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An Appeals Court Just Granted Argentina The Right To Fight Hedge Fund...

They said it couldn't be done (or that it was highly unlikely).But an Appeals Court has granted the group of bond holders that restructured Argentine debt (exchange bond holders) the right to challenge...

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Is Austerity About To Hit The EU?

The leaders of the EU have been coming and going all day for their “confessionals” with the monk-like president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy.They have been telling him what they can and...

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The Most Expensive Real Estate Markets In America

The areas around San Francisco and Silicon Alley is by far the most expensive place in the country to buy a home, according to Coldwell Banker's new report on home listing prices around the country.Of...

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BLANKFEIN: Obama's Plan Is Very Credible And An Agreement Is Reachable

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein described President Barack Obama's plan to reach an agreement about the "fiscal cliff" as detailed and "very credible."Blankfein said, of course, it's hard to tell if...

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A Monster $69 Trillion Order Wreaked Havoc On The Stockholm Stock Exchange Today

Trading was halted in index derivatives on the Stockholm Stock Exchange today after a monster futures order valued at around $69 trillion appeared in the system, according to Swedish business newspaper...

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What's Really Driving The Housing Recovery?

As of late there has been a flood of commentary written about the housing recovery pointing to the bottom in housing and how the revival in housing will drive economic growth in the years ahead.  Just...

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Marissa Mayer Meets With President Obama

President Obama invited a bunch of CEOs to the White House today to talk business.Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is on the far left. The next fellow is Muhtar Kent, the CEO of Coca-Cola. Then Brian Roberts,...

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Check Out The Death Stare Comcast CEO Brian Roberts Gave President Obama At...

At today's White House CEO summit, Comcast boss Brian Roberts was seated directly across from President Obama.We don't know what Obama was talking about, but judging from Roberts' death stare, you'd...

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Why Lloyd Blankfein Calling Obama's Fiscal Cliff Plan 'Credible' Is A Big Deal

According to CNBC's Katie Little, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfeincharacterized Obama's fiscal cliff plan as "very credible" and expressed optimism about a deal getting done.This is actually a pretty...

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Groupon Stock Soars After CEO Andrew Mason's Conference Appearance

Groupon's stock rose 12% this afternoon after CEO Andrew Mason spoke at our Ignition conference.In the interview, Mason responded to reports that the Groupon board might fire him.Mason said he would...

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Japan Is Rallying Again

If you haven't been paying attention, Japan is one of the hottest stock markets in the world, thanks to the weakening yen and expectations of a more aggressive Bank of Japan in the future (and also...

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Groupon CEO Andrew Mason Was Just Put In A Bizarre Situation — And Now Some...

Yesterday, three news stories appeared that reported essentially the same thing:Board members at Groupon were discussing firing the company's CEO, Andrew Mason.These news stories did not cite each...

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GALBRAITH: Here's Why We Should LOWER The Retirement Age

Last night, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein came out of the CEO meeting with President Obama and said that the President's plan to avert the fiscal cliff was "very credible."It's still not clear what...

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Bloomberg Announces Tax Relief For Homeowners Hurt By Sandy

On his personal website, Mike Bloomberg recently announced property tax relief measures to help homeowners who suffered damage from Hurricane Sandy.From Bloomerg’s website:To provide immediate relief,...

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The Scariest Debt Chart In America Has One Gigantic Flaw

There's no question that you've seen charts like this before. This one is from Paul Ryan. The point he makes is that if we don't get our spending on Medicare under control, the economy will be...

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My Interview At SAC Capital Included An Awkward Discussion About Insider Trading

Denise Shull is President of The ReThink Group, a consultancy providing advanced market, risk and behavioral intelligence. She holds a Master’s degree in Neuropsychology from The University of Chicago....

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How To Land The Leap Between Wall Street And Harvard Business School

This is a guest post from Roger (HBS, 2010) and Jennifer Chen (MIT Sloan, 2010). Roger and Jennifer are authors of “The HBS Blueprint: A Proprietary Step-by-Step Action Plan,” which teaches you how to...

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$1.8 Million Bonus Payout Plan Approved For Hostess Execs As The Company...

A judge has approved Hostess' bonus payout plan, and 19 senior executives are in line for up to $1.8 million in bonuses, CNBC reports.Hostess, which is going through liquidation after a deal couldn't...

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Judging By The Numbers, Investors Don't Care About SAC Capital's Legal Troubles

Lawrence Delevingne of Hedge Fund Intelligencedoesn't believe that the recent indictment of former SAC Capital Advisors Mathew Martoma for insider trading, which reportedly might lead to SEC charges...

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Do You Use Your Personal iDevice Or Android For Work? Please Take Our Short...

Does your company let you use your iPhone for work? Or your iPad or your Android phone? If so, did your employer download security software on your personal device? Has it made your lfe better or...

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