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Daily Highlights: 11.24.09
- As banks build capital, Treasury wants TARP to focus on lending.
- Asian stocks fall on Japan deflation, share-sale concern; Dollar, Yen gain.
- China shares retreat on policy uncertainty ahead of government economic meeting.
- China’s 5 largest banks submit plans for raising capital to the industry regulator.
- Fed said to ask stress-tested banks to submit plans for repaying US aid.
- Home resales leaped up 10.1% in October, rising far more than expected.
- Nov. clothing sales weaken vs. 2008's clearance sales, but electronics, online rise.
- Oil slips to near $77 in Asia as investors eye US dollar, crude demand.
- Proportion of US homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than the properties are worth has swelled to about 23%.
- US corporate bond sales climb to record $1.17 trillion as economy grows.
- Analog Devices Q4 profit down 27% to $105.6M; gives strong Q1 '10 view.
- Bank of China says it's studying 'various options' to replenish capital.
- BJ Services swings to Q4 loss of $9.9M as revs declined 42% to $878.2M.
- Brocade Communications Q4 profit down 5.6% at $33.6M; revenue up 31% to $521.8M.
- Campbell Soup's Q1 net rose 17% to $304M as margins improved. Revs fell 2.1%.
- China's Sovereign Fund said to buy $400M of stock in Longyuan IPO.
- Chubu Electric said to buy Russian coal to diversify supply.
- Ciena Corp. to buy Nortel division that develops networking gear for $769M.
- Dycom Industries' Q1 net dropped 67% to $3.5M on lower sales and margins.
- HP's qtrly net rises 14% to $2.41B as cost cutting boosted profit margins. Revs fell 8.4%.
- Icahn outbid Penn National Gaming to place a starting bid of $155M for the Fontainebleau.
- Japan's Chubu Electric Power to buy coal from Russia to reduce reliance on Australia.
- Lloyds Banking prices rights issue at 37 pence - 60% discount to Monday's closing.
- News Corp. joined by rivals considering pulling out of Google.
- Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. ups offer for Diedrich Coffee to $32/sh in cash, stock.
- People's United Financial agrees to buy Financial Federal for $738M.
- Tyson Foods executives expect U.S. beef and pork prices to rise next year.
- Unilever said it still has as much as $3B in cash to spend on acquisitions.
- Valspar Q4 earnings jump 28% to $49.9M on cost cuts, sales down 16% at $776.6M.
Economic Calendar: Data on GDP, Consumer Confidence, FOMC Minutes to be released today.
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DR HORTON INC (DHI)
DELL INC (DELL)
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If you missed the CNBC interiew with Fred Mishkin this morning (at 8:05 am) you really ought to watch it.
Mishkin was incoheren about why a fed audit was "bad" for America so you just have to trust him that the Fed is looking out for all of us. OK? We should be grateful that the Fed is there for us.
I don't know which is a more frightening prospect. Allowing the fed to continue to operate under near total secrecy for the benefit of a very small group or shedding some light on BS. (Balance Sheet)
+100
Amazing that DR didn't go for the jugular on the question re the balance sheet and the toxicity. The best Mishkin could do was that it could casue the inflation expectations to rise or the Fed to withdraw its ease too soon? No mention of the decade plus of easy policy however. if only the sheeple could peal themselves away from biggest loser
"News Corp. joined by rivals considering pulling out of Google."
Still refusing to accept a new shift in the way people get their news. WAKE UP GUYS... your old model is/has been DEAD"
I get much higher quality financial news from ZH and other related sites than I do the bought and paid for junk networks. And lets not even talk about your everyday, MSM non-financial reporting...
So they finally got enough cash in the mortgage industry to clear out a bunch of counterfeited mortgages?