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Manufacturing Saudi Arabia leads in manufacturing sector investments GulfNews - Dubai,United Arab Emirates This information was contained in the latest report published by the Doha-based Gulf IndustrialInvestments Organization. Saudi Arabia's investments in the ... See all stories on this topic

Outside buyers drawn to Detroit's foreclosed homes The Associated Press Outside buyers are the latest in a long line of landlords taking over the deteriorating housing stock of a city that because of its once mighty auto ... See all stories on this topic

Private equity feels the pain as investment values fade Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom According to the latest 2009 Preqin Global Private Equity Review, cash is available. While previously strong fundraising dropped off in 2008, "eight of the ... See all stories on this topic

Atlantis Seeks Approval to Close China Fortune, Create New Fund Bloomberg - USA By Bei Hu and Bernard Lo March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Atlantis Investment Management Ltd., a London-based firm that oversees $1.8 billion, is seeking unitholders’ ... See all stories on this topic

Time for Britain to take full control of bad banks Emirates Business 24/7 - Dubai,Dubai,United Arab Emirates I was reminded of this last week while watching a senior British politician on the TV news, railing against the latest "fat cat" banker who is alleged to ... See all stories on this topic

AIG Told US Failure Would Cripple World’s Banks, Money Funds Bloomberg - USA AIG’s presentation said that without more US help, investment losses would mean “AIG will not be able to repay its obligations” and that cash previously ... See all stories on this topic

ATW Daily News ATWOnline - Silver Spring,MD,USA Greek government selected domestic holding company Marfin Investment Group to purchase Olympic Airlines. "The government's legal and financial advisers ... See all stories on this topic

A Toe in the Water Washington Post - United States That was only logical, given the latest tirade of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who called Israel "a cancerous tumor," rejected Mideast ... See all stories on this topic

Swiss Re Chairman Forstmoser Steps Down; Kielholz Promoted CNNMoney.com - USA VX) said Monday chairman Peter Forstmoser will step down, the latest casualty of spiralinginvestment losses at the Zurich -based reinsurer. ... See all stories on this topic

AIG warned of global turmoil before rescue: report Reuters - USA N) had warned of turmoil around the globe if the government allowed the insurer to fail when it appealed to US regulators for its latest rescue, ... See all stories on this topic

Gaylord resort vision for Mesa in voters' hands Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA Along with the second resort and other amenities, the initial private investment is estimated at about $1 billion. If voters say yes, and the vision pans ... See all stories on this topic

AsiaOne Keep faith in equities AsiaOne - Singapore The latest edition of the Global Investment Returns Yearbook, now published by Credit Suisse, may well be the most authoritative as it scrutinises over 109 ... See all stories on this topic

Hughes Insurance Nets Online Return PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA This latest investment complements the recent network expansion throughout Northern Ireland which included the opening of new branches in Newry, Coleraine, ... See all stories on this topic

Qatar govt to buy investment shares from banks Forbes - NY,USA Qatar bank shares leapt around 10 percent, the daily limit allowed by the Doha bourse, in reaction to the latest news. 'This is great news for the markets,' ... See all stories on this topic

Patients urged to join latest hospital superbug crackdown Scotsman - United Kingdom Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the new initiative would benefit from investment of more than £1 million a year and was key to Holyrood's commitment ... See all stories on this topic

FACTBOX-Gulf Arab policy actions to face Life Style Extra - UK Qatar's government took the latest step on Monday, saying it would buy listed shares within banks'investment portfolios due to concerns over the banking ... See all stories on this topic

Nigeria: Naicom, CIIN Worry Over the Impact of Global Financial Crisis AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA ... remittances and foreign investments and the drying up of credit lines for Nigeria's external and fiscal positions. The latest estimates of economic ... See all stories on this topic

Gadgets are being introduced that will bring the games even closer Boston Globe - United States It is the latest in video conferencing; you talk league gossip and lineup changes, knee injuries, and new players. Welcome to the fan experience of the ... See all stories on this topic

Capital One slashes dividend 87% MarketWatch - USA By MarketWatch BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Capital One Financial Corp. on Monday became the latestfinancial-services firm to dramatically cut its dividend to ... See all stories on this topic

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Boeing's Wichita Engineers Decide Against a Strike FOXBusiness - USA s Wichita, Kan., facility rejected the company's latest labor contract, but decided not to strike because of the fledgling economy. ... See all stories on this topic

MARKET BUZZ Don't Let Crisis Leave You Cross-Eyed Washington Post - United States ... they set in their investment plans. In such times, careful analysis of stock prices and the government's latest economic fixes can get short shrift. ... See all stories on this topic

ampus Insider: Racist e-mail rocks Dartmouth campus Boston Globe - United States Massachusetts State Senator Anthony Galluccio is the latest politician (after City Councilor Michael Flaherty and Mayor Thomas M. Menino) to blast the ... See all stories on this topic

