Sanford C. Bernstein News

Goldman Sachs sees expansion potential in Europe as the euro crisis steers banks toward reducing their balance sheets, the president of the investment bank said on Thursday.

MasterCard Inc. Chief Executive Ajay Banga said card spending between April and late May rose in the U.S. and abroad.

Bank of America A : This week, at a Sanford C. Bernstein investors conference in New York, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan reiterated the bank's advancements streamlining operations as well as investing in its core business.

American International Group Inc., once the world's largest insurer, benefited from the humility that came with a U.S. bailout in 2008, said the chief executive officer of the property-casualty unit.

Economic Investment Trust Limited is a closed-end fund traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol EVT.

Merck CEO Ken Frazier has repeatedly said the company has no plans to follow Pfizer's strategy of divesting its consumer and animal health businesses.

Bank of America Corp.'s Brian Moynihan is worried about trouble in Europe and its effect on the global economy, he told investors Wednesday.

The JPMorgan Chase & Co. unit responsible for at least $2 billion in losses on credit derivatives was valuing some of its trades at prices that differed from those of its investment bank, according to people familiar with the matter.

Walt Disney Co plans as early as next week to launch a mobile application to let Comcast Corp cable TV subscribers watch the Disney Channel on the go, Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger told investors on Wednesday.

James Tisch, the chief executive officer of Loews Corp., said bonds should be called "certificates of confiscation" with yields on 10-year U.S. Treasuries at record lows.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. will participate in the Sanford C. Bernstein Twenty-Eighth Annual Strategic Decisions Conference in New York, NY on Wednesday, May 30, 2012.

Sapient today announced that Alan J. Herrick, president and chief executive officer, and Joseph S. Tibbetts, Jr., senior vice president and chief financial officer, will present at the Sanford C. Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference at The Waldorf Astoria in New York on Thursday, May 31, 2012 from 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. ET.

May 28, 2012 -- WHAT : Edison International to speak at the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.

ALVISO, CA, May 25, 2012 -- TiVo Inc. , a creator and leader in advanced television services and digital video recorders , today announced that President and CEO Tom Rogers will present at the Twenty-Eighth Annual Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.

FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northrop Grumman Corporation will participate in the Sanford C. Bernstein 28th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on Thursday, May 31, 2012.

AT&T Inc. will webcast a presentation by Randall Stephenson , AT&T chairman and chief executive officer, at the Sanford C. Bernstein 28th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference in New York on Friday, June 1 at 9 a.m. ET.

Verizon Wireless' $3.6 billion bid to buy unused wireless spectrum from cable companies is likely to get regulatory approval.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- -- Equinix, Inc. , a provider of global data center services, today announced that the company will present at the Cowen and Company Technology, Media and Telecom Conference and the Sanford C. Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference on May 30, 2012, in New York.

The presentation will be webcast live and can be accessed on Watson Pharmaceuticals' Investor Relations Website at http://ir.watson.com . The webcast can also be accessed at the following URL: http://cc.talkpoint.com/bern001/053012a_ad/?entity=3_745CNR5 An archived version will be available approximately one hour after the live presentation ends ... (more)

PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.