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GLOBAL MARKETS: Mixed Start Tipped For European Stocks - Wall Street Journal
LONDON (Dow Jones)–European stock markets were called mostly slightly higher Friday, with the exception of London’s FTSE 100, which was expected to be hit by U.K. GDP numbers due later in the session. Forecasters doubted gains elsewhere would hold

Wall Street backed into corner - Denver Post
NEW YORK — Wall Street has again succumbed to a disheartening reality: The recession is taking a heavy toll on U.S. companies. Stocks closed sharply lower Thursday on more bad news about earnings and ever-increasing worries about the banking

Hannover Re To Buy Scottish Re’s ING Individual Life Reinsurance - Wall Street Journal
FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)–German insurer Hannover Re (HNR1.XE) Friday said it is set to acquire the individual life insurance unit of Scottish Re Group (SKRRF). The company will also acquire certain parts of the US Individual Life Reinsurance Business

European Stock-Index Futures Are Little Changed; SKF May Rise - Bloomberg
Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) — European stock-index futures were little changed, with the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index heading for its second straight weekly decline, before a report on U.K. gross domestic product. SKF AB , the world’s largest maker of ball

DUBLIN, Ireland–( BUSINESS WIRE )– Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0fe19b/public_companies ) has announced the addition of the ” Public Companies ” report to their offering. In the wake of corporate scandals and More news on the stock market

HONG KONG, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Zhong Wang Group, China’s largest aluminium extrusion company, plans to raise roughly $500 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering early this year, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. An exact More news on the stock market

MUMBAI: Mutual funds major UTI AMC is scouting for a strategic partner and has deferred its IPO plans indefinitely in the face of bearish market conditions, a senior company official said. “The company will be roping in a strategic partner by More news on the stock market

HONG KONG, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares settled slightly firmer on Monday, with the benchmark index crawling out of negative territory, where it traded for most of the day on the back of UK-based lender HSBC’s weakness. Gains were tentative More news on the stock market

LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Pet food retailer Pets at Home on Monday said it sees majority shareholder Bridgepoint, a private equity company, making a sale or an initial public offering (IPO) when the market is stronger. “The private equity model More news on the stock market

Articles in this issue Who Controls the Internet: Illusions of a Borderless World Open Source: History Typosquatting What is Downloading? Government Review of Data Processing Contracts Intelligent Agents and Internet Commerce in Ancient Rome More news on the stock market

Ecuador will resume payment on some bond debt - Kansas City Star
Ecuador will make a $30.9 million interest payment on its Global 2015 bonds despite vowing to stop paying other international debt, the finance minister said Tuesday. The government now considers the Global 2015 series separate from other debt that

New Mexico - Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to run the Treasury Department and lead the economic rescue effort disclosed publicly Tuesday that he failed to pay $34,000 in taxes from 2001 to 2004, a last-minute complication in an

Bonds Video Gallery - CNBC
Bond markets in Germany have weakened recently but it’s a corrective weakening and yields will head lower in due course, US Treasury bond prices eased Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested more should be done to relieve

CANADA FX DEBT-C$ weakens vs greenback; bonds eye U.S. data - Forbes
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar fell against the U.S. currency Tuesday, hitting its weakest level so far this year, pressured by data that showed the country’s trade surplus narrowed more than expected. The Canadian currency closed at C$1

Bernanke: Obama stimulus helps, more action needed - Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
LONDON - A mammoth stimulus package being crafted by President-elect Barack Obama could give the economy a much-needed lift, but other steps must be taken to bolster the wobbly financial system and for any recovery to stick, Federal Reserve Chairman

Anchorage voters will decide on school bonds - Fort Mill Times
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two school bond proposals worth $97 million will be decided in an April election in Anchorage. The school board on Monday voted to send the two facility improvement proposals to the April 7 election. One proposal includes more

The White House - Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON (AP) — President George W. Bush on Tuesday declared an emergency in the District of Columbia that will let the nation’s capital tap deeper into federal coffers for Barack Obama’s inauguration. Bush said that an emergency exists and

Madoff to Attend His Bail Appeal Hearing in New York (Update1) - Bloomberg
Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) — Bernard Madoff will attend a hearing tomorrow in Manhattan federal court where U.S. prosecutors plan to challenge a magistrate’s decision yesterday allowing him to remain free on bail, his defense lawyer said. A judge will

Junk bond rebound favors higher-rated issuers: Deutsche Bank - Marketwatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Junk bonds this year are poised to extend a rally that started in mid-December but the specter of higher defaults favors better quality issuers, said bond managers at DB Advisors, the institutional asset management arm

Obama set to close Guantanamo - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama is moving on a campaign pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, preparing to issue an executive order in the first days of his administration on one of the most controversial developments of the Bush