FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Sep 08, 2011

G7 ministers see urgency but to offer no grand plan Reuters But euro zone sources said governments have no plans to inject any further capital intobanks over and above the money earmarked for the financial sector in emergency loan programs to Greece, Ireland and Portugal. With Asian economies deeply concerned ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

euro zone bright spots are 'clouded' Washington Post (Source: Bloomberg) Economic analysts are holding up Ireland as a model of how countries in abanking crisis should tackle their financial firms — putting some out of business, injecting moneyinto others, and moving with haste. The IMF and the United ... See all stories on this topic »

Return of the Eurozone Crisis Council on Foreign Relations As a result, the European banking sector (DerSpiegel) could face a liquidity crisis, with profound effects for the US financial system. The European banking crisis could spread rapidly from Greece throughout the eurozone and beyond, just as the 2008 US... See all stories on this topic » Council on Foreign Relations

Enhancing Financial Stability: The Role of Transparency Brookings Institution In the wake of the financial crisis, I can think of no more important task than to bring a broadeconomic and financial perspective to the supervision and regulation of the financial system. An element of that perspective has always been applied to the ... See all stories on this topic »

Few See Hope in European Crisis The New American He added: “Sometimes people hope that you can muddle through by providing financing and liquidity, in the case of Europe, from the European Financial Stability Facility or the European Central Bank. They now recognize that's not going to happen and ... See all stories on this topic »

The future of banking: Hunt for a common front Financial Times A case in point was their surge in lending during the global financial crisis, when the government used the banks to fund its stimulus spending. The damage in bad loans is just beginning to emerge and analysts say it will cast a shadow over the Chinese ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

Euro slips, stock rebound fades ahead of ECB Reuters ... only major Western central bank to have raised rates since the end of the globalfinancial crisis, but is expected to signal a change in policy tack and halt its tightening cycle in response to the sovereign debt crisis and slowing economicgrowth. ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

EU's Rehn warns pressure on banks is rising Reuters BRUSSELS, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Funding pressures for European banks have intensified and the situation on financial markets is serious and spilling over into the economy, the European Union's top economic official said on Wednesday. "Stress in financial ... See all stories on this topic »

The Globe and Mail Globe and Mail “The European sovereign debt crisis has intensified, a broad range of data has signalled slower global growth, and financial market volatility has increased sharply,” Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and his colleagues said in their policy ... See all stories on this topic »

Inflation Scare Passing Spurs Central Banks to Refocus on Recession Risks Bloomberg Central bankers are already taking advantage of that outlook to focus more on supporting growth as the world economy loses momentum and financial markets are roiled by the euro- area's failure to contain its debt crisis. Those from the Group of Seven ... See all stories on this topic »

The New Triumvirate - by Mansoor Dailami Foreign Policy (blog) Although the dollar has since become the unquestioned principal international currency, even through the global financial crisis, another iteration of the global currency triumvirate is on the horizon. Fast-forward to 2025, and a system centered on the ... See all stories on this topic » Foreign Policy (blog)

There is not enough sovereign debt forgiveness Euromoney Magazine Meanwhile, as market participants look towards the seeming unravelling of the Greek debt crisis, on September 2 the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF said it was conducting its fifth review of Greece's economic program. ... See all stories on this topic »

A Raging Case of Bailout Fatigue HoweStreet.com And the ability to raise truckloads of money for almost no interest raises another disturbing question: Did the banks really need this cash to stay afloat? University of Pennsylvania finance professor Richard Herring, an authority on financial crises, ... See all stories on this topic »

HIGHLIGHTS 2-BOJ's Shirakawa says powerful easing already in place Reuters "Japanese banks do not have much exposure to European debt so they are unlikely to take a big direct impact from the debt problems there. But if the European financial system destabilises, it would impact the global economy and thus Japan's economy and ... See all stories on this topic »

Moynihan Tries to Keep Bank of America Intact as Mortgage Loans Fall Apart Bloomberg Likewise, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two of BofA's other main antagonists, are each almost 80 percent-owned by US taxpayers as a result of rescues at the depths of the financial crisis. The GSEs are “we the people”; if they help take Bank of America ... See all stories on this topic »

20 Quotes From European Leaders That Prove That They Know That The Financial ... Hawaii News Daily The “problem” would be a horrible financial crisis and economic downturn in Europe. The “reaction” would be a cry from the European public for someone to “fix” things and return things back to “normal”. The “solution” would be a “United States of ... See all stories on this topic »