Bear market in full growl, and the end isn't in sight San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA We are, after all, dealing with the after-effects of a series of investment bubbles that have been percolating and popping over the past 20 years, ... See all stories on this topic

inancial advisers find training falls short in this stock market ... Chicago Tribune - United States "Please find me an investment adviser who will stop losing my money," pleaded Earl Braunlin, a Ft. Wayne, Ind., doctor who thinks about the hundreds of ... See all stories on this topic

The streets of busted dreams The Oregonian - OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA Reynolds is considering buying a second house as an investment. Behind him is Ryan Tibbitts, who is expecting his second child and looking to move his ... See all stories on this topic

9ER INVESTMENT Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA The referendum is just the latest way the athletic department is trying to deal with increased costs and the constant belt-tightening of state money. ... See all stories on this topic

loyds the latest UK bank to be rescued The Age - Melbourne,Australia "The HBOS loan book is more toxic than anyone ever dreamed," said Alan Beaney at PrincipalInvestment Management. "As a Lloyds shareholder you are very ... See all stories on this topic

The Latest Scoops On Midway Purchase Ve3d.com - USA A court document alleged that Thomas stood to make a 30000% return on the original investment. Sumner Redstone and his daughter Shari, were subpoenaed for ... See all stories on this topic

ine wine a tasty investment Courier Mail - Australia "Good vintages sell out in a few days and we've been able to secure an allocation of the latest release with investors clamouring to get their hands on them ... See all stories on this topic

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CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets Lays Off Around 90 Employees Wall Street Journal - USA By AMY OR and NISHA GOPALAN HONG KONG -- CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets has laid off about 6% of its employees world-wide, becoming the latest investment bank in ... See all stories on this topic

Chief investment officer for pension fund resigns San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA The latest hedge fund debacle erupted last week when two principals with Connecticut-based WG Trading were arrested on suspicion of fraud. ... See all stories on this topic

ETFs bust the mutual fund manager myth InvestmentNews - New York,NY,USA How have ETFs gone from virtually non-existent to challenging mutual funds as the investment tool of choice in less than 20 years? ... See all stories on this topic

CtW Investment Group calls on BofA to remove Lewis Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA The bank has $15.25 billion in deposits with 158 offices in Tampa Bay, and its 20 percent market share ranks No. 1 in the region, according to the latest ... See all stories on this topic

BEFORE THE BELL Nonfarm payrolls, Wells Fargo, Coca-Cola in the ... MarketWatch - USA By Simon Kennedy, MarketWatch Stock futures recovered their losses to trade broadly flat Friday after the latest Labor Department report showed nonfarm ... See all stories on this topic

Florida HMO income drops, Aetna 2008 Tampa Bay market leader

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The latest report shows Medicare HMOs in Florida have been especially profitable, reporting $344.6 million before taxes or investment income from their ...

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Mariner raises 'gate' on distressed debt fund MarketWatch - USA More than 75 hedge fund firms, including giants like Farallon Capital Management, DE Shaw and Fortress Investment Group, have already tried to hold back ... See all stories on this topic

With Trading Gaffe, BofA's Lewis Contends With New Black Eye CNNMoney.com - USA The disclosure is the latest black eye for Lewis since he agreed to buy Merrill Lynch as the credit crisis flared last year. The agreement rescued the ... See all stories on this topic

Obama Astounded By Latest Jobs Data NPR - USA Hugh Johnson, the chairman and chief investment adviser of investment firm Johnson Illington Advisors, said Friday that leading indicators point to more job ... See all stories on this topic

Cemex Said to Delay $500 Million Bond Sale After Rout Bloomberg - USA “There was a window; they just didn’t move fast enough,” said Carlos Legaspy, president of San Diego-based Precise Investment Management and owner of about ... See all stories on this topic

Equities outlook shifts as bear market deepens Reuters - USA SPX traded at 10.9 as of Thursday, below a historical price-to-earnings range of 12 to 15, according to the latest Thomson Reuters report. ... See all stories on this topic

Boeing's Wichita Engineers Decide Against a Strike FOXBusiness - USA s Wichita, Kan., facility rejected the company's latest labor contract, but decided not to strike because of the fledgling economy. ... See all stories on this topic

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Fisker plugs into $3m of extra funding for Karma launch Business Green - London,England,UK The latest investment comes as Fisker waits on a response from the Department of Energy to several applications for low-interest federal loans that it plans ... See all stories on this topic

Global LNG Tanker Industry To 2013: Investment Opportunities ... TMCnet - USA The report also provides detailed information about six leading LNG tanker operators along with related deals and latest developments in this industry. ... See all stories on this topic

Flextronics layoffs latest blow to Malaysia Reuters - USA said Maybank Investment economist Suhaimi Ilias. (Additional Reporting by Varsha Tickoo; Writing by David Chance; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman) See all stories on this topic

BofA names new heads of Asia-Pac corp & inv bank Reuters - USA ... accountable for Asia Pacific corporate and investment banking, in the latest high-level appointments after its acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co MER. ... See all stories on this topic

Medium and Large Businesses Believe Information Technology ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... and large businesses believe that continued investment in information technology (IT) is an important priority according to the latest CDW IT Monitor. ... See all stories on this topic

