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- M&A Slowdown is 'Totally Understandable': Citi's Shafir 10/14/2011“It’s still about confidence [at] the board and CEO level. Obviously, the challenge is in Europe, our own deficit issues, issues in China. All this stuff has created a macroeconomic environment that makes things a lot more difficult, and created a lot more uncertainty,” said Mark Shafir, co-head global M&A at Citigroup
- Mortgage Credit in 'Quiet Crash': DoubleLine's Gundlach 10/13/2011Mortgage credit has been in "a quiet crash” for the past six months to a year, Jeffrey Gundlach, chief executive and CIO of the fixed-income investment management firm DoubleLine Capital, told CNBC Thursday, even as other forms of credit and assets have improved.
- CalPERS CIO on Wall Street: 'The Game Appears Rigged' 10/11/2011People are “waking up” to the fact that “the game appears to be rigged,” Joe Dear, CIO of California Public Employees’ Retirement System, told CNBC Tuesday. “The financial system gets bailed out [during the crisis], their salaries stay high, and the incomes of people who work for a living, paycheck to paycheck, continues to decline."
- Corporate Raider Edelman Backs Occupy Wall Street 10/11/2011Asher Edelman, the well-known corporate raider, told CNBC Tuesday that he supported Occupy Wall Street, saying “the greed of the banks are the cause for the terrible economic situation that we have today.”
- Economist Nouriel Roubini's Firm Is For Sale 10/11/2011Roubini Global Economics, the economics research firm begun by noted economist Nouriel Roubini, is for sale, according to sources who have been approached by an investment bank conducting an auction for the firm.
- Apple's Investors Wonder If Firm's Best Days Are Over 10/06/2011As Apple shareholders mourn the passing of Steve Jobs, they are forced to ask themselves a tough question: Will the passing of the company’s iconic founder and driving creative force mark the top in its shares?
- Troika in 'Chicken Game' With Greece: Kyle Bass 10/05/2011“They are forcing Greece to almost internally default and figure out who they are going to pay, and who they are not going to pay,” said Bass.
- Junk Bonds are Cheap, But 'Too Early' to Buy: Gundlach 10/04/2011Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO and CIO of the fixed-income investment management firm DoubleLine Capital, told CNBC Tuesday “junk bonds are actually cheap now. They’ve gone from the richest in history to a massive underperformance versus government bonds.”
Written by Mr. X
June 14th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
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