http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/david_gaffenArticles by DAVID GAFFEN, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 05:34:20 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 05:34:20 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/Tx_3JdMql4A/WSJ.com’s inside look at the markets Apart from the soap opera that is the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch affair, there was news of note from the banking sector Thursday, most of it dismal. Several regional banks released earnings before the opening ...Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:24:35 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/Tx_3JdMql4A/Merrill LynchHudson City Bancorp, Inc.SunTrust Banks, Inc.Wall Street JournalFifth Third Bancorphttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/nJGLyq8wO7c/Stock investors, by and large, have reasonably positive views of Treasury Secretary nominee Tim Geithner. The market boomed on the day his nomination was announced, and some traders attributed the gains in stocks yesterday in part on the belief that ...Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:24:14 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/nJGLyq8wO7c/Timothy F. GeithnerBarack ObamaOlympia Snowehttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/thvr09b0NaY/Shares of Bank of America are down 18% on the day to $5.52 a share, not far from the day’s lows. The the deal has come under increasing scrutiny in recent days after Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis said on the firm’s earnings call last week that after ...Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:22:27 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/thvr09b0NaY/Merrill LynchKenneth D LewisBank of AmericaU.S. CongressU.S. Republican Partyhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/oxAv2MQNScw/Investors actively trading Thursday have been stung by Microsoft, after the company’s earnings fell short of consensus, and the PC giant coupled that with layoffs and a decision to keep mum on guidance for coming quarters due to the muddy economic ...Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:22:27 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/oxAv2MQNScw/Microsoft CorporationApple, Inc.IBMhttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/QhjE7XguFQg/WSJ.com’s inside look at the markets As nice as it was for International Business Machines to outdo expectations on Wednesday, the reverse is true with Microsoft, which missed earnings expectations. Bonds are rallying and equity futures are lower as ...Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:18:53 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/QhjE7XguFQg/Microsoft CorporationWall Street JournalApple, Inc.Steve JobsDigghttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/RFj7u_vxf6Q/Something about this day brings to mind images of a guy actually attempting to make dead cats bounce. Banks led the way out of purgatory after getting creamed on Tuesday, and the renewed interest in that sector spread through the rest of the market ...Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:44:45 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/RFj7u_vxf6Q/CitigroupIBMHudson City Bancorp, Inc.Merrill LynchBank of Americahttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/BfDSPwmw7hY/WSJ.com’s inside look at the markets Shares of Hudson City Bancorp aren’t going anywhere Wednesday, but analysts were taking the company’s earnings report well, and like its larger, better-heeled brethren Northern Trust, saluting its conservative ...Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:42:48 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/BfDSPwmw7hY/Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.Wall Street JournalDiggFacebook Inc.http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/kAvXuz-elb8/WSJ.com’s inside look at the markets Until Tuesday, the governing philosophy in Washington for the last eight years was a conservative one. In that time, the same could not be said of the nation’s banks, which is why so many are falling all over ...Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:36:46 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/kAvXuz-elb8/Wall Street JournalBarack ObamaJ.P. Morgan Chase & Co.Bank of Americahttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/ktyHH2ZfSFE/WSJ.com’s inside look at the markets Banks look stronger for the early going as well, after earnings from Northern Trust and Hudson City Bancorp. Shares of Northern Trust rose 12% after the banking sector was routed Tuesday, and Hudson City gained 6. ...Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:25:22 GMThttp://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/marketbeat/feed/~3/ktyHH2ZfSFE/Wall Street JournalHudson City Bancorp, Inc.ICAPIBMDigg