Latest money video MSNBC - USA My question to you is, what do you think about that type of investment for retirement, and do you think it’sa good investment at all for additional savings? ... See all stories on this topic

US Bancorp becomes latest to slash dividend MarketWatch - USA He further added that the firm has no intent to convert any of the TARP investment, which consists of preferred shares, into common equity. ... See all stories on this topic

No More ‘Ostrichology’ for UBS Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY,USA ... however several sources close to the bank talk of deep-seated unhappiness at the way the latestbonus round was handled, as most of the investment bank ... See all stories on this topic

Nortel Brings Unified Communications to Life at Unified ... Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung) - Germany With Intrinsic, Nortel will exhibit the Latest UC solutions from it's alliances with Microsoft and IBM, including its latest examples of OCS and Sametime ... See all stories on this topic

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3rd rescue not the last? Straits Times - Singapore The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) agreed to convert all its US$6.88 billion of preferred stock to common shares for an 11 per cent ... See all stories on this topic

Rating Agencies Endorse Revised AIG Bailout Wall Street Journal - USA By MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG and LIAM PLEVEN Major credit rating agencies have signed off on thelatest revamp of American International Group Inc.'s $150 ... See all stories on this topic

Abu Dhabi reviewing its Citigroup investment: sources Reuters - USA "But it is carefully assessing its options due to the latest events -- although no decision is taken yet," he said declining to be named due to ... See all stories on this topic

Israel stocks slump, but Retalix gets more interest
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By Robert Daniel, MarketWatch TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Israel stocks slumped Sunday, as Discount Bank became the latest of the country's financial firms to ...

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Banks’ ‘stress test’ is partly take-home exam MSNBC - USA It's just the latest example of a government program that's aimed at resolving the banking crisis but is more likely to come up short. ... See all stories on this topic

AIG May Get $30 Billion in Additional US Capital Bloomberg - USA Rating agencies have signed off on the latest rescue, the Wall Street Journal reported today, citing unidentified people. AIG may give up stakes in American ... See all stories on this topic

The L Curve - Latest Roubini Op-ed In the New York Times RGE Monitor - New York,NY,USA On Friday, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank and the World Bank said they will jointly provide euro24.5 ... See all stories on this topic

Money managers used investments as ‘personal piggy bank’ Muckety - New York,NY,USA Please go here to check for the latest version of Java. Greenwood allegedly pocketed $293 million of that money for his own purposes. ... See all stories on this topic

Could China be the Reason the Banks aren't Nationalized yet? Motley Fool - USA The securities unit at Citic (the i-bank formerly known as China International Trust and InvestmentCompany) bet $1 billion on Bear Stearns, while sovereign ... See all stories on this topic

How will Citigroup changes affect you and the economy? USA Today - USA By Kathy Chu, USA TODAY In the latest effort to bolster the credit markets, the government dramatically expanded its stake in Citigroup (C) last week. ... See all stories on this topic

Citi Rescue Gives Prince, Singapore Sweeter Terms Bloomberg - USA And it’s good to be an investment company backed by the government of Singapore, or a former Citigroup chief executive. For that you get favored treatment ... See all stories on this topic

Bank Stocks Are Hated, So Here Are Four I Like: John Dorfman Bloomberg - USA Last week I looked at those 17 banks to select a handful that I think are good investment candidates now. The ones I like are not household names, ... See all stories on this topic

VeriSign Celebrates the Two Year Anniversary of Extended ... CNNMoney.com - USA The popularity of EV SSL received a boost in 2008 when the latest, most secure versions of Web browsers achieved dominant market share worldwide. ... See all stories on this topic

Local bankers answer latest economic questions Fort Worth Business Press - Fort Worth,TX,USA Randall Canedy We’re seeing anything from a 65 to 75 percent loan to cost for investment-type real estate and 75 to 80 percent for owner-occupied; ... See all stories on this topic

AIG Reaches New Deal With US Government, Posts Record 4Q Loss CNNMoney.com - USA The US government is boosting its investment in the embattled insurer through an additional $30 billion in capital. In addition to providing up to $30 ... See all stories on this topic

Ken Shubin Stein's Stocks Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA Dr. Shubin Stein is the founder of Spencer Capital, a deep value-oriented investment management firm. Previously he co-founded Compo Asset Management that ... See all stories on this topic

Encroaching Equitization of Citi's Capital Structure Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA Enter the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority or ADIA as it is better known. News just out of Reuters that Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund, which just happens ... See all stories on this topic

Stanford CFO arrested FierceFinance - Washington,DC,USA The latest: It has arrested Chief Investment Officer Laura Pendergest-Holt on federal obstruction charges. The Justice Department alleges that ... See all stories on this topic

State Street Launches Latest Vision Report on Derivatives ... Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA All of these features require a significant investment in infrastructure, technology and human capital. Given the key role of third-party custodians and ... See all stories on this topic

Jim Kunstler's Latest: "What Next" Motley Fool - USA ... collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), structured investment vehicles (SIVs), and, of course, the basic filler, mortgage backed securities. ... See all stories on this topic