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From InsureBlog - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 8:00 am ET
Recently, Bob wrote about cost-efficiency and claims management. In that post, he said "The more you learn about using tools that are readily available the better equipped you will be to maximize ALL your health ... ( more)
From Single Ma's Fabulous Financials - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 8:00 am ET
Would you like to win a one year version of the Norton 360 All-In-One PC security software from symantec? If so, don’t forget to comment on this post!
Entries will be accepted through midnight Sunday and ... ( more)
From DealBook - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:59 am ET
Microsoft continued to distance itself from Yahoo on Thursday, telling the people it had lined up to nominate to the board as part of a prospective hostile takeover battle that their services were no longer ... ( more)
From My Adventures into The Street - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:59 am ET
No trades taken yesterday due to other commitments. I was around in the morning and could have traded a perfect short on Visa but was unable to pull the trigger. I’ve noticed that happening more ... ( more)
From DealBook - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:59 am ET
On Wednesday, they finally took Bear Stearns out behind the woodshed and ended its lingering misery. On that day, the plaintiffs’ attorneys in the last remaining viable lawsuit in New York against JPMorgan Chase and ... ( more)
From DealBook - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:58 am ET
The chief executive of Deutsche Telekom, the largest European telecommunications company, fed speculation Thursday that it was considering a takeover bid for the U.S. mobile operator Sprint Nextel, saying the German company had an obligation ... ( more)
From Alphaville - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:57 am ET
Could the uber-bear, Albert Edwards, possibly become more bearish?
Yep! From his global strategy weekly, sent out to SocGen clients:
Even as structural bears on equities over the last decade, we have never felt the confidence to ... ( more)
From DealBook - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:57 am ET
Investment bank Bear Stearns may have hit rough times but at least one of its hedge funds, the $1.2 billion Emerging Markets Macro Fund, is bouncing back from earlier losses this year.
The fund, managed by ... ( more)
From DealBook - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:56 am ET
Shareholders of publicly-traded hedge fund and buyout firms need to re-check their checklists, says Breakingviews. The downturn is highlighting the disadvantages of public scrutiny, with performance fees evaporating and new investment slowing, the publication said. ... ( more)
From Toxic Money - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:55 am ET
The two recent immigrants are my parents. Because they are the best parents you could imagine, because they've supported me all my life, because they came to United States to provide me with a better ... ( more)
From CashMoneyLife - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:52 am ET
Just over a year and a half ago, my wife and I were wed in a small church ceremony in her parent’s home town. It was a beautiful August day, and it was everything we could have hoped for. We had all of our close family and friends in attendance, and everything went smoothly… even [...] ... ( more)
From Cheap Stocks - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:51 am ET
Value Investing Congress West: 2008
We're just back from another excellent Value Investing Congress in Pasadena. A lot of great speakers and great ideas; some a bit contoversial. Rather than go into detail, there's ... ( more)
From The Finance Journey - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:51 am ET
Honestly, I haven’t been following the economic stimulus payment schedule that closely. I knew I was going to get one pretty soon but never really figured out exactly when I was going to get it.
Well, I checked my accounts through Yodlee this morning (like I do just about every morning) and noticed the following [...] ... ( more)
From Wall St. Warrior - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:50 am ET
Gapping up: PCLN +14.3%, GSIT +12.5%, RNWK +11.1%, INT +9.1%, DAR +8.8%, BSQR +7.2%, NAT +6.7%, QSFT +6.7%, POM +5.8%, DROOY +5.8%, LUNA +5.3%, TRLG +5.0%, GUID +4.6%, RICK +4.2%, TBSI +4.1%, ATVI +3.4%, FSLR ... ( more)
From The In-Debt Net - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:46 am ET
The way I see things, there are two really good reasons for not wasting food:
Uneaten food has been grown, transported, stored, displayed and sold for the purchaser, many things have really high carbon footprints. If ... ( more)
From VInvesting.com - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:46 am ET
Value Investing Congress West: 2008
We're just back from another excellent Value Investing Congress in Pasadena. A lot of great speakers and great ideas; some a bit contoversial. Rather than go into detail, there's ... ( more)
From Timothy Sykes - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:44 am ET
VRML Still 1,300 Shares short @ $3.75
LGDI
Both are supernovas, LGDI near its highs, but VRML still up waaay more %-wise???both have fading volume, both can still squeeze shorts even though they???ll probly fail. I???m short ... ( more)
From Richard Wilson Hedge Fund Blog - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:44 am ET
Hedge Funds ReturnsApril 2008 Hedge Funds ReturnsHedgeFund.net just released the returns of hedge funds in their for April 2008. In short the average hedge fund manager gained some meaningful ground while energy funds took off, overall most hedge fund managers are still weighed down though by poor Q1 performance. I skimmed through and have pulled out a few of the highlights below:The comprehensive HedgeFund.Net database reveals that Hedge Fund Aggregate Average increased by 1.96% in April.The energy sector funds were the best performing funds in April, improving with a Energy Sector Average of +5.70% last month.The spike ... ( more)
From Trade 4 Cash - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:42 am ET
Here is this week's look at the industries. Not surprisingly, oil and oil services industries have done well over the past 4 weeks. But semiconductor-related industries are also up among the leaders. This is good ... ( more)
From DealBook - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:42 am ET
The fortunes of American International Group, one of the world’s biggest insurance companies, rise and fall on precise calculations of risk. Last quarter, those calculations went seriously awry.
In the worst three months of the company’s ... ( more)
From Seeking Alpha - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:40 am ET
Trader Mark submits:Energy Conversion Devices (ENER) is an interesting
tale - this has been for many many years a "hope" stock i.e. more
promise than execution - I remember the hoopla surrounding it at the
turn of the ... ( more)
From DealBook - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:40 am ET
A dramatic proxy showdown at apparel company Charming Shoppes ended Thursday with an 11th-hour truce that will expand the company’s board to 11 from 10.
Hedge funds Crescendo Partners and Myca Partners had waged a battle ... ( more)
From DealBook - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:39 am ET
Gomez, an Internet performance monitoring company, has filed to go public. But is the market ready for this small, unprofitable but fast-growing company?
Gomez is in the software-as-a-service business, selling subscription-based services that allow users to ... ( more)
From DealBook - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:38 am ET
Alcoa named its president, Klaus Kleinfeld, as its new chief executive on Thursday.
Mr. Kleinfeld, 50, had been the Pittsburgh-based company’s president and chief operating officer since August 2007 and a board member since 2003. He ... ( more)
From Alphaville - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 7:38 am ET
On FT Alphaville this morning,
- "We are not through the worst of this crisis. The worst is still to come."
- Calling the oil price wrong
- Hedge twitter
- Insider trading debate trundles on
- Some intriguing RAW ... ( more)
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