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		<title>Cautious Buffett expecting another market downturn?;  LSE *HEARTS* high frequency traders; Gold sets 18 month high; Allan Sloan: Wall Street&#8217;s backsliding a year after Lehman&#8217;s fall; Goldman will become Eurotunnel&#8217;s biggest equity holder; Some tax cheats may be off the hook with Swiss / IRS deal; Feldstein op ed disses Obamacare deficits; M&amp;A heating up with Kraft&#8217;s spurned Cadbury offer?; Speculation that Kerry Packer may look to buy U.S. casinos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Closely Watched Buffett Recalculating His Bets
LSE welcomes high-frequency traders as source of liquidity
Gold Rallies to 18-Month High on Dollar’s Weakness, Inflation
Greenspan Says Capital Requirements Must Be Raised
Allan Sloan: A Year After Lehman, Wall Street&#8217;s Acting Like Wall Street Again
Eurotunnel Says Goldman Fund Becomes Biggest Investor
Swiss Deal With I.R.S. May Hide Some Tax Cheats
Martin Feldstein op [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meredith Whitney upped Goldman to a buy! (GS); Berkshire toning down risks; Barron&#8217;s on Berkshire: the price may be right; Boutiques winning a bigger slice of the M&amp;A pie</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2009/07/meredith-whitney-upped-goldman-to-a-buy-gs-berkshire-toning-down-risks-barrons-on-berkshire-the-price-may-be-right-boutiques-winning-a-bigger-slice-of-the-ma-pie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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Goldman Sachs Raised to ‘Buy’ by Meredith Whitney
Berkshire Tones Down Risky Business
For Buffett Fans, the Price Is Right
Boutique banks win bigger share of M&#38;A fees 

Goldman  Sachs Raised to ‘Buy’ by Meredith Whitney &#8211; Bloomberg
Meredith Whitney, founder of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group LLC, upgraded Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to “buy” from “neutral,” her first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OUCH! I2 Technologies stock tanks as its merger partner wants a deal do over</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/11/ouch-i2-technologies-stock-tanks-as-its-merger-partner-wants-a-deal-do-over/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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I2 Technologies (ITWO) shareholders woke up to rather unpleasant news this
morning.&#0160; They&#39;re scheduled to vote on a $14.86/share cash merger with JDA
Software (JDAS) on 11/6 (tomorrow!), and now it seems that JDA wants the vote postponed
so that they can recut the deal &#34;due to the adverse effect of the continuing credit crisis&#34;. The stock is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit crunch act of desperation?: Goldman Sachs reportedly called Citigroup last month about possibly merging</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/10/credit-crunch-act-of-desperation-goldman-sachs-reportedly-called-citigroup-last-month-about-possibly-merging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the thought of such a deal should make Goldman shareholders shudder (the good news is, it&#39;s not happening) :&#0160; It seems that after Goldman Sachs converted to a commercial bank last month that Lloyd Blankfein called up Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit about possibly hooking up.&#0160; It may have been at the suggestion of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More bank mergers on the way with the Treasury playing matchmaker?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a step that could accelerate a shakeout of the nation’s banks, the Treasury Department hopes to spur a new round of mergers by steering some of the money in its $250 billion rescue package to banks that are willing to buy weaker rivals, according to government officials&#8230;..
“Treasury doesn’t want to prop up weak banks,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ouch: Apollo&#8217;s Leon Black could be chemically impaired in a big way after adverse Huntsman court ruling</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/10/ouch-apollos-leon-black-could-be-chemically-impaired-in-a-big-way-after-adverse-huntsman-court-ruling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas justice coming after huge Huntsman victory?:&#160; Delaware Chancery Court Judge Stephen Lamb ruled that Apollo&#8217;s Hexion
Specialty Chemicals has to complete its merger with Huntsman Corp even though
Black &#38; Co argued that the combined company would be insolvent and that a
decline in Huntsman&#8217;s business voided the deal.
Worse for Black, after the Delaware court ruling he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wachovia suitors may play hard to get, eyeing the JP Morgan / WaMu model</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/09/wachovia-suitors-may-play-hard-to-get-eyeing-the-jp-morgan-wamu-model/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now they all want a Jamie Dimon&#8217;s type deal: Why buy the entire bank, including the toxic debt and other liabilities as well as having to pony up for the equity, when if you just wait a few days, the Feds may swoop in and let you just cherry pick the good assets, limiting your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wachovia may be looking to get hitched</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/09/wachovia-may-be-looking-to-get-hitched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Wachovia says they don&#8217;t have &#34;liquidity issues&#34; (at least as of today) but they&#8217;re nonetheless reportedly testing the merger waters. The toxic debt laden bank is reportedly in preliminary merger discussions with Banco Santander, Wells Fargo and Citigroup.&#160; &#160;The stock got nailed today, closing at $10, down&#160; $3.70. achovia reportedly in talks with three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CNBC is reporting that Morgan Stanley / Wachovia talks are moving ahead fast</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/09/cnbc-is-reporting-that-morgan-stanley-wachovia-talks-are-moving-ahead-fast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNBC&#8217;s Charlie Gasparino is reporting that the Morgan Stanley / Wachovia talks are no longer preliminary &#8212; they&#8217;re official and advanced 
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		<title>Sounds like Morgan Stanley is considering merging with Wachovia (or another bank)</title>
		<link>http://files.wallstreetfolly.com/wordpress/2008/09/sounds-like-morgan-stanley-is-considering-merging-with-wachovia-or-another-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Per Briefing.com:
16:35&#160; &#160;&#160; &#160;MS Morgan Stanley considers merger with Wachovia &#8211; NY Times&#160; (21.75 -6.95)
NY Times reports Morgan Stanley, one of the two last major American investment banks, is considering a merger with the Wachovia (WB) or another bank, according to people briefed on the discussions. Morgan Stanley&#8217;s chief executive, John J. Mack, received a [...]]]></description>
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