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- Dolan Media purchases Vancouver newspaper
- VANCOUVER, Wash. JR -- Dolan Media Co. has acquired the assets of the biweekly Vancouver Business Journal, a tabloid business newspaper serving Vancouver and Clark County, Wash. The newspaper's founder, Allen L. Raines, has agreed to remain with the paper for a transition period. Purchase price and terms...
- Research articles 1998-07-31
- Student Loan Repayment Tips
- For college graduates, reality will hit in six months when the student loan deferment period ends. Chris Wragge spoke with Ray Martin about what to do if you are unable to immediately pay off student loans.
- Videos 2009-05-28
- JNJ 3Q: Misses on Revenue, and that Should Be a Concern
- Ray submits: As with most firms in 3Q09 Johnson & Johnson JNJ was light on its revenue by about $100M. They are not the first and won't be the last to be light. The first warning this was going to happen was from Yum Brands YUM, but...
- External links 2009-10-13
- Five Bank Failures: September 4, 2009
- Ray submits: The FDIC reported that the First Bank of Kansas City was seized by the FDIC and sold to Great American Bank. Inbank, Vantus Bank, Platinum Community Bank and First State Bank were also closed which represents a total of 89 banks closed down this year....
- External links 2009-09-06
- More on Foreclosures: Real Estate Recovery Unlikely for Now
- Ray submits: Diana Olick did another piece about foreclosures yesteday and I find the data very interesting. The numbers just speak volumes to the problem at hand and the data is provided by Hope Now Alliance. Apparently people were pretty tough on Diana claiming she...
- External links 2009-09-02
- What's Really Going on With Foreclosures?
- Ray submits: Apparently I was wrong about the impact of foreclosures when I said that banks were holding onto the properties and not placing them on the market. It came to light via Diana Olick, who I respect at CNBC, in a report yesterday. It is not...
- External links 2009-09-01
- Bank Closures for Friday August 28, 2009
- Ray submits: Here are bank closures for August 28, 2009. These represent the 82nd, 83rd and 84th closures so far this year. I will update you as more closures come in. Banks_____________State___________Assets_________Deposits by Ray
- External links 2009-08-30
- Despite Recent Economic Data, All Is Not Well
- Ray submits: I know that everyone has hope of a better economy and an end to the recession, but unemployment and foreclosures are still here. This is a fact, regardless of what the market is doing and regardless of what you are being told. I realize this...
- External links 2009-08-27
- FDIC Eases Rules Allowing Private Equity Firms to Bid on Failed Banks
- Ray submits: With 81 banks closed this year and estimates of a total of 150-200 bank closures in the near future it is no wonder that the FDIC eased rules for private equity firms to bid on the failed institutions. It is amazing that it took so...
- External links 2009-08-27
- Palladium: The New Platinum
- Ray submits: I am sure you are familiar with precious metals like gold, silver and platinum, but there is one more metal that gets ignored, palladium. Palladium is a member of the platinum family and is, actually, much more rare than platinum. This metal just might be...
- External links 2009-08-26
- Should Goldman Get in Trouble over Information Sharing?
- Ray submits: Everyone is a little excited about Goldman Sachs GS getting another black eye today as the Wall Street Journal reveals that the firm shares information with its top clients, which may go against its long-term research. Perhaps I am just old or cynical, but I...
- External links 2009-08-25
- Why Intel?s Earnings Don't Signify U.S. Recovery
- Ray submits: I am sure you can see where all the growth is coming from and it is not from the US. Everyone who claims that these great earnings are because of a US recovery must be smoking those green shoots. In fact, US sales dropped 2...
- External links 2009-10-14
- Google: An Earnings Illusion?
- Ray submits: I was just looking at Google’s GOOG earnings and, not surprisingly, the firm realized some pretty strong FX gains as compared to a year ago. Below you can see Google’s presentation and you can see that its growth, on page 4, has been in the...
- External links 2009-10-15
- The Hartford: Only Paper Profits
- Ray submits: I was excited to see The Hartford HIG had turned the corner to profitability, until I realized that they only had positive earnings if you excluded the losses. I am sorry, but that is accounting profits, not actual profits. Without the losses the firm posted...
- External links 2009-11-04
- Jobs, Jobs and No Jobs
- Ray submits: Well, last week was the breaking point in the equity markets and there is no denying that. The GDP figures were cooked to say the least and shows that the economy, unfortunately, cannot survive on its own without massive government intervention. It also proves, to...
- External links 2009-11-01
- Bank Failure Friday: Nine More Banks Go Under
- Ray submits: Friday was a special night - a large bank holding company failed, which caused 9 banks to fail across various states. Essentially, it counts as a total of 9 individual failures bringing the total US bank failures up to 115. It is insane to believe...
- External links 2009-11-01
- All About the Dollar
- Ray submits: The market has not been able to hold a rally as the dollar strengthens which shows that the 60% rally we witnessed was purely liquidity driven. Essentially, the Fed, in their infinite wisdom, decided to drive investors out of less risky assets into high risk...
- External links 2009-10-27
- Bove Finally Cuts Some Regional Bank Ratings
- Ray submits: What took him so long to figure out that there were problems with this sector? Picking through most of the earnings reports, you see massive “goodwill” and “intangible” builds, along with serious problems with deteriorating credit quality. Even PNC that everyone fawned over last week...
- External links 2009-10-27
- Not Everyone Likes Windows 7
- Ray submits: Imagine everything you hated about Vista and XP in one version and you'll have Microsoft’s new OS. Yes, it’s that bad. In a word, awful, and I mean it. How do I know this? I just helped my parents set up their new PC (their...
- External links 2009-10-26
- Lazard Dumps the Dollar
- Ray submits: In a surprise move, Lazard Asset Management’s “The World Trust Fund” has dumped the USD as its primary currency in favor of Sterling. Typically these funds trade in the USD, but the fund’s board apparently felt pressure from shareholders and investors to change its primary...
- External links 2009-10-23
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