My two-step solution to Europe's democratic and economic crisis The Guardian Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP The financial crisis risks destroying half a century of European integration. It is primarily a political and not an economic crisis, and only a different political solution can solve it. ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Keep strong vigil on asset quality, Pranab tells banks Hindu Business Line The developed world had, post the financial crisis, adopted an easy money policy to counter their economic woes. “These are turbulent times and we should watch every step that we take. But this should not prevent us from taking bold and innovative ... See all stories on this topic » Hindu Business Line

WB President: Rough road ahead for world economy People's Daily Online While coping with the financial crisis, the United States and developed countries of Europe drew on huge amounts of capital to save the beleaguered banking industry and launched abnormal financialstimulus measures to promote their economic recoveries. ... See all stories on this topic »

When fractured politics kills economic solutions Reuters Blogs (blog) It's a vicious circle, this situation that we entered with the advent of the global financial crisis, and neither the EU nor the US has the political will or ability to get us out of it. This is a test not only of capitalism but also of federalism and ... See all stories on this topic »

George Osborne urged to scrap 50p tax rate The Guardian Osborne hinted that he expected the Bank of England to take action against growing recessionary pressures with a second round of the electronic money creation process, known as quantitative easing. The chancellor made his comments as financeministers ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

French lower house approves second Greek bailout Reuters The votes, part of a reform to the 2011 budget law which also introduced deficit-cutting measures, means France's parliament should become the first to approve the modifications to the EuropeanFinancial Stability Facility (EFSF) agreed by euro zone ... See all stories on this topic »

Some Financial Innovations That Aren't Going To End Well Seeking Alpha That's how financial innovations get engineered. Here are a couple of examples of financialinnovations that are not likely to end well. The Chinese authorities have been taking active steps to rein in bank lending by raising reserve ratios and ... See all stories on this topic »

Schauble austerity rant may make things worse Globe and Mail That is not true of Ireland, Portugal and Spain, whose debt levels were admirably low before the 2008 financial crisis hit. Spain's sins – a housing boom gone mad – were epic; but piling up debt was not one of them. Spain's national-debt-to-GDP ratio ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

Lasting economic costs of 9/11 seen in bloated deficits STLtoday.com Some economists, including Nobel Prize recipient Joseph Stiglitz, attempt to draw a dotted line between terrorism and the economy's sluggish performance after the financial crisis. If we hadn't spent so much money in Iraq and Afghanistan, they reason, ... See all stories on this topic »

LHCDC to dissolve by year's end Lompoc Record Kate Griffith, a planning commissioner and the city's former economic development manager, said she was “browbeaten” and “taken to task” when she approached the council and city administrators about LHCDC's failure to provide financial audits. ... See all stories on this topic »

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STOCK, Shares, NYSE News, Sep 08, 2011

Talbots Stock Gaps Down On Today's Open (TLB) TheStreet.com By TheStreet Wire 09/07/11 - 11:49 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Talbots (NYSE:TLB) were gapping down Wednesday morning with an open price 11.1% lower than Tuesday's closing price. The stock closed at $2.53 Tuesday and opened today's trading ... See all stories on this topic »

Yingli Green Energy Holding Stock Hits New 52-Week Low (YGE) TheStreet.com By TheStreet Wire 09/07/11 - 12:49 PM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company (NYSE:YGE) hit a new 52-week low Wednesday as it is currently trading at $4.99, below its previous 52-week low of $5 with three million shares traded ... See all stories on this topic »

Walter Energy Responds To Trading Activity After Stock Gains Nearly 20% RTT News Walter shares are up over 19 percent on the NYSE on four times normal volume. Walter responded to a request from the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada on behalf of the TorontoStock Exchange following the activity. ... See all stories on this topic »

Large Cap Stocks: MSI, SYK, WFC Rapid News Network Motorola Solutions Inc (Public, NYSE:MSI). Last Market Price: 41.32, Change: +1.39, % Change: (3.48%). Shares trade in the range of 40.51 – 41.43 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 14.18B dollars, making it a Large Cap Stock and has 343.14M ... See all stories on this topic »

Profit from Mining Stocks as Gold Rises (NEM, ABX, BHP, AAGC, GLD) Small Cap Network By Jonathan Yates As gold (NYSE: GLD) continues to rise, mining and exploration stocks such as Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM), Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX), All American Gold Corporation (NASDAQ: AAGC) and BHP Billiton Ltd (NYSE: BHP) ... See all stories on this topic »

