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...until 2010. Because the downturn is global, most manufacturers expect export orders to fall further in the coming months, according to the British employers' organization, the CBI. In the meantime, British holidaymakers used to vacationing in France or Spain are making plans for breaks closer to home. Outside the Bank of England, which moved to its present central London site in 1734, one oil-industry worker with a fondness for European travel says he'll "just sit tight" until the pound gets stronger again. Behind him, the city's buses shuttle workers home, with posters on their sides trumpeting...
Well, how did you do it? It felt like it was four years' worth of work. There was so much volatility. We changed the stocks around a lot throughout the year. In July, when the banks were cratering, we bought Bank of America at 18 [dollars a share], and it jumped right back up to the 30s, and we sold it there. That's not something you usually do within a month's time. Last year was really opportunistic. In a month's time you went from cheap to fairly valued - and in many cases back down to cheap...
...look at financials going forward? It's difficult. We avoided much of this mess, and we've tried to limit our exposure to the banks. We've dipped our toe in the water a few times now. USBancorp, I think, will be a survivor and will thrive. But we've got quarters of difficulty. The hardest part of this is figuring out when people will start looking beyond the near-term. We've tried to take small steps into the riskier stuff. We ended up buying Bank of America again, since that worked out so well for us last year...
John Thain's swift departure as head of Bank of America's (BofA) Merrill Lynch unit after a 15-minute dustup with his boss, CEO Ken Lewis, is a consequence of friction that occurs when conflicting business maxims come into contact. And the fact that Thain must really love...
...were BofA's risk and compliance troops? Wouldn't you want to be all over these people, especially in Q4? Or maybe they all took John Thain at his word when, in October, he said, "We continue to reduce exposures and deleverage the balance sheet prior to closing the Bank of America deal." Those words were surely reassuring, but isn't the whole idea of financial risk management that you don't take anyone at his or her word? (See the top 10 financial collapses...