Archive for June, 2009
Posted on June 29, 2009. Filed under: Financial Markets, US | Tags: Business, DealBook, HCRM, HRO, Human Capital Management, M&A, Mergers, Private Equity |
Two management consulting firms, Towers Perrin Forster & Crosby and Watson Wyatt Worldwide, on Sunday announced an agreement to merge into a new publicly listed company called Towers Watson.
The deal, valued at about $3.5 billion, will help the companies extend their global reach, the companies said in a statement, according to Reuters.
Under the terms of [...]
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Posted on June 25, 2009. Filed under: Bank Stocks, Financial Markets, Infrastructure, Obamanomics, TARP, US, iShares | Tags: ADA, Amitonomics, Blackrock, ETFs, Fink, India, India Infrastructure, Infrastructure, iShares, KKR, Reliance, Reliance ADA, Reliance Infrastructure |
Countries worldwide are dedicating vast amounts of money to infrastructure spending over the next five years and there are easy avenues to prosper from this spending with ETFs. A recent white paper by Eric J. Gerritsen on The Journal of Commerce Online provides a brilliant snap shot of the infrastructure boom that awaits.
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Posted on June 25, 2009. Filed under: Financial Markets, India, Investments | Tags: Amitonomics, Credit Crisis, Economy, Financial Markets, Hedge Funds, Infrastructure, JP Morgan, recession, Retail, Stock Markets, TARP, US, Wealth |
(PTI – NDTV.Com) The wealth of world’s rich people dropped nearly 20 per cent to $32.8 trillion, while India saw the second largest decline in the number of High Net Worth Individuals at the end of 2008, says a report. The population of HNWIs shrank by about 15 per cent to 8.6 million and in [...]
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Posted on June 24, 2009. Filed under: Bank Stocks, Financial Markets, Investments, Meltdown, Obamanomics, US | Tags: 2009, Acquisitions, Bank Stocks, Barack Obama, DealBook, Financial Markets, Hedge Funds, JPM, M&A, Meltdown, Mergers, Obamanomics, Stock Markets, TARP, US |
American Airlines, struggling with slumping demand in the recession, asked lenders to ease the terms of its $435 million loan, people familiar with the request told Bloomberg News.
American sought the waiver of its fixed-charge covenant during a June 22 conference call overseen by Citigroup, the lender managing the amendment process, these people said. AMR, the carrier’s parent, [...]
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Posted on June 23, 2009. Filed under: Financial Markets | Tags: Amitonomics, Credit Crisis, Economy, Financial Markets, Hedge Funds, recession, Stock Markets, TARP, US |
that’s my man! RT @keithshepard: http://chart.ly/73rwg5 $FXE – $GLD & FXE have been moving .. (source: http://bit.ly/18s5BZ) (via @twazzup)
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Posted on June 23, 2009. Filed under: Financial Markets |
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Posted on June 17, 2009. Filed under: Investments, Meltdown, Obamanomics, immigration & juvenile law | Tags: BAC, Bank Stocks, Banking, Barack Obama, Citi, Credit Crisis, Financial Markets, Hedge Funds, JPM, M&A, Meltdown, Obamanomics, TARP, US |
President Barack Obama released a plan on Wednesday to overhaul U.S. financial regulation in response to a banking and capital markets crisis that played a big role in pushing the economy into recession.
The plan is meant to prevent a repeat of the crisis by closing oversight gaps, requiring thicker capital cushions at financial companies and [...]
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Posted on June 17, 2009. Filed under: Healthcare, Obamanomics | Tags: Barack Obama, Depression, Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Liquidity Crisis, Obama, Obamanomics |
President Obama’s plan to expand health coverage to the uninsured is likely to dig the nation deeper into debt unless policymakers adopt politically painful controls on spending, such as sharp reductions in payments to doctors, hospitals and other providers, congressional budget analysts said yesterday.
While popular measures such as increasing preventive care, expanding the use of [...]
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Posted on June 13, 2009. Filed under: Bank Stocks, Financial Markets, Investments, Obamanomics, TARP, US | Tags: 2009, Acquisitions, BAC, Bank Stocks, Banking, Barack Obama, Citi, Credit Crisis, DealBook, Financial Markets, GDOW, GS, Hedge Funds, Investments, JPM, Liquidity, Liquidity Crisis, M&A, Meltdown, MER, Mergers, Obama, Obamanomics, Private Equity, recession, Stock Markets, TARP, Venture Capital |
U.S. regulators are drawing up rules that would make it easier for private equity firms to acquire troubled banks, aiming to free up more funds to recapitalize lenders, the Financial Times reported, citing people close to the situation.
The plan, which has yet to be finalized, may require private equity companies to inject substantial capital into [...]
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