Wednesday a great day for Washington state stocks Bizjournals.com The stock market soared on Wednesday, and Washington state-based company shares also fared well. Of Washington state's 71 publicly traded companies on the NYSE and NASDAQ exchanges, only three registered stock losses Wednesday. ... See all stories on this topic »

Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Shares Upgraded by Goldman Sachs (GS) to "Buy" LocalizedUSA Separately, analysts at Argus upgraded shares of Las Vegas Sands from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note to investors on Tuesday, August 2nd. They now have a $58.00 price target on the stock. Also, analysts at Citigroup (NYSE: C) ... See all stories on this topic »

NYSE Brings into Play “rule 48” to Smooth Tuesday Launch Galaxy Stocks Sunoco Inc.'s (NYSE:SUN) shares added 5.3% later than the energy company announced it would sell its refinery businesses and continue a gasoline retailer. After celebrating Labor Day markets performed under pressure yesterday and most of the stocks ... See all stories on this topic »

Kraft Leads the Most Active Consumer Stocks After Announcing Business Split Wall St. Cheat Sheet Shares of Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE:KFT) are among the most actively traded stocks in the market. There are 4.8 million shares trading hands at $34.68(+60 cents), making up a dollar volume of $166.5 million. Stock Price Performance: From July 11, 2011, ... See all stories on this topic »

HOT STOCK: GRAMERCY CAPITAL SHARES GAIN 2.6% (GKK) Zacks.com Sep 07, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) Spotlight via COMTEX) -- Gramercy Capital (NYSE:GKK - Snapshot Report) is one of today's best performing low-priced stocks, up 2.6% to $3.13 on 0.7x average daily volume. Approximately 220000 shares have traded hands today vs ... See all stories on this topic »

Top 10 Stock Holdings of Anchorage Capital Advisors to Watch Wall St. Cheat Sheet General Motors Company Common Stock (NYSE:GM): On 3/31/11 Anchorage Capital Advisors reported holding 1125000 shares with a market value of $34908751. This comprised 3.06% of the total portfolio. On 6/30/11, Anchorage Capital Advisors held 1237383 ... See all stories on this topic »

Highly Traded Stocks at NYSE – (GE, Ford, Pfizer, Citigroup) USA Market News General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) declined -3.24% to $15.25 and its total volume during the last trading session was 97.37 million shares. Its shares touched the day high of $15.29 and day low of $15.00 and its opening price was $15.25. ... See all stories on this topic »

Is Silvercorp Metals the Perfect Stock? Motley Fool Let's discuss the ideal qualities of a perfect stock, then decide if Silvercorp Metals (NYSE: SVM ) fits the bill. Stocks that look great based on one factor may prove horrible elsewhere, making due diligence a crucial part of your investing research. ... See all stories on this topic »

Oppenheimer (OPY) Analysts Downgrade Goldman Sachs (GS) Shares to "Perform" LocalizedUSA They currently have a $173.00 price target on the stock. Separately, analysts at Barclays Capital (NYSE: BCS) cut their price target on shares of Goldman Sachs from $175.00 to $150.00 in a research note to investors on Wednesday, July 20th. ... See all stories on this topic »

GMX RESOURCES INC. Declares Cash Dividend on Its 9.25% Series B Cumulative ... MarketWatch (press release) ... today announces that the Company will pay a regular quarterly dividend of $0.578125 per share on September 30, 2011 to holders of record as of September 20, 2011 on the 3176734 outstandingshares of its 9.25% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock. ... See all stories on this topic »

Manitowoc Company (MTW) Shares Given New $10.00 Price Target by UBS AG (UBS ... LocalizedUSA Separately, analysts at Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) cut their price target on shares of Manitowoc Company to $15.50 in a research note to investors on Thursday, July 28th. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock. Also, analysts at RBC Capital (NYSE: ... See all stories on this topic »

Integrys Energy Group Inc Stock Upgraded (TEG) TheStreet.com By TheStreet Wire 09/07/11 - 07:01 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Integrys Energy Group Inc (NYSE:TEG) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial ... See all stories on this topic »

