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| If it looks and smells like a bank takeover, it probably is - Globe and ... | As of: 2009-02-25 |
| MinnPost.com- If it looks and smells like a bank takeover, it probably is- Globe and Mail, Canada- The two New York University professors warned that the US financial system is so close to insolvency that there is now only one path to salvation, and an anathematic one at that: The federal government must nationalize the country's most sickly banks. ...- Investors fret over control of banks Financial Post- all 31 news articles - | |
| 'Stress tests' just stressful - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-02-25 |
| ABC News- 'Stress tests' just stressful- Globe and Mail, Canada- What are the "stress tests" that the United States government says it will run on the big banks in that country? The stress tests are supposed to look at banks' books, and see how they would hold up if the economy gets even worse. ...- US is not planning to nationalize banks: Feds Canada.com- US regulators to determine if banks are adequately capitalized Investment Executive- When banks don't compete CBC.ca- Globe and Mail - Globe and Mailall 2,701 news articles - | |
| Bank on The International for thrills - Canada.com | As of: 2009-02-25 |
| Bank on The International for thrills- Canada.com, Canada- Filmmakers behind The International, the new thriller starring Clive Owen and Naomi Watts, couldn't have picked a better time to vilify big banks. With warm-and-fuzzy feelings for financial institutions at an all-time low, people might go just hoping ... - | |
| Big banks need to take a long look at unsustainable dividend payouts - G... | As of: 2009-02-25 |
| Big banks need to take a long look at unsustainable dividend payouts- Globe and Mail, Canada- None of the five big banks have cut common share dividends since the Great Depression. I don't know if history will be made in this downturn. But I do know that at least one blue-chip board - at Bank of Montreal - should cut the dividend in half. ... - | |
| Cramer down on Canadian bank stocks - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-02-25 |
| Cramer down on Canadian bank stocks- Globe and Mail, Canada- We've now got Cramer weighing in on Canadian bank stock dividends. And he's not a fan. Jim Cramer, the high-volume host of CNBC's Mad Money, offered his usual two-second take on Canadian bank stocks Wednesday. An investor asked the former hedge fund ... - | |
| The case against stress tests - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-02-25 |
| The case against stress tests- Globe and Mail, Canada- Unemployment may be hurtling ever higher, but there must be a bull market in jobs for bank regulators. More than 100 of them are converging on Citigroup's gleaming Manhattan headquarters. Pretty soon they'll be working overtime stress testing Citi and ... - | |
| Banking on banks - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-02-25 |
| Banking on banks- Globe and Mail, Canada- 23) wrongly implies that business lending by Canada's banks has declined. In fact, Bank of Canada data show that banks increased credit to businesses of all sizes by 13 per cent from December, 2007 to December, 2008, while lending to business by all ... - | |
| TD profit slips to $712-million - Globe and Mail | As of: 2009-02-25 |
| Globe and Mail- TD profit slips to $712-million- Globe and Mail, Canada- Toronto-Dominion Bank kicked off earnings season for the Canadian banks Wednesday, reporting a first-quarter profit of $712-million, compared with $970-million a year ago. Filtering out one-time items, the bank's earnings amounted to $1.34 per share. ... - | |
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