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Corrections Corp. of America says 1Q profit fell (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Published:Thu, 07 May 2009 15:45:05 GMT  
Corrections Corp. of America, which designs, builds and manages prisons, jails and detention facilities, reported Thursday that first-quarter profit slid 1 percent as higher expenses offset revenue growth....

Bank of America Options Offer a Safer Hedge, Barclays Says (Bloomberg)
Published:Thu, 07 May 2009 13:45:44 GMT  
May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. is likely to convert preferred stock into common shares, and traders betting on a potential swap should use options, Barclays Plc said....

Bank of America surges before stress test results (San Francisco Chronicle)
Published:Thu, 07 May 2009 15:39:00 GMT  
Shares of Bank of America Corp. continued their rapid climb Thursday, hours ahead of the expected announcement of bank stress test results and following a pair of analyst upgrades. Bank of America shares jumped $1.57, or 12.4 percent, to $14.26 in morning... Related: Bank of America - Business - Financial Services - Banking Services - Banks and Institutions...

Financial Stocks: Fifth Third, Bank of America lead financials rally (Market Watch)
Published:Thu, 07 May 2009 13:38:13 GMT  
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Bank of America Corp. and Fifth Third Bancorp both rallied more than 15% Thursday as investors digested leaked results of recent government-administered stress tests and concluded they would be better than expected....

Playboy Pin-Up America Olivo Picks Her Top 10 Monokinis for (Fox News)
Published:Thu, 07 May 2009 12:47:17 GMT  
America knows a thing or two about turning on the sexy, so we invited her to analyze the summer's hottest swimsuit trend - the monokini...

Kansas District Plans Largest Auction of Build America Bonds (Bloomberg)
Published:Thu, 07 May 2009 11:15:26 GMT  
May 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Olathe school system in Kansas’s most populous county leads municipal bond auctions today with the largest competitively bid offering of Build America Bonds since public sales started in mid-April....

Sources: Bank of America Will Not Be Forced to Raise New Capital (Washington Post)
Published:Wed, 06 May 2009 19:51:58 GMT  
The government will not require Bank of America to raise any new capital as a result of its stress test, although the company will be required to increase its holdings of common equity, the most dependable kind of capital, by about $35 billion, according to people familiar with the matter....

Promisec Honored Among This Year's Most Promising Private Technology Ventures in North America (redOrbit)
Published:Thu, 07 May 2009 14:14:39 GMT  
NEW YORK, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Promisec Inc., the leading innovator in clientless endpoint management, announced today its status as a finalist for the Red Herring 100 North America award, a prestigious list honoring the year's most promising private technology ventures in North America. The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies from a pool of 1,200....

Bank of America may need $34B in new capital (AP via Yahoo! News)
Published:Wed, 06 May 2009 15:04:13 GMT  
Bank of America Corp. stock rose as investors appeared comforted by reports that the bank has the means to cover a potential $34 billion shortfall in capital....
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Corrections Corp. of America says 1Q pr...
Published:Thu, 07 May 2009 15:45:05 GMT
Corrections Corp. of America, which designs, builds and manages prisons, jails and detention facilities, reported Thursday that first-quarter profit slid 1 percent as higher expen......
Bank of America Options Offer a Safer H...
Published:Thu, 07 May 2009 13:45:44 GMT
May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. is likely to convert preferred stock into common shares, and traders betting on a potential swap should use options, Barclays Plc said.......
Bank of America surges before stress te...
Published:Thu, 07 May 2009 15:39:00 GMT
Shares of Bank of America Corp. continued their rapid climb Thursday, hours ahead of the expected announcement of bank stress test results and following a pair of analyst upgrades......
Financial Stocks: Fifth Third, Bank of ...
Published:Thu, 07 May 2009 13:38:13 GMT
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Bank of America Corp. and Fifth Third Bancorp both rallied more than 15% Thursday as investors digested leaked results of recent government-adm......
Playboy Pin-Up America Olivo Picks Her ...
Published:Thu, 07 May 2009 12:47:17 GMT
America knows a thing or two about turning on the sexy, so we invited her to analyze the summer's hottest swimsuit trend - the monokini......