Here is realitycheck from CNBC.
“The US banking system will lose some 1,000 institutions over the next two years, said John Kanas, whose private equity firm bought BankUnited of Florida in May.
“We’ve already lost 81 this year,” Kanas told CNBC. “The numbers are climbing every day. Many of these institutions nobody’s ever heard of. They’re smaller [...]
Archive for August, 2009
1,000 Banks to Fail In Next Two Years: Bank CEO
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, tagged boic, Gerbsman Partners, Date certain, Date Certain M&A, restructuring, North fork bank, banking crisis, cnbc on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Spend-And-Borrow Economy
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Economy, tagged boic, economic crisis, Gerbsman Partners, lending crisis on August 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ponzi schemes have a way of ending unhappily.
Here is a article from Forbes.
“In the last few months the world economy has been saved from a near-depression. That feat has been achieved by a range of extraordinary government stimulus measures: In the U.S. and in China, and to a lesser extent in Europe, Japan and other [...]
More IPO gossip, new prospects include: Greenplum, LinkedIn, Pacific Biosciences and Zynga
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Business models, Market research, Strategy, boic, tagged boic, Changyou, CSFB, emdeon, Gerbsman Partners, Goldman, google news, greenplum ipo, ipo, IPO candidates, ipo rumors, Jeffries, JMP Securities, Lehman Bros, LinkedIn IPO, Morgan Stanley, OpenTable, pacific biosciences ipo, Piper Jaffray, rosetta stone, silicon valley news, Thomas Weisel Partners, zynga ipo on August 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
If you have been an investor in technology IPOs in recent months you’ve done well.
Starting in April, and really gathering momentum this summer, there has been a slew of tech companies that leapt through the public market window including Changyou (CYOU), Rosetta Stone (RST), OpenTable (OPEN), and most recently Emdeon (EM).
Microsoft-Yahoo merger under review
Posted in Board Of Intellectual Capital, Business models, Economy, Gerbsman Partners, Investments, Market research, Microsoft, Strategy, internet, tagged boic, Date Certain M&A, distressed asset sales, Gerbsman Partners, investment opportunities, investment strategies, Microsoft, microsoft merger, tech mergers, tech news, yahoo merger on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Although a few days old, I found this article for todays post. It´s old news that Yahoo and Microsoft is partnering up – but what just hit me is that the forced antitrust review needed for the advertising deal might just be the precursor for a forthcoming merger.
Here is a Associated Press piece by way [...]
Roubini: The risk of a double-dip recession is rising
Posted in Community, Economy, Gerbsman Partners, Market research, boic, tagged boic, economic crisis, economic outlook, Gerbsman Partners, market data, Recession on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a good Financial Time article.
“The global economy is starting to bottom out from the worst recession and financial crisis since the Great Depression. In the fourth quarter of 2008 and first quarter of 2009 the rate at which most advanced economies were contracting was similar to the gross domestic product free-fall in the [...]