Table of Unusual NYSE Stock Moves From RealTick Wall Street Journal REALTICK LIST OF MOST UNUSUALLY TRADED STOCKS DATE: 09/07/2011 COUNTRY: US EXCHANGE: NYSE TIME PERIOD: 9:30 - 3:20 LAST CHANGE %CHANGE RANK COMPANY NAME TICKER PRICE ON DAY ON DAY 1 TOWER INTL INC TOWR 13.10 0.50 3.97 2 UNIFI INC COM NEW UFI 10.53 0.50 ... See all stories on this topic »

Law Office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC Announces Investigation of Temple-Inland, Inc. MarketWatch (press release) The transaction may undervalue Temple-Inland as Temple-Inland stock traded at $31.43 as recently as July 15, 2011 and an analyst has set a price target of $37.00 a share for the Company. If you ownshares of Temple-Inland stock and wish to discuss the ... See all stories on this topic »

Large Cap Stocks (Bank of America Corp , Citigroup Inc, BCS, IRE, UBS) USA Market News Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) escalated 5.44% to $7.37 on a traded volume of 101.61 millionshares. Sanford C. Bernstein & Co maintained outperforms rating on the stock. China Construction Bank Corporation announced renewal of strategic assistance ... See all stories on this topic »

Canaccord Genuity Analysts Begin Coverage on NIKE (NKE) NewsyStocks.com Equities research analysts at Canaccord Genuity initiated coverage on shares of NIKE (NYSE: NKE) in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday. They set a "hold" rating and a $96.00 price target on the stock. Separately, analysts at HSBC (NYSE: ... See all stories on this topic »

PepsiCo Had a Bearish Engulfing Candle TradersHuddle.com New York, September 7th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) ended the trading session lower by $0.83 or -1.33% from its previous close. PepsiCo's price action formed what is considered to be a bearish engulfing candlestick chart ... See all stories on this topic »

Breakaway Gap Downs - CJT, DWM, E, ECH, EFA Retirement Planning P-2012 (NYSE:CJT) slid -4.07%, to close at $78.30 and its overall traded volume was 5102.00 sharesin the last trading session. CJT shares were trading within the range of $75.63-$78.30 while its opening price was $75.99. The stock has a 52 week low of ... See all stories on this topic »

Hot Option Plays: Volatility Weakens Daily Markets Walter Energy (NYSE:WLT) is rallying and options on the stock are heavily traded on reports of a possible bid for the company [[Reuters]]. Shares surged $17.75 to $92.74 and options volume in the Birmingham, AL metals and minerals company is 58000 ... See all stories on this topic »

Eldorado Gold (EGO) Could Fall Through $20.32 Support Level Market Intelligence Center Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO) closed Tuesday's losing trading session at $21.36. In the past year, thestock has hit a 52-week low of $13.34 and 52-week high of $22.12. Eldorado Gold (EGO) stock has been showing support around $20.32 and resistance in the ... See all stories on this topic »

Company News for September 7, 2011 Zacks.com Following the downgrade, shares of the company fell 4.25% • Share prices of PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE:PHM - Analyst Report) declined 3.88% to close at $4.21 after analysts at Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS - Analyst Report) removed the stock from the firm's ... See all stories on this topic »

Most popular stock searches for September 7 - (NASDAQ: YHOO), (NCM: MELA ... Tickr Watch (blog) Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV): traded higher by 0.21% or $0.08/share to $38.88. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $33.66 and as high as $71.49. On average, 1567480shares of NAV exchange hands on a given day and ... See all stories on this topic »

AutoZone (AZO) Hits New 52 Week High of 316.25 Market Intelligence Center AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) hit a new 52-Week high of $316.25 so far today. Currently the stock is up $1.67 (0.53%) to $315.50 on 138017 shares traded. Today's high is up $101.98 from a 52-Week Low of $213.52. AutoZone stock has been showing support around ... See all stories on this topic »

Movado Group Stock To Go Ex-dividend Tomorrow (MOV) TheStreet.com By TheStreet Wire 09/07/11 - 10:01 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for Movado Group Inc (NYSE:MOV) is tomorrow, September 8, 2011. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 3 cents per share. ... See all stories on this topic »

Convergys Corporation Stock Downgraded (CVG) TheStreet.com By TheStreet Wire 09/07/11 - 07:01 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its disappointing return on ... See all stories on this topic »

NYSE Euronext To Put Swedish Automobile Shares In Penalty Box Wall Street Journal AMSTERDAM (Dow Jones)--Stock exchange NYSE Euronext said Wednesday it will put the ordinaryshares of Swedish Automobile NV (SWAN.AE) to the special segment for securities subject to a listing measure, the penalty box, if the Swedish district court ... See all stories on this topic »

