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What's Hot On TheStreet
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 1:19pm | 264Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet U.S. Banks May Face Scrutiny Over Gadhafi Banks call it "private wealth," but citizens of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and other Arab states may have a different name for assets the former leaders and others clinging to...
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Options Brief: Banco Santander, S.A (STD)
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 1:05pm | 95Shares of Banco Santander, S.A (NYSE: STD) are lower on the session by 3.05%, trading at $11.60. Overall put volume is now running at 2.11x the daily average, with 4% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 5,357 contracts have traded on the session so far. Banco Santander, S.A. is a...
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U.S. Bancorp to Present at the Citi 2011 Financial Services Conference
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 11:50am | 59U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) announced today that Richard K. Davis, chairman, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present at the Citi 2011 Financial Services Conference. The presentation will begin at 10:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New...
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Wells Fargo Pick-A-Pay Portfolio: Presented without Comment*
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 10:02am | 737Some of you have may have noticed the ongoing debate regarding the Pick-a-Pay portfolio of Warren Buffett's beloved Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC). In order to put this horse to pasture, I present the following with no pejorative words and only a few minor comments. First, the before (for the entire...
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SunTrust Opens CMA With Buy
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 7:35am | 55Analysts at SunTrust initiate coverage of Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) with a “buy” rating. The target price for CMA is set to $45. CMA shares gained 1.73% to close at $38.84 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Top 10 Largest Banks in the World
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 1:01am | 607As the amount of reliable banks, along with their benefits, continue to decrease, there are several which have held their place as Leading World Banks. Doughroller.net put together a list of the 10 Largest World banks ranked according to the amount of assets claimed. Although...
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Benzinga's Top ETF Decliners, March 3rd (EDZ, SQQQ, TYP, VXX)
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 8:01pm | 181Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3x Shares(ETF) (NYSE: EDZ) dropped 6.10% today, and it closed at $20.49. Banco Bradesco SA (ADR) (NYSE: BBD), a component of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, gained 3.07% in today's trading session. ProShares Trust UltraPro Short QQQ ETF (NASDAQ: SQQQ) lost 5.84...
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Zings Of The Day (AAPL, BLK, STD, C)
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 5:02pm | 119Steve Jobs was back on stage yesterday as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled its iPad 2. The only thing it CAN'T do is walk on water. That's reserved for the iPad 3. BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK), Banco Santander SA (NYSE: SAN) and others are trying to bid for Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C)'s U.S. consumer-...
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Citi's Consumer Lending Unit Attracting Plenty Of Interest
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 2:38am | 230Citigroup (NYSE: C), the third-largest U.S. bank by assets, is shopping its U.S. consumer-lending unit, a business CEO Vikram Pandit put up for sale earlier this year, and there is apparently no shortage of interested suitors. BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), the world's largest asset manager, and private-...
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Higher Oil Threatens Economy 03-01-2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 4:33pm | 929Cusick's Corner News out of the Middle East is flowing out, with overnight markets tossing and turning on each headline. I watched the futures trade quite erratically with each headline, but decided that this action was extremely choppy and not worth playing. This choppy action has continued and...
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Jim Cramer: Oil Stocks Getting Hit Today (XOM, GG)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 3:38pm | 222Jim Cramer said the oil stocks are getting hit today, which is a divergence from previous sessions, and you have to let it play out. Stocks like Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) are getting hit today, which has been a divergence from previous sessions which oil rose. He said he is going to raise his price...
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (DGI, TMRK, JOBS, HBC)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 9:28am | 128DigitalGlobe Inc (NYSE: DGI) was downgraded by Merriman from "buy" to "neutral." DGI's shares closed at $32.28 yesterday. DigitalGlobe's PEG ratio is 30.07. Benchmark downgraded Terremark Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ: TMRK) from “buy” to “hold.” TMRK's stock closed at $18.98 yesterday. TMRK's trailing-...
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Deutsche Bank Downs HBC To Hold
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 7:01am | 41Analysts at Deutsche Bank downgrade HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HBC) from “buy” to “hold.” HBC shares fell 3.81% to close at $55.09 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here
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Fast Money Pops & Drops, February 28th (POT, FSLR, ANN, M, HBC, CRM)
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 8:07pm | 303CNBC Fast Money's Tim Seymour is bullish on Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE: POT). He explained that potash prices are going higher, because there are some negotiations with the Brazilians at $540 per tonne and the Chinese are next. Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (POT) gained 2.67% today,...
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Are There Any More Surprises? 02-28-2011
Monday, February 28, 2011 - 4:03pm | 879Cusick's Corner This market is no surprise, continuing to grind to the upside in the face of escalating tensions in the Mid-East. This situation gave some longs the out and a way to take short-term profits. But many did not abandon their upside resolve, as we saw last week, and increased options...