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Wells Fargo stays on message point
One way to rebut rumors is for top executives to stay slavishly on point when they speak to the media. Wells Fargo seems to be doing just that. CEO John Stumpf repeated to the Financial Times that Read more...
Will Barclays make a move for a U.S. firm?
That Barclays will buy a big U.S. bank is one of those standing rumors. They never seem to come true, but no one is quite willing to discount the idea altogether. As the credit crisis unfolded, many Read more...
Could anyone buy Lehman Brothers right now?
The news that Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld is considering a leveraged buyout highlights to some just how unattractive the firm has become to potential buyers right Read more...
The case for Lehman Brothers
There's has been a whole lot of chatter about whether Lehman Brothers is actively pursuing a white knight to bail it out. Barclays has been the focus of the most Read more...
Lehman Brothers deal in the works?
Usually, when word of a deal leaks out, the target company's price spikes. Unless you are Lehman Brothers, and Read more...
More Bear Stearns charges coming?
NPR reports that the indictments against Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, the two Bear Stearns execs who have already been charged with misleading investors. The new Read more...
Big banks still seeking hedge fund gold
The blow up of Old Lane at Citigroup highlights the trickiness involved in setting up a top hedge fund operation at a big bank. The notion has long been that Read more...
More on SWFs and top banks
We've noted that sovereign wealth funds, despite the political controversy, represent a vast source of new business of Wall Street firms. IDD fleshes out the idea a bit. Read more...