West Brom set to axe 150 staff

" UP TO 150 jobs are at risk at West Bromwich Building Society as the region’s biggest mutual fights the harshest economic downturn for nearly two decades. The depth of the recession in the region was...

Firing in Job Street: JPMorgan to eliminate 9,200 employees

The Firing spree is in full swing , this time the number of wounded is 9200 in the office of financial giant JP MORGAN.The rescue work by the fedral agencies are not paying its result,the unemployment data is on...

Probing Golden West

"NEW YORK (AP) - The Department of Justice is investigating the mortgage lending practices of Golden West Financial Corp., the savings and loan bought by Wachovia Corp. for $24 billion at the height of the housing boom in 2006.U.S. Attorney Joseph Russoniello told The...

Until Every Stock Is 0, Naked Shorting Is Good

These Institutions, hedge funds and anal-ysts, that helped contribute to the looting of the world by naked short selling should be tried for treason.* * * *I heard a researcher say that nobody who has ever taken...

This just has to be a great week for gold and silver! « Peter J. Cooper’s ...

"It looks like the financial crisis will claim its first big victim this week in the shape of Lehman Brothers, unless ‘a miracle occurs’ in the words of one observer. Meanwhile, shares in Merrill Lynch plunged 50 per cent last week on fears over its viability; American...

Advantages and Disadvantages of ETFs

This is the 2nd installment of our 2 part series on ETFs. Please read the first part here: Investing in ETFs Advantages of ETFs 1. ETFs tend to be more cost-effective vis-a-vis comparable mutual funds. For instance, while the expense ratio of a passively managed ETF...

WaMu has $3.33B loss, may be cut to "junk"

Washington Mutual has had another miserable quarter. This isn't surprising since a significant portion of their revenues are from mortgage loans. What is surprising is that they haven't undertaken to refinance some of these loans rather than write them down. The most...

Mutual misery when daughters disappear

Mutual misery when daughters disappear Mutual misery when daughters disappear - September 24, 2006 by ABIGAIL GOLDMAN - Las Vegas Sun You could say that Lindsay Harris' parents were somewhat uncomfortable...

McCain's wife sells Sudan Oil related investments

Note from ifindtrends:I just want to notate a couple of things that I found interesting about this story since it's below the fold.Just to be fair, if you look way down at the end, it discloses that other...

Bush meets Mexican President in New Orleans

UPDATE: Greg Palast thinks the Bush meeting in New Orleans is some Big Secret!Can't blame it ALL on Bush, after all he didn't start it."by David Hammer, The Times-Picayune, Monday April 21, 2008, 10:36 AMPresident...

Russia Assails NATO Over Expansion Plan, Support for U.S. Missile Defense

"Sergei Ryabkov, chief of the Russian Foreign Ministry's department for European cooperation, spoke just before Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down for a meeting with NATO leaders on the sidelines of a summit in the Romanian capital. Ryabkov said Russia's ties...

China denies U.S. spying charges; Major Diplomacy Battle Ahead

As I earlier reported in the case of a former Boeing aerospace engineer accused of funneling NASA technology to China for decades, a major dustup over allegations of long-term, systematic Chinese spying is ahead."China denied Thursday that it was conducting espionage...

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How much is your mutual fund costing you?

how much is your mutual fund costing you? The SEC offers a cost calculator that lets investors easily estimate and compare the costs of owning mutual funds. You can run these numbers yourself, but you'll need some basic information. Specifically, you'll have to enter how long...

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