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News Breaks October 19, 2012 07:58 EDT MS Morgan Stanley price target raised to $22 from $20 at Susquehanna Susquehanna raised it price target on Morgan Stanley following solid Q3 results. The firm cited the nearing of complete Smith Barney ownership getting closer, stabilization of its businesses, and the potential for multiple expansion. Shares are Positive rated. News For MS From The Last 14 Days Check below for free stories on MS the last two weeks. Sign up for a free trial to see the rest of the stories you've been missing. May 16, 2013 18:49 EDT MS Senior holders may face first CMBS losses since crisis, WSJ reports Subscribe for More Information 06:41 EDT MS Big banks to benefit from U.S. concession on derivatives, NY Times says Subscribe for More Information May 15, 2013 17:26 EDT MS Third Point gives quarterly update on stakes NEW STAKES: Virgin Media (VMED), Tiffany (TIF), B/E Aerospace (BEAV), Anadarko (APC), and Thermo Fisher (TMO). INCREASED STAKES: International Paper (IP), Abbvie (ABBV), TransDigm (TDG), Constellation Brands (STZ), and Dollar General (DG). DECREASED STAKES: Delphi (DLPH), Murphy Oil (MUR), AIG (AIG), LyondellBasell (LYB), and Liberty Global (LBTYA). LIQUIDATED STAKES: Tesoro (TSO), Morgan Stanley (MS), Symantec (SYMC), Herbalife (HLF), and Illumina (ILMN). 17:03 EDT MS Soros gives quarterly update on stakes NEW STAKES: MeadWestvaco (MWV), Brocade (BRCD), Red Hat (RHT), Liberty Global (LBTYK), and VMware (VMW). INCREASED STAKES: Google (GOOG), Liberty Global (LBTYA), EQT Corp (EQT), Charter (CHTR), and US Airways (LCC). DECREASED STAKES: Citigroup (C), AIG (AIG), Apple (AAPL), Invesco (IVZ), and Motorola Solutions (MSI). LIQUIDATED STAKES: JPMorgan (JPM), General Electric (GE), CF Industries (CF), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Capital One (COF). 12:12 EDT MS Morgan Stanley price target raised to $36 from $30 at CLSA Subscribe for More Information May 14, 2013 14:44 EDT MS Morgan Stanley hits close to multi-year highs, levels to watch Subscribe for More Information 11:07 EDT MS Morgan Stanley hits close to multi-year highs, levels to watch Subscribe for More Information 08:33 EDT MS CFTC investigates swap contracts, FT reports The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a “special call” asking Wall Street banks and other traders to provide documents that would prove recent derivatives transactions known as “exchanges of futures for swaps” were legal. Lawyers at the CFTC enforcement division are also scrutinizing the trades for possible violations. The probe is into the legitimacy of more than 1M energy and metals transactions by the biggest traders in commodities markets over the past two years.Reference Link 06:19 EDT MS Brokerage firms see market share drop, competition increase, Bloomberg reports Subscribe for More Information 05:44 EDT MS Banks work deals from both sides of the field, WSJ reports Subscribe for More Information May 13, 2013 15:04 EDT MS Fed says large banks must submit midyear stress tests on July 5 Eighteen large U.S. bank holding companies are required to submit the results of their company-run, midyear stress tests to the Federal Reserve on July 5, the Federal Reserve said. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act required that large bank holding companies and non-bank financial institutions that are designated for Federal Reserve supervision by the Financial Stability Oversight Council conduct two stress tests each year. In the midyear test, which is being conducted for the first time in 2013, each firm develops its own baseline, adverse, and severely adverse scenarios to best reflect its individual operations and risks. Each firm in the midyear test is required to release the results produced under its severely adverse scenario, helping promote market discipline and understanding of the financial conditions and risks of individual firms, between September 15 and September 30, the Fed added. May 9, 2013 08:09 EDT MS JPMorgan, Bank of America had perfect trading records in Q1, Bloomberg reports JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC) had perfect trading records in the first quarter, making money every day of the period as Morgan Stanley (MS) posted losses in eight sessions and Goldman Sachs (GS) in two, reports Bloomberg. One daily gain at JPMorgan was over $200M as the bank recovered from last year’s London Whale derivatives loss, the company said in a regulatory filing. Reference Link 05:43 EDT MS Big banks take the offense against Washington, WSJ reports The biggest U.S. banks are going on the offensive to fight off growing efforts in Washington to rein them in, reports the Wall Street Journal. They've hired longtime, influential Washington insiders to deflect regulatory and political pressure to strengthen their finances and to sell assets. Reference Link May 8, 2013 07:56 EDT MS Morgan Stanley expands types of debt it buys, Bloomberg reports Morgan Stanley added $677M of collateralized debt obligations to its available-for-sale portfolio in Q1 and increased its corporate bond holdings to $3.53B, according to a regulatory filing, reports Bloomberg. The portfolio was invested solely in government and agency debt and U.S.-backed student loans at the end of 2011. Reference Link Sign up for a free trial to see the rest of the stories you've been missing.