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Ten percent of $700 rescue package may go to bonuses	Filed under: Management, Industry, Morgan Stanley (MS)Wall Street walked into the path of its own oncoming stupidity. Of the $700 billion in Treasury rescue money, as much as $70 billion could go to bank and brokerage bonuses. According to The Guardian, "Financial workers at Wall Street's top banks are to receive pay deals worth more than $70bn (£40bn), a substantial proportion of which is expected to be paid in discretionary bonuses, for their work so far this year." The paper goes on to...	October 19, 2008
Explaining Uncle Sam’s Bet on U.S. Banks	The U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. quietly nationalized much of the U.S. banking system Tuesday. If the banking system sold its soul, we hoped it had at least gained pretty decent terms. So we went digging and found good explanations, particularly from Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Meredith Whitney. Deal Journal provides a practical breakdown on Treasury’s plan below. Associated Press The basics: A capital injection of $250 billion into banks in the f...	October 15, 2008
Wells Fargo Forced Into TARP Plan	I can't get behind a plan that forced private companies to make the gov't a partner when they actually do not need it....Remember, this is just weeks after had said that injecting capital directly into banks would appear to be a sign of "failure." From the WSJ:During the discussion, the most animated response came from Wells Fargo (WFC) Chairman Richard Kovacevich, say people present. Why was this necessary? he asked. Why did the government need to buy stakes in these banks?Morgan Stanley (MS)...	October 15, 2008
Schumer's Op-Ed Off Base......Way Off	Dear Charles, this isn't the best answer, it was the easiest. Here is Senator Charles Schumer's WSJ Op-Ed today.Here is the key point in it:The administration's initial approach to the crisis was to propose buying troubled assets from banks. But direct capital injections into financial institutions -- modeled on the Depression-era agency, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) -- always offered a far better prospect of success. The RFC provided fresh capital to banks and restored confidenc...	October 14, 2008
Here It Is: The TARP Program	The following bank have already agreed to the program: Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America Corp. (BAC), Merrill Lynch (MER), Citigroup Inc. (C), Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), and State Street Corp. (STT). Video at end. October 14, 2008HP-1207Treasury Announces TARP Capital Purchase Program DescriptionWashington- Treasury today announced a voluntary Capital Purchase Program to encourage U.S. financial institut...	October 14, 2008
Microsoft Quietly Closes Software Licensing and Protection Service	It seems that Microsoft’s SLPS, a programming suite for adding licensing and demo functionality to your .NET based software, is closed, adding a whiff of mystery to the down-turn. Could they have taken it out back and shot it? The service is currently not accepting new orders - at least as of last night - so either there is an upgrade afoot or Microsoft is paring back some of their less popular business units. Companies like Nalperion and CryptKey are obviously ready to step into the vacu...	October 07, 2008
Stocks Going Ex Dividend Mid October	Surprisingly, there are 20 different stocks going ex-dividend on October 8. Whenever we are having a rising stock market, some investors use a trading technique called 'Buying Dividends,' which is the technique of buying stocks before the ex dividend date and selling the stock shortly after the ex date at approximately the same price, yet being entitled to the dividend. Please note: this usually only works in bull markets.If you are interested in buying dividends, there are several stocks in sev...	September 29, 2008
Goldman Going Shopping?	Did Goldman Sachs (GS) need to raise $7.5 billion for survival? No. It did if it wanted to go shopping for deposits though... Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) is buying $5 billion of perpetual preferred stock with a 10% coupon, as well as warrants that give it the right to buy $5 billion of common stock during next five years for $115, 8% below Goldman's closing stock price Tuesday.Goldman also announced it will sell sell at least $2.5 billion of common stock to the public. That ought to give Goldman ...	September 23, 2008
Fast Money Recap	Word On The Street Dylan Ratigan hosted CNBC’s “Fast Money” Monday night. He kicked the show with a discussion of the markets negative action towards the news of the U.S. government’s bailout plan to inject $700 billion into the financial sector. Karen Finerman said there is a lot of concern on Wall Street because nobody knows how the government is going to implement the plan. She says there is a sneaking fear on the street of what happens if it doesn’t work. “Is there anything else ...	September 23, 2008
Inside the Wonderful World of Windows 7	Here’s a little info to prepare you for the arrival of Windows 7. Sure, it’s still well over a year away and sure, all this stuff could change at the drop of a hat, but let’s just run with it. Those with heart conditions should stop reading now. According to Technologizer, an early build of Windows 7 may contain some or all of the following: - A fancier calculator. - The Office 2007 Ribbon thing may cross over into WordPad and MS Paint. - Potentially less annoying User Access ...	September 22, 2008

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