Two new scanners to help slash cancer treatment waiting times
Healthcare Equipment and Supplies - London,UK
The funding from the Assembly means one ageing machine can be replaced and additional unit installed – the latest investment in improving access to cancer ...IT firm wins venture capital investment
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
After participating in the latest funding round Crescent revealed that Stuart Harvey is to assume the role of i-Path’s chief executive. ...Despite Financial Turmoil, CNinsure's Chief Expects 20% Growth in ...
TMCnet - USA
"In particular, premiums derived from investment-linked insurance products are expected to slide downwards due to equity market turbulence. ...Goldman's Deeeep Look at Madoff
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
Maxam Investment Management, the latest venture of former Tremont chairman and co-chief executive Sandra Manzke, had $280 million with Madoff. ...
Toyota again slashes profit forecast amid slumpThe Associated Press
The Associated Press
Watanabe and other executives said production expansion plans and other investmentwill be on hold, including a new plant in the southern US state of ...General Growth Gives Concession to Banks
Wall Street Journal - USA
It also marks the latest twist in a weekslong saga of strife between Citigroup Inc. and other General Growth lenders. The pact struck last week provides ...Saving Capitalism No Sure Thing as Statism Undermines Economy
Bloomberg - USA
Future investment may be allocated less efficiently as risk-averse politicians make business decisions. Whenever banks decide to lend again, they are likely ...$7.7 billion bailout to save Irish banks
Ecommerce Journal - Boston,MA,USA
The government was forced to accelerate the investment procedures in light of the latest events when Anglo Irish revealed its chairman had kept shareholders ...Soldiers decapitated in new round of Mexico drug war
Reuters - USA
The defense ministry vowed not to back down despite its latest losses. "They are trying to scare the military. Regardless, the ministry promises to continue ...Safe investment: Idaho ‘checkbook,’ other funds weather economic storm
Idaho Business Review - United States
An Oct. 31 report, the latest available, pegged net asset value at $0.99920 per share and market value at $1783521502. This money generally is not needed by ...Taxpayers get to cover CalPERS risky bets
Desert Dispatch - Barstow,CA,USA
According to the Journal, CalPERS has experienced its worst decline since 1932 and has lost 103 percent on its housing investments in the latest fiscal year ...
See all stories on this topicBonuses for Currency Traders Decline 15%, Least on Wall Street
Bloomberg - USA
While bonuses, which account for the bulk of annual pay for traders and investment bankers, will fall an average 45 percent this year, currency traders will ...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
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Heed warning flags when investing
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
The latest and most egregious Ponzi scheme by Bernard L. Madoff has stolen not only billions of dollars out of households and charities, pensions and banks, ...
A SHINING NEW DAY: HSC ushers in solar-powered future
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville,TN,USA
This expansion includes an initial investment of $1.2 billion to build a new site in Clarksville, and up to $1 billion to expand current operations at HSC ...
See all stories on this topicBernard Madoff 'fraud': Increased scrutiny in hedge fund industry
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
By Andrew cave More than a decade ago bankers from Goldman Sachs' asset management division were despatched to Bernard Madoff Investment Securities to ...Wall St. sets the stage for the next Big Heist
Nolan Chart LLC - Warrenton,VA,USA
Everybody except the general public, whose welfare, we are told, is such a top priority, is getting on thelatest Investment gravy train. ...
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
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TREASURIES-30Y yield falls to record low on grim economy
Reuters - USA
"Investors are so worried about the stability of the financial system that they are willing to accept zero return on their investment," he said. ...Auto bailout spurs dollar buying
CNN - USA
By Kenneth Musante, CNNMoney.com staff writer Click the chart to track the latest currency values. How much of your holiday shopping are you putting on a ...Judge toughens Madoff's home detention rules
The Associated Press
Also Friday, Tufts University became the latest group to come forward as a Madoff victim, saying it lost $20 million, or about 2 percent of the school's ...Stifel Financial to buy Butler Wick for $12 mln
Reuters - USA
By Sweta Singh BANGALORE, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Investment bank Stifel Financial Corp (SF.N) said it will buy financial advisory business firm Butler Wick & Co ...Rice Defends Regime Change in Iraq, Stresses Diplomacy Elsewhere
Washington Post - United States
The latest round of sanctions covers dual-use [nuclear] goods; there's this increasing move to isolate Iran. Are we looking at going down this road of some ...Rice Defends Regime Change in Iraq, Stresses Diplomacy Elsewhere
Washington Post - United States
The latest round of sanctions covers dual-use [nuclear] goods; there's this increasing move to isolate Iran. Are we looking at going down this road of some ...
Friday, December 19, 2008
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Corporate Bonds: Discounting Depression
Seeking Alpha - New York,NY,USA
To put this in perspective, the peak default rate on investment grade bonds during the Depression was 4%, and 21% for all credits; we're currently ...J Prime Realty Investment <8955.t>-6mth forecast
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
... PRIME REALTY INVESTMENT CORP EARNINGS ESTIMATES (in billions of yen unless specified) 6 months to 6 months to Dec 31,2008 Dec 31,2008 LATEST PREVIOUS ...Lotte buys $50 mln stake in asset firm from Sparx
Reuters - USA
Lotte said in a statement on Friday that the group bought a 21 percent stake in unlisted CosmoInvestment Management and secured an option to raise its ...Japan May Buy 20 Trillion Yen of Bank-Held Stocks
Bloomberg - USA
Investment losses on stocks have eroded capital at banks including Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., crimping their capacity to lend. ...Money fund assets fell $2.96B in latest week
BusinessWeek - USA
Total money market mutual fund assets fell by $2.96 billion to $3.775 trillion for the week, theInvestment Company Institute said Thursday. ...
See all stories on this topicPolaroid is latest Petters firm to file Chapter 11
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
Petters and four others were charged in October with involvement in an alleged investment fraud scheme run primarily through Petters Co. ...
See all stories on this topicWyoming investment value stabilizes in November
cbs4denver.com - Denver,CO,USA
Figures released by the Wyoming State Treasurer's Office say that the market value of the state'sinvestment portfolio was $9.8 billion at the end of ...
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