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Stocks drop on bank worries, FedEx profit warning

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 06.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Dow, Dow Dips, Weak Dollar, Economic Downturn, Economic Slowdown, Oil Prices, Morgan Stanley, Commodities Trading, Business News

NEW YORK — Wall Street sank Wednesday for the second straight day on renewed concerns about the financial sector and FedEx Corp.'s warning that ...

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After Rough Year, Nearly Half Of Wall St. Bank Profits Are Gone

The New York Times | LOUISE STORY | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Cirtigroup, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street Profits, Wall Street, Bank of America Profits, Major Banks, Lehman Brothers, Mortgage Crisis, Wall Street Mortage Crisis, Citigroup Profits, Wall Street Earnings, Lehman Shares, Business News

Only a year ago, Wall Street reveled in an era of superlatives: record deals, record profit, record pay. But a mere 12 months later, nearly half of th...

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Green Banking, Good Banking

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Carter Glass, Gramm, Carbon Bank, Cdo, Vanguard, Clean Energy, Hsbc, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, Jack Brennan, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Energy Efficiency Index, Morgan Stanley, Lehman, Phil Gramm, ABN Amro, Bear Stearns, Glass-Steagall, Brennan, Ceres, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

If Ceres Climate Change ratings had been used as a proxy for long-term thinking, they would have been helpful. They would, in the context of the illiquidity of the credit markets, have been a good predictor of the Bankers Panic of 2008.

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The Recent Market Rebound? Just a Sucker's Rally

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.08.2008 | Business

Read More: David Darst, Stock Market, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Bear Market, Business News
Henry Blodget

Wall Street predictions are wrong about half the time, so take them all with a grain of salt. That said, the current views of Morgan Stanley strategist David Darst have more logic going for them than most.

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Morgan Stanley Plans To Cut 1,500 More Workers

CNBC | Charlie Gasparino | Posted 05.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley Jobs, Morgan Stanley Job Cuts, Job Cuts, Morgan Stanley Layoffs, Business News

Morgan Stanley is planning another round of layoffs in the coming days, finalizing a plan to slash another 5 percent from its securities-firm workforc...

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James Brown's Estate Sues Morgan Stanley

NY Times via Yahoo | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Morgan Stanley, James Brown Estate, James Brown, Business News

A dispute over the estate of the legendary soul singer James Brown has reached a bitter new pitch -- on Wall Street. The estate's guardians are accus...

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Morgan Stanley's Mack Sees End of Crisis

AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Morgan Stanley Mack, Credit Crisis, Recession, John Mack, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Business News

PURCHASE, N.Y. — Morgan Stanley Chief Executive John Mack said Tuesday that Wall Street is facing the most difficult conditions that he has seen...

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Morgan Stanley Barred From Hiring Ex-Bear Employees

Reuters | Jonathan Stempel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Douglas Sharon, Bear Stearns Executives, Nathaniel Gorton, Bear Stearns, Federal Judges, Morgan Stanley, Business News

A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked a former senior Bear Stearns Cos (BSC.N) executive from jumping to Morgan Stanley (MS.N) and recruiting c...

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Five Reasons To Save The Dollar

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Subprime Crisis, Inflation, Federal Reserve, Recession, Opec, Ubs, Subprime Collapse, Dollar, Undervalued Dollar, Oil Prices, Morgan Stanley, Financial Firms, Central Bank, Japanese Exports, Global Downturn, Business News
Eben Esterhuizen

Financial firms have so far announced losses totaling around $160 billion, and rhere is more bad news to come and central bankers know it.

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Wall Street Gears For New Pain

Wall Street Journal | LINGLING WEI, RANDALL SMITH | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, U.S. Economy, Banks, Subprime Loans, Real Estate, Credit Crunch, Subprime Shakedown, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearsn, Subprime Loan Crisis, J.P. Morgan, Commercial Real Estate, Business News

After suffering a beating from their exposure to home loans, banks and securities firms are about to take their lumps from office towers, hotels and o...

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Is Hillary Good For Business?

BusinessWeek | Moira Herbst | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Quadrangle Group, Goldman Sachs, Hillary Clinton Big Business, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street, Steve Rattner, Hillary Clinton Business Ties, Hillary Clinton, Health Insurance, John Mack, Tax Cuts, Big Oil, Business News

In the final Democratic debate of the primaries on Feb. 26, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) trumpeted the populist theme of her campaign: "The wealth...

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Goldman's Profit Magic May Be Fading

Wall Street Journal | Kate Kelly, Peter Eavis | Posted 02.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Wall Street Securities, Goldman Sachs Group, New York Stock Exchange, Business News

At a recent investor meeting, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein made a wry apology for arriving late. "This is the wrong time ...

