Last Days For Iconic Sears Tower Name
Marking the end of an era (and another blow to SHLD), the legendary Sears Tower will soon shed its name and will be renamed the Willis Tower. Willis Group has decided to relocate the bulk of its...
View ArticleDaily Highlights: 9.28.09
Asian stocks decline on concern at US economy, Yen strength.China formally starts investigating some "unfair" imports of chicken products from US.China Investment Corp.. to invest about $1B with...
View Article$1.5 Million In Blatant Insider Trading Profit Following 3Com Acquisition (Or...
3Com's acquisition by Hewlett Packard for $7.90/share after the close today came as a surprise to many, but not all. Because someone bought 3 times the open interest in November $5 calls and 15 times...
View ArticleGoldman And The 3Com "Insider Trading" Connection
Following up on our earlier disclosure about potential insider trading in 3Com stock, we have uncovered something interesting. Did Goldman (in)advertently tip off clients that 3Com was potentially in...
View ArticleDaily Highlights: 11.12.09
Asia stocks, currencies gain after Australian jobs report; gold at record.Australian employers unexpectedly hire 24,500; currency jumps on rate bets.Brazil economy to grow 9 percent in 4th quarter as...
View ArticleFrontrunning: November 12
The net expands: SAC Capital, Balyasny ex-analyst under probe in insider case (WSJ, Bloomberg)Weil: Blankfein invokes god and man at Goldman Sachs (Bloomberg)How do you know the Treasury Secretary is...
View ArticleSEC Probing 3Com Option Trades
The SEC has no problem being all over what is handed to them on a silver platter. As to the pyramid scheme that the market now is, they'll just leave that one alone. " Bullish bets on 3Com Corp....
View ArticleTypical Options Expiration Week Hysteria
Mark it down, today was another big winner for the options market makers. Any stock that was in an uptrend this month was instantly shanked (retail, oil service, semis). And any sector which was in a...
View ArticleHuawei (or China) Slams into US National Security Concerns, Again
Wolf Richter www.testosteronepit.comHuawei is a prime example of Chinese companies scaling the value chain through innovation and technology transfer—top priorities in China's five-year plan. But its...
View ArticleHow Bull Markets End
Submitted by Jared "The 10th Man" Dillian via MauldinEconomics.com,Many people think that they ring a bell at the top of a bull market. Ding-a-ling-a-ling.That is indeed often the case. The bell was...
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