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Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman of the Banking Committee grilled bank regulators on 3.4.08 to determine why regulators didn't intervene as loose lending standards led to a meltdown in the mortgage market and caused a credit crunch that could thrust the U.S. economy into a recession. Regulators Donald Kohn...

The House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform will grill Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide's CEO, Charles Prince-former CEO of Citigroup and Stan O'Neal-former CEO of Merrill Lynch, when they testify on 3.7.08, as lawmakers examine if there is a link between "executive pay" and the U.S. mortgage...

Over the past five years consumers have chosen "debit cards" as their preferred payment of choice, trumping credit cards, cash, checks and other forms of payment. 63% of consumers chose debit cards for ease of use;57% perceive debit cards are safe and secure;53% chose debit cards because they can pay...

With the decreasing value of voice through both mobile and landline phones, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile are all entering into a price war that places a decreasing value on voice.  They are also adding data onto their plans, and services such as Sprint TV, in the hopes of getting consumers...

The U.S. subprime market crisis has affected another bank, HSBC, who will take a $17.2 billion writedown in losses for 2007, however, not all the news is bad for HSBC. HSBC sold its HSBC France bank branches to Banque Populaire for $3.2 billion. Rumors were rampant that HSBC wanted to sell HSBC France...

On the eve of Visa Inc.’s IPO, there are important differences between it and MasterCard in terms of global coherence, size, system architecture, management and legal liability exposure. Net, over the long haul MasterCard’s unitary structure should enable it to grow volume, transactions and therewith...

Visa Inc.'s IPO, unlike MasterCard's, will be fairly and fully priced. Nonetheless, it is a compelling story with a huge opportunity to improve operating margins, in important respects more attractive than MasterCard and in others tangibly inferior.

UTX has made an unsolicited bid for ATM manufacturer Diebold for approximately $3.0 billion in an all cash offer. UTX believes Diebold would benefit from its "international presence and disciplined operating systems." UTX has been pursuing Diebold for the last two years, however, Diebold's management...

CME Group and NYMEX have entered into an exclusive negotiating period until 3.15.08, to conduct due diligence and to determine if a merger between to the two exchanges is doable. CME Group is proposing a cash and stock deal worth $11 billion, however, the DOJ is calling for the separation of clearing...

Visa's much anticipated IPO could shatter the current Top 10 U.S. IPOs on record and go down in history as the largest U.S. IPO if Visa's share price hits its target price of $37 to $42 per share. Visa is facing a sluggish market that is hampered by the U.S. credit crunch. Visa is hoping to usurp its...