Hammer - MLPL, NEE, NFJ, PBY, PRIS/B Retirement Planning The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE:PBY) percentage change surged 4.29%, to close at $9.48 and its overall traded volume was 1.04M shares in the last trading session. PBY opened at $9.25 and is trading within the range of $8.78-$9.50. The stock has ... See all stories on this topic »

NYSE Sees Stock Trading Pop, Thanks to August Volatility On Wall Street NYSE Euronext's share of trading in NYSE-listed stocks in August was 36.2 percent. That is down from 38.1 perent in August 2010, but up from 34.3 percent in July 2011 and almost back to the 36.6 percent share of June 2011. See all stories on this topic »

Darden Restaurants (DRI) Could Break Through $47.21 Resistance Level Market Intelligence Center Darden Restaurants (NYSE:DRI) closed Tuesday's negative trading session at $46.18. In the past year, the stock has hit a 52-week low of $42.37 and 52-week high of $53.81. Darden Restaurants (DRI) stock has been showing support around $44.63 and ... See all stories on this topic »

D.R. Horton (DHI) Shares Upgraded by Citigroup (C) to "Buy" LocalizedUSA Separately, analysts at UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) upgraded shares of DR Horton from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note to investors on Wednesday, August 31st. They now have a $13.00 price target on the stock. Also, analysts at Compass ... See all stories on this topic »

ECTY, MOVE, MTG: Three Stocks Recovering Faster Than Indices Small Cap Network The stock is likely to take a breather today before resuming its journey on the upside. MGIC Investment Corp (NYSE: MTG) is a property and casualty insurance company based in Milwaukee. Though the June quarter results were not good and disappointed ... See all stories on this topic »

National Retail Properties, Inc. Prices Offering of Common Stock Sacramento Bee 6, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- National Retail Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NNN) (the "Company") today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 8000000 shares of common stock at a price of $26.07 per share. As part of the offering, ... See all stories on this topic »

Large Cap Stocks in Focus – (PBR, BAC, JPM, WFC) USA Market News Petroleo Brasileiro SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) plunged -1.56% to $27.42 and its total volume during the last trading session was 13.91 million shares. Its stock price 52 weeks low was $24.51 and 52 weeks high price was $42.75. Its market capitalization is ... See all stories on this topic »

Quad/Graphics to buy back $100M in stock Bizjournals.com ... said the stock repurchase program offers a chance to increase shareholder value during the current stock environment. The program is expected to be executed through 2011 and into 2012. Quadracci also said that Quad/Graphics (NYSE: QUAD), ... See all stories on this topic »

Bullish Reversal Pattern - Pfizer TradersHuddle.com New York, September 7th (TradersHuddle.com) - Shares of Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE:PFE) ended the trading session higher by $0.36 or 1.93% from its previous close. Pfizer's price action in today's session formed what is considered to be a Hammer, ... See all stories on this topic »

Credit Agricole Analysts Upgrade Chevron (CVX) Shares to "Buy" LocalizedUSA Also, analysts at Oppenheimer (NYSE: OPY) upgraded shares of Chevron from a “perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note to investors on Thursday, August 11st. They now have a $110.00 price target on the stock. Shares of Chevron traded ... See all stories on this topic »

Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: Humana, Abaxis, Medtronic, Boston ... Sacramento Bee The company also operates in a highly competitive environment with the presence of players such as Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) and St Jude Medical (NYSE: STJ). Every day, the analysts at Zacks Equity Research select two stocks that are likely to ... See all stories on this topic »

Earnings Forecasts: 10 Rallying Companies With Rising Earnings Estimates Motley Fool This increase came during a time when the stock price changed by 1.5% (from $73.14 to $74.24 over the last 30 days). 5. CVR Energy (NYSE: CVI ) : CVR Energy,, together with its subsidiaries, refines and markets transportation fuels in the United States ... See all stories on this topic »

High Volume Stocks at NYSE – (SPY, Bank of ... - USA Market News By Anza Noor SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) gained +2.08% to $119.40 with the total traded volume of 72.88 million shares beating the average volume of 358.04 million. Its shares were trading within the ... Itsstock price 52 weeks low was $109.55 and [...] USA Market News

NYSE stocks posting largest volume increases: Associated Press ... Find news for: ... In the news: ... NYSE stocks posting largest volume increases ... Blackrock New York Municipal Income Trust : Approximately 168900 shares ... money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP...

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