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...“The banks tend to be a canary in the coal mine for the economy,” said Dana Grigg, president of Camelotta Advisors....
...Before the election, the economists of Moody’s Analytics modelled the effects of the two candidates’ promised economic programmes....
...These films are still so very grown-up and the power of those moody images has never waned....
...South African will set its budget with the threat of Moody’s cutting the country’s investment-grade credit rating hanging over it....
...According to Moody’s, demand for cyber insurance has increased at a rate of 26 per cent a year since 2015, with $2bn of premiums written in the US in 2018....
...Within six months, Moody’s calculated, 100 cash-rich companies repaid $72bn in debt and distributed $81bn to investors, cutting their collective cash hoard from $1.99tn to $1.8tn....
...Dana Boente, acting assistant attorney-general for national security, said the justice department had a “long memory” and was committed to pursuing the arrests and prosecution of cyber criminals....
...Very, according to Moody’s Analytics....
...“Both the FRM and the ARM loans have slightly weaker than average credit quality for the subprime sector,” says [Moody's analyst Dana] Skelton....
...In another couple of weeks we should get cleaner claims readings,” said Dana Saporta, director of US Economics at Credit Suisse....
...Dana Gas seeks consensual sukuk deal: Dana Gas said it wanted to find a consensual deal to repay the remainder of a $1bn Islamic bond maturing in October, and confirmed it had hired advisers to weigh up...
...The fate of a $920m sukuk payment coming due from Dana Gas, the energy company based in the UAE emirate of Sharjah, is also being closely watched....
...Dana Gas, a Sharjah-based company, derives a significant portion of its income in Egypt and has seen its shares shed 8 per cent this year....
...Other big auto parts makers whose second-quarter results have far exceeded analysts’ estimates include Tenneco, Borg Warner, TRW, Dana and American Axle, all based in the US, and Europe’s Valeo....
...Insurers were under pressure after Moody’s said it had changed its methodology for bank hybrid debt securities and would announce potential downgrades this week....
...“The president wants to make sure that he doesn’t let the entire economy collapse,” said Dana Perino, Mr Bush’s spokesman....
...Dana Perino, White House spokeswoman, said the official would have powers to negotiate restructuring plans with the carmakers and recommend whether they should receive additional assistance....
...Dana Gas had to pay more to raise the money than it would have done before the summer....
...Simphiwe Dana released two albums this year, both excellent....
...Moody’s last week released a product that investors can use to assess the performance of a CDO’s portfolio to help them see when Moody’s is likely to take action on a deal’s ratings....
...Shares of Dana fell to their lowest level in three decades amid mounting concerns about the financial health of the autoparts supplier....
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