman. Despite the bankruptcy adminsistrator’s…Read
As part of its initiative to expand its global market share, Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (BK) is acquiring Germany's BHF Asset Servicing GmbH for $343 million. The deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2010,…Read