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Wrong. Both the common and preferred will not survive once when the reorganization is effective. What does it mean that the common stock will be cancelled? Why aren't current common stockholders receiving anything under the Plan? As the company said would likely be the case for some time...

Blackberry maker dealt another blow Jeff Clabaugh Staff Reporter A small local company continues to be a big headache for Blackberry maker Research In Motion, and the latest court ruling could choke off its U.S. sales. Research in Motion, whose proposed $450 million out of court...

All SEC regulated options (i.e., options that trade on the AMEX, BOX, CBOE, ISE, Philly, or P-Coast) are subject to the PDT rule.

NYMEX TO CHANGE TRADING HOURS FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 NEW YORK, N.Y., September 22, 2005 - The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., announced today that it will change the trading hours on Sunday, September 25 only for NYMEX ACCESS© electronic trading, NYMEX ClearPort© electronic...

Forward-looking statements Information in this press release contains forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Capital One and Hibernia caution readers that any forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and the actual results...

Capital One and Hibernia Corporation Renegotiate Acquisition Price Wednesday September 7, 8:30 am ET Capital One to Acquire Hibernia for $5.0 Billion in Stock and Cash Transaction Expected to Close in the 4th Quarter of 2005 MCLEAN, Va. and NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/...

I want to say that I do not know if the deal will close (old terms, new terms) or it will be terminated. I just want to emphasize that there is too much uncertainty (that is why the spread is so out of whack) and that the market's pricing is telling us that the deal will probably not be...

Capital One and Hibernia could extend the closing date to a future time so that both parties could do due diligence. Suppose that you contracted to buy a house for $1 million. The day before closing, there is flooding and your house is damaged. Does this mean that you have to buy the trashed...

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He's probably long the position and wants to do the old pump and dump.

I wonder if all of the refined gasoline for the Hawaiian market is being shipped to the lower 48 now. So much for price supports.

This does not apply to me, but some of my friends. Give interest on balances less than $10,000. Currently it is 0%, but imagine if you have a regular IB account which trades actively and a small IRA account which does not trade actively. It is going to be hard for that small IRA account to...

Based on your scenario, you probably would want to sell short dated puts instead of long dated puts because the time decay on the long dated puts would be very minimal.

Nasdaq Plans to Gain Volume by Opening Its Lines to Options By AARON LUCCHETTI and CYNTHIA SCHREIBER Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL August 26, 2005; Page C4 For stock exchanges, "options" is the buzzword these days. Nasdaq Stock Market Inc.'s plan to allow its customers...

Fed Summons 14 Banks to Discuss Credit-Derivatives Controls Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York invited 14 of the ``major participants'' in the credit- derivatives market to a meeting next month amid concern the $8.4 trillion industry is rife with unconfirmed trades...

If the underlying stock is traded on the AMEX or NYSE, the option exchanges will wait until the stock begins trading (on the primary market) before they will open option trading.

Remember that all margin accounts must have a minimum of $2000 in equity.

and 3. If the owner of the option exercises the option, then the open interest decreases.

The Joy of Naked Puts By KOPIN TAN OVER THE YEARS, this column has consulted strategists, money managers and professional traders. But it rarely taps an important constituency: the individual investors who populate the option market. Now meet Tony Elenbaas, an Annapolis, Md., resident...