Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
(Adds details, unit prices of trusts) TORONTO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Northwater Capital ManagementInc, which manages money for institutional and retailinvestors, said on Tuesday that two of its publicly tradedfunds of hedge funds may contain an investment that was thevictim of ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
MILAN, Sept 30 (Reuters) - No Italian bank is threatenedwith a liquidity crisis, Italy's money market traders' groupATIC-FOREX said on Tuesday, adding there were no fundingproblems for them either. "None of the big Italian banking groups is threatened by theliquidity crisis ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
(Adds Portuguese PM in paragraph 10-13) By Andrew Hay and Manuel Maria Ruiz MADRID/LISBON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Spain and Portugalassured savers on Tuesday their deposits were not at risk,saying their financial systems were resisting the ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
ATHENS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A $700 billion U.S. bailout planwill help soothe financial markets if it passes without majoramendments, European Central Bank Governing Council memberGeorge Provopoulos said on Tuesday. U.S. President George W. Bush said the plan was not ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
SANTIAGO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Chilean stocks rebounded inearly trade on Tuesday from the sharpest one-day plunge in adecade in the prior session, while the peso pulled back from athree-year low versus the dollar after the central bank endedits currency intervention plan. ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Reliant Energy (RRI.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) plunged as much as 51 percent in early trade on Tuesday after the company said it had to raise $1 billion to replace a credit facility with Merrill Lynch. ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
By Burton Frierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer confidence was holding up well this month before the latest bout of financial turmoil but house prices suffered another record annual drop during July, according to data released on Tuesday. Prices of ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
By Reed Stevenson and Steve Slater AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) - A year ago, ABN AMRO was at the center of a fiercely fought $100 billion takeover battle. Now the Dutch bank's new owner Fortis is struggling to find a buyer for ABN at a ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
By Lynne Olver - Analysis TORONTO (Reuters) - With European banks getting propped up almost daily, unimaginable U.S. bank and insurance failures and growing economic uncertainty, Canadian bank investors have a back seat on the global roller coaster. Canadian banks ...
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Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
By Yinka Adegoke NEW YORK (Reuters) - MTV Networks will track second-by-second viewing of Web commercials and videos, and link viewer online communities built around its TV programs, the network's digital chief said in an interview focused on the company's new advertising strategy. ...
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