Davos on Banks
bank-funded safety net to absorb large failures could help shield markets and rebuild trust in the financial system, but regulators backing the idea will need to strike a delicate balance.
Finding a solution to the “too big to fail” debate is the main outstanding regulatory headache yet to be addressed in a bid to overhaul the [...]
Its a small world
An Australian guy is travelling around the Greek Islands . He walks into a bar and, by chance, is served by an Australian barmaid. As she takes his order, a Foster’s, she notices his accent. Over the course of the evening they get chatting. At the end of her shift he asks if she wants [...]
GM to invest another $455m in Thailand
General Motors Corp announced plans on Friday to spend 15 billion baht ($455 million) in Thailand over the next two years, reviving plans for a new diesel-engine plant and retooling existing production lines.
The expansion at its existing plant in Thailand’s Rayong Province, a region dubbed “the Detroit of Asia” for its large concentration of global [...]
On a positive note
The market for initial public offerings started 2010 with some hesitation, but a promising pipeline of IPOs offers a glimmer of hope for the coming months, bankers and investors say.
Many of the strongest companies are still auditing their 2009 financial statements and putting together paperwork for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, they said.
“The real [...]
What will shape the week
Following are five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them.
1. MOUNTING PRESSURE
Greece’s fiscal problems have caused a sharp widening in intra-euro zone spreads and surges in some CDS prices, with the scale and scope of the fallout in the euro zone [...]
Brazil a bargain after a bad week
Brazilian stocks closed down on Friday, as the momentum over better-than-expected growth numbers in the United States proved short-lived.
The benchmark Bovespa stock index .BVSP dropped 0.28 percent to 65,401.77, its sixth loss of the past seven sessions.
The Bovespa has now lost 4.65 percent in January, having notched gains of nearly 83 percent in 2009.
The index [...]
Heffo looks at Cisco Earnings
We at Ebeling Heffernan expect Cisco Systems Inc to post its first quarterly revenue growth in more than a year when it reports results this week, Cisco customers have been more confident about the economy and have upgraded their networks in the last quarter.While stronger than expected results could bring some momentum to the stock [...]
Heffo on the China Syndrome
It pays to be aware of the fact that countries and regions are competitors for economic success, and in many cases that competition spills over into propaganda that reaches the main stream media. As traders and investors it is our duty to remain amoral, looking only at the hard core facts.
Although the West loves to [...]
NPWZ and the Amex
Neah Power Systems, Inc., (’Neah’) (OTCBB:NPWZ) www.neahpower.com, the company developing fuel cell-based renewable energy solutions, reported that it had filed its annual report on Wednesday, January 13th 2010. As part of the annual report filing, it was reported that the company had made significant strides in the technology and product development and operating cost reduction.
Ed [...]
The Puerto Rican Renaissance
In 1958 Laurance Rockefeller, an early pioneer of ecotourism, opened his Dorado Beach Resort and Club west of San Juan, which, for the first time, made Puerto Rico a recognized tourist destination for Americans. The ultimate in luxury, its East golf course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., was the convergence point for the world’s [...]
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