http://www.yourstreet.com/news/wall-street YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Eric Dinallo is moving to get the jump on the growing field of would-be replacements for AG Andrew Cuomo, sending out a introductory letter to Democratic county chairs and committee members who will "play a critical role" in choosing the nominee next spring. In the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756622/dinallo-s-pitch Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:10:08 -0800 Lust for luxury Manhattan properties has picked up again, but inventory is too low to satisfy the cravings of wealthy buyers looking for bargains, brokers say. The expected return of Wall Street bonuses, combined with the presence of foreign buyers looking to take... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756128/for-manhattan-s-wealthiest-buyers,-luxury-inventory-falls-short Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:00:08 -0800 CHICAGO — More than 80 percent of major companies reporting third-quarter results this month have beaten Wall Street expectations. So is business that good? No. Are companies gaming the system? Yes. Corporate America has a habit of low-balling the earnings... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6750559/companies-are-gaming-the-system-to-beat-wall-street-expectations Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:12:08 -0700 Wall Street to Main Street. It’s been a constant refrain since the economy began to tumble. As the first bank bailouts hit, one big question was 'What does this mean for Main Street?' WNYC has spe.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752048/main-street-nyc Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:06:08 -0700 On Sunday, The American Bankers Association begins a four day long convention that hopes to “rebuild our future, community by community.” The conference features a who’s who of financial celebrities including FDIC Chair Sheila C Blair along with... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751623/plutocrats-and-paupers-showdown-in-chicago Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:20:08 -0700 It's the news we've been waiting for since last weekend: the identity of the buyer of Bernie Madoff's Montauk beach house! The Wall Street... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752139/developer-gets-his-revenge-on-madoff-by-buying-his-house Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:22:08 -0700 TIM Geithner has kept up the tradition started by Hank Paulson as Treasury Secretary -- talk to Wall Street as much as possible, even if it raises suspicions that you are providing financial bigwigs with information that isn't available to the publi... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6746803/somebody-in-congress-needs-to-look-into-this Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:50:08 -0700 Wall Street on Trial: Dan Slater, a former litigator, is following the government's criminal case against two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers for DealBook, and he provides an analysis of why the case could falter. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6742401/wall-street-on-trial-a-case-that-could-falter Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:04:08 -0700 NEW YORK – High Point University business students and administrators ended six and a half hours of trading Monday by ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street. read more http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6747892/hpu-president,-students-ring-nyse-closing-bell Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:49:08 -0700 Wall Street titan Lionel Pincus, whose private equity firm invested nearly $30 billion in businesses around the world, has died after a long illness, his family said yesterday. The Warburg Pincus founder and chairman was 78. He died at his Park Av... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6746925/wall-st-banker-pincus,-78,-dies Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:33:08 -0700 Pincus and the princess in 2005. Warm and unassuming Wall Street titan Lionel Pincus, who had been mentally incapacitated since 2006 after a stroke, died this weekend at the age of 78. Perhaps unbeknownst to him, in his final months of life his sons and his longtime... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6747046/so-is-lionel-pincus-s-death-a-victory-for-his-princess-girlfriend- Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:10:08 -0700 The chief economist for a Wall Street rating firm will offer his perspective of the international and national economic situation to New Hampshire lawmakers next month. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6747795/house,-senate-seek-economists-views Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:00:08 -0700 And when it comes to television, everybody's apparently a programming expert -- from Wall Street titans to Supreme Court Justices. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6739796/rory-o-connor-the-human-sacrifice-channel Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:18:08 -0700 Prepayments on 30-year mortgage-backed securities were slower than expected in September, two Wall Street reports show. According to the Credit Suisse Group, the pace decline on 15-year mortgage products were anticipated, but Deutsche Bank's report said that other... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6740600/thirty-year-mortgage-backed-security-prepayments-slow Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:30:08 -0700 Cree might get additional financial assistance from the state as it continues adding new jobs and expanding its Durham manufacturing plant. But it recently received a bigger pot of money to pay for expansion, thanks to investor optimism about Cree's prospects. The... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6740806/cree-s-stock-surge-helping-pay-for-expansion,-hiring Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:15:08 -0700 "The mayor's race has officially gone negative" with the release of Bill Thompson's two new ads attacking Mayor Bloomberg , Michael Barbaro declares . Thompson slammed Bloomberg's economic record during a Staten Island speech, saying he has turned the city into "a... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6740873/news-of-the-day Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:03:08 -0700 Democratic mayoral nominee Bill Thompson's latest TV ads (number 3 and 4, respectively) highlight two of his key campaign themes: The term limits extension and the billionaire mayor's alleged lack of caring about the middle class. The ads are both narrated by... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6739753/thompson-advertises-on-term-limits,-middle-class Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:25:08 -0700 The latest signals from the White House suggest that President Obama now realizes he must do more—and quickly—to ease the economic suffering of working families. He knows that most Americans believe his administration and Congress have so far provided more help... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6747002/spend,-obama,-spend Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:10:08 -0700 Duke University joined other colleges across the country on a list it would have preferred to avoid: academic institutions whose endowments have been rocked by the recession. Duke's endowment lost 24.3 percent of its value for the year that ended June 30, reports our... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6739677/duke-university-endowment-loses-24-3-percent Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:55:08 -0700 Given the industry's reputation these days, it might seem surprising that so many figures from Wall Street are considering a move to Capitol Hill. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6734030/bankers-and-buyout-bosses-on-the-ballot Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:07:08 -0700