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M&A Bankers On Yahoo-Microsoft: Done Deal

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 02.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Steve Ballmer, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft Yahoo Deal, Yahoo, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, M&a Moguls, Jerry Yang, Business News

We canvassed a couple of Wall Street M&A moguls last night for their thoughts on how the Microsoft-Yahoo (MSFT/YHOO) deal would play out. Their though...

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Morgan Stanley: Recession's Next Victim Is Commercial Construction

Seeking Alpha | Gary Smith | Posted 02.21.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Richard Berner, Morgan Stanley, Recession, Global Economic Forum, Gdp, Commerical Construction, Investments, Business News

Commercial construction is the recession's next victim, according to Richard Berner, writing in Morgan Stanley's latest Global Economic Forum. The sec...

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Will You Cash Out Before The Market Crashes?

Motley Fool | Tim Hanson | Posted 02.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Financial Firms, Stock Market, Market Crash, Recession Fears, Recession, S&P 500, Wachovia, Business News

Six -- count 'em, six -- major financial firms now declare that the United States is in recession. That list includes heavyweights such as Goldman S...

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Morgan Stanley Cuts 1,000 Mortgage Jobs

AP | JOE BEL BRUNO | Posted 02.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Morgan Stanley, Job Cuts, Morgan Stanley Job Cuts, Business News

NEW YORK — Morgan Stanley on Wednesday said it will cut 1,000 jobs as the nation's second-largest investment bank trims its residential mortgage...

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Writedowns Hit $120 Billion

Wall Street Journal | David Gaffen | Posted 01.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, UBS Writedowns, Mortgage Market, Writedowns, Ubs, Business News

The admissions of greater-than-expected writedowns from Swiss bank UBS, along with reports out of major Japanese institutions, means the total amount ...

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Morgan Stanley To Layoff 1,000

AP | Posted 01.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Unemployment, Morgan Stanley, Job Cuts, Business News

Morgan Stanley plans to lay off about 2 percent of its workers this week to help cut expenses as the market for investment banking grows tougher, acco...

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Is Paper Money Going the Way of the Dinosaur?

Eben Esterhuizen | Posted 01.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Recession, Morgan Stanley, Stagflation, European Central Bank, Climate Change, Financial Media, Business News
Eben Esterhuizen

Because "stagflation" sounds a hell off a lot scarier than "recession," you'll probably be hearing a lot about it in the financial media over the coming weeks.

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Morgan Stanley Sets Price For China Deal

AP | Posted 12.24.2007 | Business

Read More: China's International Investment Fund, Investment Banks, Morgan Stanley Stock, Morgan Stanley, China Investment Corp, Business News

Morgan Stanley and the Chinese government said Monday that the U.S. investment bank has determined the range of prices to be used when China's interna...

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Wall Street Bonuses Surge 14 Percent Despite Dismal Earnings

AP | Joe Del Bruno | Posted 12.21.2007 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Bonuses, Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, Wall Street Bonuses, CEO Compensation, Business News

This might have been one of Wall Street's most dismal years in a decade, but that hasn't stopped bonus checks from rising an average of 14 percent. F...

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Embarrassed Morgan Stanley CEO Skips Bonus

AP | Stephen Bernard | Posted 12.19.2007 | Business

Read More: CEO Pay, CEO Compensation, John Mack, Morgan Stanley, Year-End Bonuses, Holiday Bonuses, Business News

"Deeply disappointing" fourth-quarter writedowns have Morgan Stanley Chief Executive John Mack bypassing his year-end bonus -- and he is unlikely to b...

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Bad Market? Do As Buffett Does

Motley Fool | Richard Gibbons | Posted 12.19.2007 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, Citigroup, Warren Buffett, Freddie Mac, Morgan Stanley, Dow Jones, Business News

This is one ugly market. That ugliness shows up in the averages, with the Dow down 4% since mid-October, but it's much worse in individual stocks. St...

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Morgan Stanley's Mack: $9.4 Billion Loss "Embarrassing"

Silicon Valley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 12.19.2007 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Morgan Stanley CEO, John Mack, Morgan Stanley, Business News

We are fans of Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack, but we were annoyed by his description of the incineration of $9.4 billion as "embarrassing." It's not "e...

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Stocks Finish Mixed After Topsy-Turvy Day

AP | Madlen Read | Posted 12.19.2007 | Business

Read More: Morgan Stanley, Dow Jones, Stock Market, Business News

Wall Street ended a volatile session mixed Wednesday as investors wrestled with a troubling outlook for bond insurers, a $9.4 billion writedown at Mor...

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