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• Stocks: Making Sense of November's Slide

  What could stop the bleeding? One pro suggests a "shock and awe" Fed rate cut of a full percentage point Read More... Posted Sunday, November 25, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Investing, Policy, BSC, C, Economics, MER, RTRSY

• Finance Stocks to Buy Now

  Gene Marcial talks to investors who believe opportunities remain amid the wreckage at the Wall Street financial houses Read More... Posted Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Investing, GS, BSC, C, JPM, MER, MS, WM, Mortgage Industry, CFC, Banking, BAC, Financial Services, AIG, FNM, NYX, Stock Recommendations, ABK

• Soft Landings for CEOs

  Some shareholders may object, but heads of most major financial services firms will have very secure futures even if they're forced out Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Executives, GS, BSC, C, JPM, LEH, MER, MS, CFC, XOM, BAC, WB, CEOs

• Bernanke's New Transparency

  The stock markets want to know everything about the Fed's deliberations, but they don't always digest the information well Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Investing, Executives, Policy, BSC, C, Stock Market News, Politics, Economics, MER, LEN, CTX, PHM

• The Capital Crunch Spreads

  Capital levels are tumbling at major banks and brokerages—not just Citigroup—which could crimp earnings and economic growth Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: BSC, C, LEH, MER, WM, Banking, UBS, Financial Services, DB, CM, COF

• Can Wagoner Outlast GM's Loss?

  GM seems to be so used to bad news that not even a $39 billion hit can loosen CEO Rick Wagoner’s grip on the company. Here's why Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 07, 2007 10:56 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Management, Autos, F, NSANY, TM, GM, Manufacturing, BSC, C, MER

• The Persistent Credit Crunch

  Months after the market began feeling the ill effects of subprime "garbage loans," things still look terrible. Is there light at the end of the Read More... Posted Monday, November 05, 2007 1:11 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Investing, BSC, C, Real Estate, Stock Market News, Economics, MER, Mortgage Industry, Financial Services, CM, MBI, ABK

• Citi: That Sinking Feeling

  The banking giant's shares flounder after analysts downgrade the company, citing a lack of capital and exposure to shaky credit pools and subprime mortgage Read More... Posted Thursday, November 01, 2007 1:36 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Investing, Company News, CS, BSC, C, LEH, MER, MS, Banking, Investment Banking, BCS, Financial Services, DB, CM, NIKOF

• The Next Worry: Bond Insurers

  Wall Street is fretting that the subprime carnage could spread to bond insurance firms. A key concern: CDO exposure Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 5:30 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: Investing, BSC, C, MER, MHP, UBS, AIG, MBI, ACA, ABK

• Win Smith on the Exit of Merrill's CEO

  "For whatever reasons, he decided to get rid of a lot of longevity, a lot of memory, and I think, that came back to bite him" Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 5:03 AM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: GM, BSC, MER, WB

• A Record Year for Layoffs in Finance

  Wall Street is hacking jobs in huge numbers due to the subprime mortgage crisis and resulting credit crunch. The purge may not be over yet Read More... Posted Monday, October 22, 2007 5:01 PM from BusinessWeek Online -- | (Comments Off) Filed under: CS, BSC, MER, MS, HBC, CFC, Investment Banking, UBS, Financial Services, COF, Career & Work, Hiring and Firing, IMB