• Ernst & Young settles Akai case – No deets disclosed. [FT]
• Chase and Bank of America Revise Fee Policies – Under duress of course. [NYT]
• Moody’s accused of issuing inflated ratings: report – Ratings were bupkis, why wouldn’t their numbers be? [Reuters]
• J&J CFO: Biggest Nightmare Is Public Health Option – It’s not a nightmare for everyone. [CFO]
• Former eBay Chief Running for Governor of California – Good luck. Seriously, you’ll need it. [DealBook]
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Preliminary Analytics | 10.22.09
- Caleb Newquist
- October 22, 2009
• Former car czar: GM, Chrysler were on brink of death – But no gc opinion? [DFP]
• Galleon Sinks; Informant Surfaces – “Tipper A” has a name: Roomy Khan. [WSJ]
• EU warns Oracle over Sun takeover – Oracle hasn’t really made a case that the takeover wouldn’t be anti-competitive. [BBC]
• Microsoft launches Windows 7 – Microsoft’s obvious attempt to derail the career of John Hodgman. [Reuters]
• Pay Czar Decides to Collect a Few Scalps, a Sign of Weakness – We’re looking for Basterds-like numbers Feinberg! [Naked Capitalsm]
• Wall Street Steps Up Political Donations, Lobbying – “Most Wall Street firms stopped making donations to lawmakers when they were receiving government funds, and many lawmakers stopped accepting them. But now that the companies have begun returning the bailout funds, they are making campaign donations again.” [WSJ]
• Further reading – Thanks to FT Alphaville for linking Francine McKenna’s post on KPMG’s Madoff exposure. [FT Alphaville]
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Preliminary Analytics | 11.09.09
- Caleb Newquist
- November 9, 2009
• I’m doing ‘God’s work’. Meet Mr Goldman Sachs – Hey! Us too! [Times Online]
• Bear Stearns Casualty Earns $1.6 Million at Poker World Series – Steven Begleiter was a 24 year vet at Bear Stearns who sat on the bank’s management and compensation committees. [Bloomberg]
• Health Bill Faces Senate Heat – “If the public option plan is in there, as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote,” Sen. Joe Lieberman (I., Conn.) said on Fox News Sunday. With the passage of the House bill, Congress moved closer than ever to providing Americans with near-universal health insurance” [WSJ]
• Kraft Makes $16.3 Billion Hostile Bid for Cadbury – Kraft is done playing. They want confections and they want them now. [NYT]
• Bad credit card debts ‘will soar’ – “Bad credit card debts may reach as much as 9% of all outstanding balances by the end of next year,” according to PwC. [BBC]
• Don’t forget to submit your caption on the Feed the Pig at the NYC Marathon caption contest!
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Preliminary Analytics | 11.11.09
- Caleb Newquist
- November 11, 2009
• Remember our Veterans today. [NYT]
• Chris Dodd Stripping Down the Fed and OMG Loller Dollar Rally – MSM has all sorts of opinions. JDA’s is still the most honest. [JDA]
• AIG’s Benmosche Threatens to Jump Ship – Let this be a lesson friends. Quitting is always an option. [WSJ]
• Boston Provident CFO charged with fraud – Ezra Levy swiped $1.3 million from the hedge fund. You can get in trouble for amounts that small? [FT]
• Landing That First Job – Are you filled with “piss and vinegar”? Bill Kennedy advises against that. [Energized Accounting]