International Business News - Main http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Ronald Hermance, head of Hudson City Bancorp, has never made a subprime loan. His bank doesn't keep risky mortgage securities on the books, and is headed toward another record year of profits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/defining-banking-stocks-_-the-good-and-the-bad.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:41:58 EDT Ronald Hermance, head of Hudson City Bancorp, has never made a subprime loan. His bank doesn't keep risky mortgage securities on the books, and is headed toward another record year of profits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/defining-banking-stocks-_-the-good-and-the-bad.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:24:10 EDT If the gauge of Wall Street's confidence in Lehman Brothers is its stock price, then the shares' gyrations this past week indicate investors are both petrified of a collapse and encouraged about a possible buyout. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/lehman-far-from-collapse-but-faces-tricky-path.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:00:23 EDT America's biggest banks have suffered unprecedented losses from the ongoing credit crisis, and that's made some investors question whether the big financial conglomerates should be broken up in order to survive. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/110568-wall-street.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/breaking-up-big-banks-questioned-as-losses-mount.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080817/breaking-up-big-banks-questioned-as-losses-mount.htm Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:32:50 EDT America's biggest banks have suffered unprecedented losses from the ongoing credit crisis, and that's made some investors question whether the big financial conglomerates should be broken up in order to survive. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/109950-wall-street.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/breaking-up-big-banks-questioned-as-losses-mount.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080816/breaking-up-big-banks-questioned-as-losses-mount.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:11:16 EDT America's biggest banks have suffered unprecedented losses from the ongoing credit crisis, and that's made some investors question whether the big financial conglomerates should be broken up in order to survive. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/breaking-up-big-banks-questioned-as-losses-mount.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:56:18 EDT Investors' attempts to get Wall Street on a more secure track have been something of an exercise in futility despite big advances like Friday's triple-digit gain in the Dow industrials. But some analysts feel the battered financial sector might actually be able to help the market finally make that break--by following Merrill Lynch & Co.'s example and clearing their books of risky investments. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/purging-investments-might-help-financials-move-on.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:53:13 EDT Figures that point to an increase in merger and acquisition activity the past few months might seem to indicate that the credit crunch is easing and Wall Street is starting to return to a more normal business cycle. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/m-a-activity-rises-fueled-by-foreign-investors.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:56:33 EDT With many banks still reporting massive writedowns and even quarterly losses from bad mortgage investments, it certainly seems like an odd time for financial stocks to rally. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/98018-earns-wachovia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/banks-rally-as-ceos-hold-off-on-issuing-shares.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/banks-rally-as-ceos-hold-off-on-issuing-shares.htm Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:36:27 EDT With many banks still reporting massive writedowns and even quarterly losses from bad mortgage investments, it certainly seems like an odd time for financial stocks to rally. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/banks-rally-as-ceos-hold-off-on-issuing-shares.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:48:17 EDT Merrill Lynch & Co. Chief Executive John Thain is making a pitch to Wall Street: Buy the brokerage's shares while they're still cheap. But investors don't seem ready to listen. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93963-earns-merrill-lynch.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/bank-stocks-look-cheap-but-buyers-remain-cautious.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/bank-stocks-look-cheap-but-buyers-remain-cautious.htm Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:59:32 EDT Merrill Lynch & Co. Chief Executive John Thain is making a pitch to Wall Street: Buy the brokerage's shares while they're still cheap. But investors don't seem ready to listen. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/bank-stocks-look-cheap-but-buyers-remain-cautious.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:45:42 EDT Investors already disheartened about the growing problems of the financial sector and the soaring price of oil are facing more depressing news with the release of second-quarter earnings reports. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/89958-wall-street.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/investors-set-for-another-tough-earnings-season.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/investors-set-for-another-tough-earnings-season.htm Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:42:26 EDT Investors already disheartened about the growing problems of the financial sector and the soaring price of oil are facing more depressing news with the release of second-quarter earnings reports. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/investors-set-for-another-tough-earnings-season.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:05:48 EDT Live music and events company Live Nation Inc. said Monday it bought a controlling interest in the Main Square Festival held in Arras, France. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/live-nation-buys-interest-in-main-square-festival.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:56:37 EDT Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/86208-wall-street.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/small-cap-stock-run-could-herald-broader-recovery.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/small-cap-stock-run-could-herald-broader-recovery.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:17:52 EDT Even as Wall Street skids lower almost by the day, and the major indexes have touched the levels of a bear market, some analysts are actually finding some signs in the performance of small-company stocks that might be pointing to the early stages of a much broader recovery. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/small-cap-stock-run-could-herald-broader-recovery.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:04:06 EDT Investors who remember the stock market's steep and prolonged decline earlier this decade may be wondering if the recovery from Wall Street's current morass will also take several years to accomplish. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/81679-aptopix-wall-street.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080628/oil-the-wild-card-in-predicting-stock-rebound.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080628/oil-the-wild-card-in-predicting-stock-rebound.htm Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:22:16 EDT Investors who remember the stock market's steep and prolonged decline earlier this decade may be wondering if the recovery from Wall Street's current morass will also take several years to accomplish. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/oil-the-wild-card-in-predicting-stock-rebound.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:54:05 EDT America's banks and brokerages are scrambling to raise badly needed cash, but it may be at the expense of shareholders. Since the subprime mortgage market imploded, financial companies caught in the fallout have been raising capital in two major ways--cutting dividends and issuing more shares. Both methods erode shareholder value; analysts believe the industry is poised for more. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/76446-wall-main.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080621/shareholders-take-brunt-of-banks-capital-raising.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080621/shareholders-take-brunt-of-banks-capital-raising.htm Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:26:28 EDT