Description:Â Â The LIBOR trading scandal could turn out to be far worse for Wall Street than its mortgage troubles. Source:Â Fortune.com Date: 03/23/2012 Link:Â http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/03/23/the-wall-street-multibillion-scandal-no-one-is-talking-about/?iid=SF_F_LN Questions for discussion: What is the basis of the scandal, according to the report? What is your opinion of the report? What do believe will happen next?
Posts Categorized: Company Analysis
US Airways Said to Brief AMR Creditors on Takeover Plan
Description:Â Â US Airways Group Inc. (LCC), seeking support for a possible American Airlines (AAMRQ)merger, is discussing a takeover plan with some creditors of the bankrupt carrier and their advisers, people with knowledge of the talks said. Source:Â Bloomberg.com Date: 03/23/2012 Link:Â http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-23/us-airways-said-to-brief-amr-creditors-on-takeover-plan.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the thinking presented in the article related to the… Read more »
Cisco makes $5 billion bet on video
Description: Despite calls from some investors to backtrack from the consumer business, Cisco has bought NDS Ltd., a software maker for set top boxes. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: 03/15/2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/markets/2012/03/15/mkts-bz-cisco-nds.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Do you think this is a good move by Cisco? Do you think investors will be happy with the… Read more »
Traders react to Goldman quitter
Description: Greg Smith’s Op-Ed in the New York Times slamming Goldman Sachs has caused a media fallout but traders say they aren’t surprised. Source: Fortune.com – video report Date: 03/14/2012 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/03/14/n-traders-goldman-oped.cnnmoney/ Questions for discussion: Summarize the opinions reported. Do you agree with these views?
Goodbye to Goldman: Will Blankfein Be Next?
Description: Some day, when they write the definitive history ofGoldman Sachs (GS), Wall Street’s 143-year-old warehouser of brass rings, the date March 14, 2012, will stand in infamy. If you haven’t already heard, that’s when Greg Smith, an executive with the bank in London, resigned with guns a-blazing, in a corporate revenge fantasy worthy of… Read more »
Stocks’ correction coming? Not that again
Description:Â Â Investors are beginning to wonder if this Energizer Bunny of a rally can just keep going without taking a break or a fall. Source:Â Reuters.com Date: 03/16/2012 Link:Â http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/16/us-usa-stocks-weekahead-idUSBRE82F1AF20120316 Questions for discussion: What is the basis for concern in the market and Apple in particular? What is your opinion?
Brazil Faces New Oil-Boom Curse as the World’s Resource Engine
Description:  In 2007, Brazilian geologists made the biggest oil find in the Americas in three decades. Buried more than five miles below sea-level, the discovery was estimated to raise the country’s crude reserves by 62 percent. Source: Bloomberg.com Date: 03/13/2012 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-13/brazil-faces-new-oil-boom-curse-as-the-world-s-resource-engine.html Questions for discussion: Summarize the issues raised in the article about resource based… Read more »
Coffee Stocks Look Shaky
Description: Starbucks late Thursday launched a broadside at Green Mountain Coffee, announcing the development of its own single-cup brewing system, the heart of Green Mountain’s success. Green Mountain’s stock tumble is a cautionary sign, Jack Hough reports on Mean Street. Source: Marketwatch.com – video report Date: 03/09/2012 Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/coffee-stocks-look-shaky/19D47C83-88D2-4332-AADA-23B838DAC9FD Questions for discussion: Explain the coffee… Read more »
Laszlo Birinyi moves against the current
Description: Birinyi is an unusual (and successful) brand of contrarian – and he’s feeling relatively bullish these days. Source: Fortune.com Date: 03/09/2012 Link: http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/03/09/laszlo-birinyi-market-bull/?iid=SF_F_River Questions for discussion: Summarize the opinions presented by Laszlo Birinyi. Do you agree with his views?
End of Days for Independent Pharmacies?
Description:Â Â When patients arrive at Woods Pharmacy & Prescription in Mountain View, Ark., pharmacist Dana Woods greets them by name. In a town of 3,000, where Woods has owned the $2 million pharmacy and soda fountain for 26 years, he usually also knows their parents, their children, and their medications. Source:Â Businessweek.com Date: 03/08/2012 Link:Â … Read more »
