Greg Smith, an executive director at Goldman Sachs and one of the heads of its equity derivatives business, has written a devastating blast at the company in today?s Times, charging that it has lost all integrity and doesn?t serve its customers, with a note at the bottom saying that he is quitting the investment bank ...

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As soon as the Fed stops flooding the markets with liquidity the Dow is poised to plunge to about 6,000 from 13,000.

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Goldman Sachs (GS) is not the only firm to make people unhappy. But it now has the distinction of??being the only one I know??of with??a partner??willing to publish??an angry resignation letter??as a?? Times??op-ed. The substance of that letter suggests that Goldman clients should consider taking their business elsewhere. Before getting into that letter and why ...

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With Apple shares continuing to climb higher and higher, some Street analysts are being forced to make a decision as the stock hits their target prices: changing their rating, or up their targets? To date, everyone is in the ?raise your target? camp. Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty this morning repeated her Overweight rating on ...

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? A group of four Iranian women living in London have filmed themselves topless in condemnation of Islamic oppression of women, focusing on Iran. ??Notes one participant, Elia Tabesh, as quoted in France 24: ?I left Iran three years ago for several reasons. I was involved with leftist activists at my university who were fighting ...

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By Jim Wyckoff Of Editor's Note: A Not-to-Be Missed Event! Catch Technically Speaking's Jim Wyckoff for an exclusive engagement. Jim will be sharing his technical thoughts in an in-depth webinar on Thursday March 15, 2012. ??Register Now! () ? Comex gold futures prices are trading solidly lower and hit a fresh seven-week low Wednesday morning, ...

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According to the 2012 Retirement Confidence Survey published by the nonprofit Employee Benefit Research Institute, only a small fraction of Americans-14 percent-are very confident that they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement.

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Avaya will buy video conferencing systems provider Radvision for between $200 million and $250 million, the Israeli newspaper Globes reports, with the deal expected to be announced as soon as today. The story did not provide any source for the report. Globes notes that Radvision shares jumped 11% yesterday, boosting the company?s market cap to ...

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Daniel Loeb, noted investor and founder of $8 billion hedge fund Third Point LLC, bought a sizable stake in Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) in the third quarter of 2011. Since then, he has had a stormy public relationship with the company. Though he has criticized aspects of the company in a vitriolic correspondence, he increased his ...

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Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) are pointing toward a flat open this morning, as digests yesterday?s surge to fresh multi-year highs. Not only did the Dow eclipse 13,000, but the Nasdaq Composite finished north of 3,000 for the first time in 11 years. Heading into the open, futures on the DJIA are ...

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