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Wall Street Rumors - June 23, 2008	Daily rumors covering the global markets. Subscribe to the update feed here. SEC Chief Under Fire as Fed Seeks Bigger Wall Street Role One Friday in March, with investment bank Bear Stearns Cos. (NYSE:BSC) teetering toward collapse, the chieftains of U.S. financial regulation dialed into a 5 a.m. conference call to craft a bailout plan. When they were done, the Treasury secretary informed the president. The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York called Bear Stearns. Bunge to Buy Corn P...	June 23, 2008
Wall Street Rumors - June 19, 2008	Daily rumors covering the global markets. Subscribe to the update feed here. Prosecutors in Bear Case Focus In on Email The indictments of two former Bear Stearns Cos. hedge-fund managers are expected to cite a personal email sent from one to the other suggesting that the funds were headed for the rocks — four days before they told investors there was little to worry about. Midwest Floods May Drive Food Prices Even Higher The Midwest floods are raising the inflationary tide rippling thr...	June 19, 2008
Aussie Bank Consolidation? Think Again	An acquisition of St. George Bank by rival Westpac won’t start the wave of Australian banking mergers and acquisitions some are apparently hoping for. Westpac is offering to buy St. George in an all-share offer expected to be worth at least A$15 billion. The deal will vault Westpac to the top of the market capitalization rankings for Australia’s banks, and certainly create a strategic headache for Westpac’s large rivals - with the combined entity set to take 25% of the country...	May 12, 2008
Wall Street Rumors - April 29, 2008	Daily Rumors Covering the Global Markets. Subscribe to the Daily Rumors Update Here. High Oil Prices Boost Shell Profit, Offsetting Lower Refining Margins Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS.A) and BP PLC (NYSE:BP) posted sharp net profit rises for the first quarter as the top two listed European oil companies continue to benefit from higher oil prices. Mars’s Takeover of Wrigley Creates Global Powerhouse Discussions between Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. (NYSE:WWY) and Mars Inc. to blend two of the best-kno...	April 29, 2008
U.K. consumer confidence plunges to 4-year low as home prices fall	Filed under: Forecasts, Bad news, HousingU.K. consumer confidence fell to its lowest level in almost four years in March 2008, as the housing downturn continued to weigh on consumer sentiment, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. Britain's Nationwide Building Society's index of sentiment declined one point to 77, its lowest level since records started in May 2004. The result is based on a survey of 1,204 people conducted by Taylor Nelson Sofres from February 18 to March 20, 2008. U.K. housing...	April 09, 2008
Analyst downgrades: Corinthian Colleges, MSC Industrial, HBOS Plc	Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Kimberly-Clark (KMB), salesforce.com inc (CRM)MOST NOTEWORTHY: Corinthian Colleges, MSC Industrial and HBOS Plc were today's noteworthy downgrades: Piper downgraded shares of Corinthian Colleges (NASDAQ: COCO) to Neutral from Buy as they expect the company to face difficulty maintaining Title IV lending at its high default rate schools. Jefferies downgraded shares of MSC Industrial (NYSE: MSM) to Hold from Buy on val...	April 09, 2008
Europe Markets 3/18/2008 The Wheels Fall Off (BCS)(SI)	Markets in Europe were down sharply at 6.25 AM New York time. The FTSE was off 2.2% to 5,506. Barclays (BCS) was down 6.9% to 403. HBOS was off 9.6% to 477.25.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...	March 17, 2008
Is Scotland the Worst Small Country? No!	According to a recent article on the BBC website, Scotland is the 'worst small country' according to The Federation of Small Businesses'. But is this really true? Let's take a closer look at Scotland. One of the most important features of Scotland is that it is known as the birthplace of numerous inventions including the steam engine, the bicycle, the telephone, the television, the transistor, the motion picture, penicillin, electromagnetics, radar, insulin, calculus, the speedometer, the wave-p...	June 13, 2007
Alliance Boots gets a $21.8 billion bid	Filed under: Private equityUntil the check clears, it's really not a done deal. That's definitely the case with the buyout of Alliance Boots, the UK's largest drugstore chain.Originally, it looked like KKR would be the buyer, along with Stefano Pessina (who is the chairman of Alliance and owns 15% of the company). But, private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners has a better offer: $21.8 billion. The firm also has the financial support of the Wellcome Trust and HBOS PLC.Interestingly enough...	April 20, 2007
Before the bell 4-20-07: Market to open higher	Filed under: Before the bell, Google (GOOG), Pfizer (PFE), Indices, McDonald's (MCD), Caterpillar (CAT), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), American Express (AXP), Economic data, Honeywell Intl (HON)It seems that Google did it again and investors are reacting. U.S. stock markets are set to open higher as indicated by stock futures. For the Dow, this would be a seven-day winning streak if it closes higher today, as it continues to break its own record.Yesterday, stock markets ended mixed. The Dow Jones In...	April 20, 2007

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