Goldman Sachs

Optimistic forecast lifts VeriFone's sagging stock (AP)

yahoo.com     3 hrs ago   1 related          

VeriFone Holdings Inc.'s tarnished stock regained some luster Wednesday as investors bet the maker of payment processing equipment will be able to hit ambitious sales targets after resolving an accounting fiasco that damaged...                    

Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Bail (at Motley Fool)

yahoo.com     2 hrs ago          

It's a tough time to be Ben Bernanke or Hank Paulson. Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE), and Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) are just the most recent examples. Bernanke was spot-on when he recently said, "The truth is that the...                    

Genpact Limited Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)

yahoo.com     1 hr ago          

posted on: August 20, 2008 | about stocks: G Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript Executives Roanak Desai – Head of Corporate Development & IR Pramod Bhasin – President & CEO Vivek Gour – CFO Analysts Bryan Keane – Credit Suisse...                    

Ross Stores F2Q08 (Qtr End 8/2/08) Earnings Call Transcript (at Seeking Alpha)

yahoo.com     1 hr ago          

posted on: August 20, 2008 | about stocks: ROST Executives Michael A. Balmuth - Vice Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer John G. Call - Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary...                    

How Bad Is It: Leveraged Loans at Slowest Volume Since 2002

wsj.com     10 mins ago          

How Bad Is It? is a Deal Journal feature focused on confirming or debunking the worst fears about the credit crunch. Groucho and Chico Marx once shared a funny bit in the movie “I’ll Say She Is.” “The garbage man is here,”...                    

Global Warming or Global Governance?

theabsurdreport.com     4 hrs ago          

The Bear on Aug 20 2008 at 8:26 am | Filed under: Global Warming, United Nations In a commentary on April 1, 2008, Mr. Vadum said, “Co-founder of IPCC Al Gore is trying to be a climate change profiteer. If he succeeds and...                    

UPDATE 6-Gold ends tad lower but strong physical demand seen

finance.cz     1 hr ago   37 related          

Investors buy coins and bars, jewellery after price fall * Platinum, palladium lower on sluggish demand outlook (Recasts, updates prices, market activity to market close; adds second byline, dateline, previously LONDON) By...                    

Lehman Brothers 'facing further $3bn write-down'$

timesonline.co.uk     3 hrs ago   5 related          

Concerns come amid reports that the bank is planning to sell off a stake in its successful fund management business Wall Street is bracing itself for surging losses and another $3 billion worth of write-downs at Lehman...                    

CDS report: Credit spreads inch wider, but Fannie and Freddie rally

ft.com     4 hrs ago          

Sentiment in the European market for credit default deteriorated on Wednesday, hurt by volatile oil prices and persistent anxiety over the health of the US financial sector. By late afternoon in London, the Markit iTraxx Europe...                    

GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil slides on inventory build, dollar rises

finance.cz     4 hrs ago   6 related          

HP lifts U.S. equity market, Europe rises on commodities * Dollar rises on global growth concerns; euro, yen fall * Oil renews slide after big rise in U.S. weekly inventory (Recasts with U.S. markets, adds byline; changes...