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...“Tout comprendre, c’est tout pardonner” — to understand everything is to forgive everything....
...“Yes, we will miss it but if it doesn’t serve the purpose it has to go sooner than later …So the closing of the floor is c’est la vie.”...
...UPDATE at 3:14pm EST — the Nyse started trading again at 3:10pm....
...Treasury was 2.362% as of 12:05 PM EST, down 11 bps from Friday’s close at 2.476%....
...UP NEXT Nonfarm payrolls day, again (0830 EST). ISM Manufacturing follows at 10am EST....
...This represents a ~8-10x 2011 est. EBITDA multiple. – We have many unanswered questions, such as the tax implications of asset sales in Asia. There is also regulatory risk....
...The French group has also embraced an optimistic slogan in its home market proclaiming that le positif est de retour or the positive is back....
...The French group has also embraced a new and optimistic slogan in its home market proclaiming that “le positif est de retour” or the “positive is back”....
...Under our stress test, we est. tangible common equity to risk adjusted assets of 1.8%....
...The buy-out ends a two-year interregnum during which the Taittingers have in effect run the business for Crédit Agricole Nord-Est, although the bank has remained the main owner....
...Update: MBIA up 1.5 per cent at $14.40 10:00 EST....
...Taittinger champagne is to be sold by Starwood Capital, the US property and hotel investment vehicle, to Crédit Agricole du Nord Est, the French regional bank....
...France is selling its 50.3 per cent stake in Autoroutes du Sud de la France (ASF), 70 per cent holding in Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhone (APRR) and 75 per cent stake in Societe des Autoroutes du Nord et de l’Est...
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