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The Best Way to Cope With a Wild Market

Sep 20, 2008, 6:12 PM

It’s a bear market…bordering on panic…and most investors have been paralyzed. They feel there is nothing they can do. But that‘s not necessarily the case. Yesterday... Read »

eBay Looking to Sell StumbleUpon

Sep 19, 2008, 10:14 PM

TechCrunch is reporting that eBay (EBAY) has recruited Deutsche Bank (DB) in the hopes of finding a suitable buyer for StumbleUpon, the venerable website that allows... Read »

Treasury Announces Comprehensive Plans to Fight Financial System Crisis

Sep 19, 2008, 6:57 PM

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson outlined today a comprehensive approach aimed at relieving stresses on financial institutions and markets, as lack of confidence... Read »

In Other News: 9/18/2008 – IHT, WSJ, Reuters

Sep 18, 2008, 11:27 PM

Herald Tribune: MidAmerican Energy Holdings, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate controlled by Warren Buffett, today announced the it reached a tentative... Read »

Putnam Liquidates $12 billion Prime Money Market Fund

Sep 18, 2008, 1:51 PM

The Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds, one of the nation’s oldest and largest management firms, has suddenly voted to close a $12.3 billion prime money... Read »

In Other News: 9/17/2008 – WSJ, The SEC

Sep 18, 2008, 1:21 AM

The Wall Street Journal: Washington Mutual (WM), has instructed its investment bankers to step up their efforts and help the struggling savings and loan raise more... Read »

How the Smart Get Richer

Sep 18, 2008, 12:31 AM

As the bear market deepens success stories are getting harder to find. So a few eyebrows were raised when a Massachusetts fund recently announced it posted an 8.6%... Read »

Microsoft Drops Seinfeld from Vista Commercial

Sep 17, 2008, 9:42 PM

Well, in a way this was sort of expected. According to Valleywag – Microsoft (MSFT) apparently faced with criticism has decided to pull its TV ads, featuring... Read »

Morgan Stanley Considering a Tie-Up with Wachovia

Sep 17, 2008, 8:05 PM

Concerns over the health of investment banks facing increased skepticism from investors about the outlook for the stand-alone broker-dealer business model, in the... Read »

In Other News: 9/16/2008 – Bloomberg, Barclays, The Fed

Sep 17, 2008, 1:30 AM

Bloomberg: Earlier this month, Samsung Electronics said the co. was considering to buy flash memory maker SanDisk (SNDK). Late Tuesday, in a proposed deal that could... Read »

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