MetLife's Victory Is Also Good For Fintech Innovators
MetLife's victory over Dodd-Frank regulators is a great win for all innovators wishing to create an alternative to the established banking order. The ruling limits the government using its power...
View ArticleGE Capital Wants Out Of The 'Too Big To Fail' Club
The makeover of GE's finance business is nearly complete, and now it wants out from under the restrictions on systemically important financial institutions.
View ArticleThe Math Shows SSO Can Go To $68
Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and...
View ArticleAIG To Pay $9.5 Million For Steering People Into Pricey Mutual Funds
It's looking like AIG did the right thing in getting out of the broker-dealer business.
View ArticleTime To Go Public? A 30-Year Look At America's Largest Private Companies
Among the 223 companies that make it to our annual ranking this year, 66 of them appeared in our inaugural list thirty years ago.
View ArticleThe Perils Of Legislating By Movie Scene
“The Big Short” won all kinds of accolades for its vivid depiction of the 2008 financial crisis, which managed to turn complicated financial instruments into a riveting morality tale. The movie, a...
View ArticleBruce Berkowitz Axes Positions In Berkshire Hathaway, AIG, IBM
Bruce Berkowitz (Trades, Portfolio), staunch contrarian investor at the Fairholme Fund (Trades,Portfolio), engaged in unusually aggressive selling in the first quarter and unloaded some of his key...
View ArticleUnivision Agrees To Buy Gawker Assets For $135 Million
By purchasing Gawker, Univision gains better access to the millennial age group that is so covets, making it less reliant on its TV properties.
View ArticleGE Capital Is No Longer Too Big To Fail
After dismantling its far-flung finance operation, General Electric gets out of the systemically important institutions club.
View ArticleThe Critical Word For Puerto Rico Is Insolvency
A recent Public Policy Polling firm poll that asked voters whether they approve or disapprove of Congress found that just 9% approved of the performance of the House and Senate. By comparison, 84%...
View ArticleThis Is Why Univision Bought Gawker For $135 Million
With Gawker Media's assets, Univision is looking to expand its digital footprint, particularly when it comes to the desirable millennial audience.
View ArticleUnivision Won't Keep Gawker.com, Which Will Cease Operations
It's the end of an era for Gawker.com.
View ArticleHow To Build Like A Woman: An Interview With Kathleen Griffith
Kathleen Griffith, founder and CEO of Grayce & Co, discusses her new program "Build Like A Woman," the process she goes through when investing in startups and the best way to talk to women about...
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