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http://www.theoptionsinsider.com/comment/?id=103 Viva Las Vegas! The options industry recently concluded its 26th annual conference. While that is not noteworthy in and of itself, the site chosen for this year's gathering certainly is - Sin City. On the surface, the choice of Las Vegas...

http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080505/REG/500788054 Backdating action ebbing for enforcers Despite Monster’s rearing its ugly head, the scandal over option grant rigging is seen ending with a whimper By Nicholas Rummell May 5, 2008 Option-backdating...

http://www.finalternatives.com/node/4258 Hedge Fund Horse Wins Kentucky Derby May 5, 2008 How’s this for marketing a racehorse hedge fund: We just won the Kentucky Derby. International Equine Acquisitions Holdings, currently in the process of transforming itself into a $100 million...

Call Option Volume Heavy In "Fear Index" VIX is lower as the day ends in a few hours of uninspired trade. The major averages are mixed, with weakness in the Dow and the NASDAQ, but modest gains for the S&P 500. VIX is down $.26 to $19.80 and likely to close below 20 for the first time in...

I love the idea of Dell buying Radio Shack just to get their hands on Radio Shack's list of battery buyers. Classic!

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/37119/118/ Pension fund claims evidence against Jobs & Co in Apple backdating scandal Business and Law By Christian Zibreg Thursday, April 24, 2008 15:09 Cupertino (CA) – FindLaw.com today published an article that shines the spotlight on...

http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2008/04/24/ambac-obliterated-is-this-the-end.aspx Ambac Obliterated: Is This the End? By Morgan Housel April 24, 2008 2 Recommendations I thought the worst was over. After the first three months of 2008 threw more curveballs at bond insurer Ambac...

http://www.theoptionsinsider.com/tradingtechnology/?id=743 UAL Corp (UAUA), Delta (DAL) & AMR (AMR) The entire airline industry came under pressure Tuesday after UAL Corp. (UAUA) posted a first quarter loss of $4.45 a share, which was $1.04 worse than analyst estimates. The AMEX Airline...

http://www.france24.com/en/20080422-witnesses-societe-generale-trader-jerome-kerviel-scandal Two top Eurex investigators described to financial police earlier this month their warnings to Societe Generale in 2007 about unusual deals by rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, a source said Tuesday...

http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/04/21/daily28.html Is Dell planning to acquire RadioShack? Austin Business Journal Company officials aren't talking, but rumors are rampant that Dell Inc. plans to acquire Fort Worth-based RadioShack, according to the Fort Worth...

Came across a very interesting discussion on this topic that has been raging for quite a while: Broker Smackdown: Think or Swim vs. Options House vs. OptionsXpress vs. Trade King I tend to favor optionsXpress, although Options House has been tempting me lately with their flat rates. Of...

I would add: OIC Institutional http://www.optionseducation.org/institutional/default.jsp THE OPTIONS INSIDER http://www.theoptionsinsider.com/ and CONDOR OPTIONS http://www.condoroptions.com/ to that list. (FYI - The latter site endorses a pay trading system that may or may...

full article here: Unusual Options Activity In Citrix Systems (CTXS) Citrix Systems (CTXS) Citrix Systems (CTXS) is seeing unusual action for a second day. Yesterday, heavy call buying was seen in early morning trading, perhaps related to VMWARE (VMW) which was trading sharply higher...

Looks like there was some truth hidden in that options activity after all...

Seems like there are rumors all the time these days about Alcoa. However, the options activity in Alcoa makes me think that these latest rumors have some teeth. Options aren't always the most reliable indicator, but they can be helpful when you know what to look for.

I think you are being a little rough on Eurex. After all, they announced their bid for the ISE back in May, but the transaction wasn't completed until November. This deal has come about only a few months later. That's relatively quick in corporate terms. I wasn't expecting any interesting...

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article3542723.ece Hedge funds on the brink as US Federal Reserve cash fails to ease crisis Suzy Jagger in New York Several hedge funds with assets of more than $4 billion (£2 billion) were on the...

http://www.theoptionsinsider.com/industry/?id=656 Eurex/ISE Merger Starting To Pay Dividends Posted on 3/13/2008 in Industry A Stifling Transaction? When Eurex acquired the International Securities Exchange (ISE) last year, the acquisition sent shudders throughout the options world. The...

http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN1331052220080313 ISE vice chairman charged with insider trading Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:45pm EDTPost Your Comments | All Comments Email | Print | Share| Reprints | Single Page| Recommend (0) [-] Text [+] By Paritosh Bansal NEW...

What is going on with SBUX these days? Up one minute, in the toilet the next. For that matter, what is the upside for SBUX? Haven't they already hit the ceiling for their expansion? After all, my town has dozens of them, several of them right across the street from each other. Doesn't seem...