financial news

Bernstein: Best Value In Junky Names - CNBC.com It sounds like Bernstein is moving to the dark side. Obama Approval Stays Steady -- Political Wire "A new Pew Research survey finds President Obama's approval rate steady at 55%…

Ireland to Pay 54 Bln Euros For "Bad Bank" - NYTimes.com "Finance Minister Brian Lenihan told parliament on Wednesday that the government would demand a 30 percent haircut for parking commercial property loans with a…

Wells Fargo fires executive who partied at repossessed Malibu mansion "For an executive at the US bank Wells Fargo, a repossessed $12m beach house in southern California proved just too tempting. The financial institution has fired…

Spain's Struggles Illustrate Pitfalls of Europe's Common Currency - WSJ.com "Could the divergent economic fortunes of euro-zone countries pose a problem for the currency union itself?" Economist's View: "For All Obama's…

'False dawn' in UK housing market "It's tempting to call the turn in the mortgage market at this point, and there is certainly concrete evidence that lending for house purchase is increasing," said the CML's economist Paul…

Magna wants to cut 10,500 jobs: report I guarantee you the job cuts will be disproportionately outside Germany. Economic crisis not over yet: IMF chief But if you listened to Larry Summers you'd think we were out of the woods. It…

Three failed banks this weekend. The big one is Corus: assets of $7 billion. FDIC: Failed Bank Information - Bank Closing Information for Venture Bank, Lacey, WA "As of July 28, 2009, Venture Bank had total assets of $970 million…

Follow the money - BBC News "Find out how the money was spent and what it means for the taxpayers who have funded it" To the victors, the spoils: a post-Lehman scorecard | Reuters A year after their high-speed takeovers,…

Faber Says ‘High’ U.S. Deficit Will Spur Inflation - Bloomberg.com He is making the asset price inflation argument I have often made. On the other hand, I am seeing some initial signs that liquidity is being drained. So, it remains to…

Below are the links for today, but I wanted to highlight the distraction of the day, which is Curtis Jackson III aka 50 Cent, who was interviewed on CNBC yesterday. Enjoy. This Keen professor overlooked by MSM Steve keen deserves…