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National City Corporation (NCC) share price was up 6% on 4.3.08 on news that crosstown rival KeyCorp and cross-state Fifth Third BanCorp may be courting NCC for a possible merger and/or acquisition, however, this could be a bad time to sell due to current market conditions. NCC may need to do some additional...

At UBS's Annual Shareholders Meeting the topics of discussion included UBS's $19 billion writedown, its $14.8 billion rights issue to raise capital and the replacement of Chairman Ospel by UBS's current Legal Counsel, Peter Kurer. UBS's huge bet on subprime investments has led to the largest bank writedown...

Based upon new car sales trends being documented among most west coast retailers across all brands of domestic automakers,  things are worse than even the most pessimistic predictions. Most of the Metro are domestic car dealers are off over 20% from their same quarter last year...

The American consumer is always looking for a great breakfast offering especially something different. Can a company be successful offering "fresh" breakfast sandwich offerings and still maintain a speed of service? How will this impact major competitors like McDonalds and other QSR concepts that rule...

Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) grew by 18% in 2007, with a global share of 36% and early projections suggest SWFs could grow to $5 trillion by 2010. In 2007, SWFs invested $49 billion in M&A deals, which is an increase of 165%. Russia, Asia and the Middle East has played a key role in bailing out...

"Innovate or die" is a common phrase tossed around IT Departments as they determine how to allocate their budget dollars towards data security, regulatory compliance, customer centric projects and front-office applications. Core banking systems are running 24/7 to support internet banking, global operations...

Banks boosted revenues by charging over $36 billion in ATM and Overdraft fees in 2007. Banks and credit unions are netting a stream of fee revenue from ATM and debit transactions in ATM and overdraft fees as consumers continue to pay steeper penalties and fees for not having sufficient funds in their...

With ever rising commodity costs food companies that have hedged their key commodity purchases with forward buying have done quite well over the last year.Several key manufacturers have announced that they have hedged their raw materials by forward buying 60-70% of their 2008 needs.Lost in the...

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Facebook, Bebo and many others that create platforms for free speech and the free distribution of content from anyone and everyone will limit new growth opportunities if they do not reconcile with the concept of "rights" within the borders...

As consumer eating habits change, restaurants need to be prepared to change courses very quickly to survive. So called mini-burgers ( sliders ) seem to tell us that snack foods are more popular than ever. One stop shopping has elevated Walmart as the king of retail and I think grocery stores are looking...