On FT Alphaville this morning,
- There’s been a Bear attack. And an addition to the list of things you can buy for $2.
- Markets Live has more on the walking wounded. How much lower will Lehman open?
- One shareholder objected to JPMorgan’s cut-price deal for Bear on the banks’ late night conference call.
- No wonder there’s a pot of funds set aside for potential litigation.
- How does Bear compare to the UK’s own busted bank, Northern Rock?
- Meredith Whitney, cheerful as ever, sees another 50% downside for financials.
- What does it all mean for Visa’s monster IPO?
- There’s bad news from the money markets, as the Bank moves to ease overnight liquidity stresses.
- There’s sign of CDS stress ahead of Q1 numbers.
- British Energy confirms that it is in takeover talks – partially at least.
On FT.com,
- Deutsche Telekom hopes to secure control of Hellenic Telecom after snapping up a near-20 per cent stake.
- Siemens dramatically issued a profit warning, saying earnings would be €900m lower than forecast.
- The dollar plunged to record lows against the euro and Swiss franc and its weakest level since 1995 versus the yen.
-The slide in new house building in the US means profits pain for Wolseley.
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