<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Strumors - MS</title><description>Strumors - MS</description><link>http://strumors.com/symbol/ms</link><item><title>Morgan Stanley May Buy Stake in Citigroup's Retail Brokerage Business</title><link>http://strumors.com/1866</link><description>According to two people familiar with the mater, Morgan Stanely may pay between $2 to $3 billion for a controlling stake in Citigroup's Smith Barney retail brokerage business.  The cash would help out Citigroup, who is coming under mounting pressure to clean up its balance sheet after borrowing $45 billion from the government last year.  </description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:01:01 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://strumors.com/1866</guid></item><item><title>Morgan Stanley Announces Job Cuts</title><link>http://strumors.com/1680</link><description>Morgan Stanley announced plans to cut its staff by 10 percent in order to cope with deteriorating economic conditions.  Morgan Stanley currently employees 46,383 people.  </description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:01:07 -0400</pubDate><guid>http://strumors.com/1680</guid></item><item><title>Morgan Stanley May Merge with Wachovia</title><link>http://strumors.com/1472</link><description>Morgan Stanley is weighing is looking to merge with Wachovia and several other banks as the investment bank continues to struggle with lower investor confidence.   Its shares have dropped nearly 42 percent this week alone.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:01:09 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://strumors.com/1472</guid></item><item><title>Morgan Stanley Cuts 1,000 Jobs</title><link>http://strumors.com/706</link><description>Morgan Stanley, the second largest securities firm, announced Wednesday plans to eliminate 1,000 positions.  The company is drastically reducing its U.S. mortgage business and also shutting down its home loans division in the U.K.  </description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:01:09 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://strumors.com/706</guid></item><item><title>The High Cost of Morgan Stanley's Funding</title><link>http://strumors.com/513</link><description>Morgan Stanley managed to secure funding by selling up to 9.9% to a Chinese foreign exchange fund for about $5 billion.  The deal was viewed as a huge plus by investors due to the deal allows the company to clear up its balance sheet; however, the true costs of the deal are quite high.  The 9.9 percent a year translate to around $450 million of revenues gone next year, equal to approximately 18 percent of its current earnings.  It also means that in 2 and half years Morgan Stanley will need to issue a large amount of new stock, diluting current shareholder value.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 21:01:04 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://strumors.com/513</guid></item><item><title>Chinese Acquire 9.9% of Morgan Stanley</title><link>http://strumors.com/503</link><description>A state controlled China Investment Corp. acquired roughly 9.9% of Morgan Stanley for $5 billion in cash.  The news comes after Morgan Stanley reported its first quarter loss Wednesday.  It posted a huge loss of $3.54 billion or $3.61 per share.  CEO, John Mack, stated that the loss was `embarrassing` and that he would forgo his bonus for the year.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 19:01:06 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://strumors.com/503</guid></item><item><title>Morgan Stanley Issues Recession Warning</title><link>http://strumors.com/476</link><description>Morgan Stanley issued a warning today warning of a steep slowdown in business investment and conditions that could lead to a full blown recession in 2008.  In a report entitled "Recession Coming," Morgan Stanley reported that the credit crunch has started to cause serious damage to US companies.  </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:01:06 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://strumors.com/476</guid></item><item><title>Morgan Stanley's Earnings Drop 17 Percent</title><link>http://strumors.com/232</link><description>Morgan Stanley posted Q3 earnings of $1.47 billion or $1.44 per share compared to $1.75 per share last year.  This represents a 17 percent drop in profits primary due to writing down almost $1 billion dollars worth of loans amongst this years credit crisis.  </description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2006 19:01:09 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://strumors.com/232</guid></item><item><title>Morgan Stanley to Announce MSCI IPO</title><link>http://strumors.com/90</link><description>Morgan Stanley reported that it was going to sell part of its stake in index and risk provider MSCI as it continues to focus on its core brokerage business.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2006 07:01:06 -0500</pubDate><guid>http://strumors.com/90</guid></item></channel></rss>