GLG News in Financial & Business Services

The news that Treasury Secretary Paulson and Fed Chairman Bernanke are trying to reassure the broader markets that Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) will not be allowed to fail has not produced the expected calming effect on the markets. Shares of both firms have plunged into single digits. Who would have thought that FNM and FRE would become disastrous ticker symbols whose survival is now being...

The monetary value of timeshare propeties are decreasing. As the demand for consumer disposable income increases, more people are selling timeshare properties at a discount.

1. Citi's investment constitutes a drop in the ocean. 2. India's infrastructure requires huge investments and a potential boom for construction companies. 

Will The Mid-West Floods Of Early Summer Negatively Affect Crop Futures?

Credit Card delinquency and chargeoff rates are still tracking below historic highs.  There are signs that 2007 account vintages, especially those at or near subprime scores, may be among the worst performing vintages ever.  Card issuer guidance on delinquencies, writeoffs and loan loss provisions may be inadequate.

In this new real world where the working time is much longer and the office is in the road the spammers, viruses and other malware programmers are targeting to this new and growing group, the BlackBerry, iPhone, HTC and other smartphones users.   This situation open opportunities and new markets to spammers how see this new user group as a target with a big and growing market...

ECB's oft trumpeted policy of using interest rates to offset inflation is simply not working. Finally Trichet has realised that. Real inflation has been galloping ahead in the first half ECB rate hiking moves regardless. Nor does it show any sign of slowing down and all one has to do is to ask 10 people in any street in any capital to perceive the real hit on their pocketbooks. A new category...

Of all of the Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs) and Electronic Communication Networks (ECNs) that have fragmented market liquidity and disintermediated traditional exchanges and broker/dealers, Liquidnet has by far the most innovative business model and technology. Enabled by a unique business and IT model that differs from other ATSs and ECNs, investors will be compelled by Liquidnet's growth...

1. Sexy products sell when they're young, but watch out for middle age; while, 2. Operation-centric organizations may be the ones to marry.

Somehow, healthcare, energy, education....in fact nearly every major issue today has turned into a contentious "them vs. us". It would always be preferable that reasonable men attempt to reach a reasonable conclusion, but government bodies today (eg., politicians and key administrators) are NEVER reasonable....certainly authoritarian, typically dictatorial, and always overreaching...