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Renewable Energy Project Finance: Cause for Optimism Amidst Turmoil RenewableEnergyWorld.com - Peterborough,NH,USA Moreover, the bursting of this latest speculative investment bubble is imposing a healthy dose ofinvestment and fiscal discipline that was probably lacking ... See all stories on this topic

Hartford Financial Plans To Cut Dividend 84%, Swings To 4Q Loss CNNMoney.com - USA Profit fell 8% in the property-and-casualty segment on a decline in investment performance. Total written premiums for the property-and-casualty insurance ... See all stories on this topic

Buffett invests €2 billion in Swiss Re Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland Mr Buffett's move through Berkshire Hathaway is the latest in a series of investments he has made in crisis-hit companies, including General Electric and ... See all stories on this topic

ABN’s China Chairman Qiu Zhizhong Said to Quit After 3 Years Bloomberg - USA Qiu is the latest top executive to quit after the firm cut about 70 investment-banking jobs in Asia in December, the people said, declining to be identified ... See all stories on this topic

Olympus Forecasts Net Loss on Yen, Camera Price Drop Bloomberg - USA Olympus said it expects to spend 58 billion yen on investment in equipment and facilities in the full-year period, up 16 percent from the previous year. ... See all stories on this topic

Aon 4Q Net Drops 96% On $116 Million Expected Loss For Sale of Unit CNNMoney.com - USA The segment's profit slid 21% amid a 14% decline in investment income. Organic revenue in the consulting business rose 3%, while earnings slid 8.3%, ... See all stories on this topic

Apartment Investment Cuts 300 Jobs, Dividend By 58%; View Weak EasyBourse.com - Paris,France The latest round will take place in a number of areas as Apartment Investment expect to save $70 million this year. More job cuts aren't out of the question ... See all stories on this topic

EARNINGS WATCH Updates, advisories and surprises MarketWatch - USA For the first quarter Apartment Investment sees a loss of 54 cents to 61 cents a share and for 2009 it sees a loss in the range of $1.67 to $1.97. Aon Corp. ... See all stories on this topic

Wall Street Journal Blogs The Wallet covers the latest personal finance and investing news ... Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA That is, the gap between investment return and investor return. We buy high, sell low. As a result, we stink at investing. [BehaviorGap via GetRichSlowly] See all stories on this topic

Gold rises as US jobless rate jumps to 7.6% MarketWatch - USA Gold's appeal as an investment alternative increases at times when the greenback comes under selling pressure. In early North American trading, ... See all stories on this topic

Apartment Investment & Management turns to profit in Q4; Guides Q1 ... RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA The latest quarter results included income from discontinued operations of $143.92 million or $1.25 per share, compared to last year's income of $3.80 ... See all stories on this topic

Income Plummets at Cincinnati Financial TheStreet.com - USA Excluding net realized investment gains and catastrophe losses, operating income dropped to $82.00 million or $0.51 per share. The latest quarterly results ... See all stories on this topic

CNA Surety clears earnings forecasts with room to spare Chicago Tribune - United States Unlike many insurance concerns, CNA Surety's investment income, or revenue from dividends on its bondholdings and the like, stayed solid in the latest ... See all stories on this topic

Harvard Management cuts 50 jobs Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA About 50 jobs will be trimmed from the HMC payroll, the latest university-endowment manager that has taken it on the chin in recent months amid a severe ... See all stories on this topic

Here's How You Could Profit From Vladimir Putin's Latest Power Play
Independent Financial & Investment Advice - London,London,UK
That’s not just my view, it is the prescription of Benjamin Graham in his 1934 investment classic “Security Analysis”. Time to buy? ...

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