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...failing state....
...We should also note this guy, who’s doing his thing: A reminder that Donald Trump, who despite everything remains The Actual President of the United States, tweeted on April 2 that a deal to end the oil...
...The Covid-19 vaccine(s) will prove a shot in the arm for both the UK economy and its peers....
...But the likelihood of the rebuilding effort that could follow such a storm propped up home improvement companies such as Home Depot and Lowe’s....
...This analogy of home insurance against fire is also one that respected academic Henry Hu used this week, when the foremost expert on CDS wrote an FT op-ed arguing for the reform of the credit derivatives...
...This book’s focus on the United States, however, does not deny that other nations also made stupendous progress, that western Europe and Japan largely caught up to the United States in the second half of...
...in violation of sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C. §§371c & 371c-1, made applicable to state nonmember insured institutions by section 18(j)(1) of the Act, 12 U.S.C. §1828(j)(1),...
...(Bloomberg) GM “must turn over documents related to its subprime auto-lending under a subpoena issued by the U.S....
...Soybeans and corn rallied… U.S. reports on services activity and pending home sales are due before the Fed meets to discuss monetary policy, while Goldman Sachs said last week rising yields may spur a retreat...
...(Financial Times) Singapore trading house Noble has confirmed a long-awaited plan to sell 51 per cent of its agricultural unit to Cofco, the Chinese state-owned company....
...under the U.S....
...and Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance are among the companies shortlisted to buy a minority stake in Indonesia’s Panin Life for about $200 million, sources said. http://reut.rs/UqGs3l China snubs Norway in...
...to the United States fromChina next year, Chief Executive Tim Cook said in remarks published on Thursday, in what could be a important test of the nascent comeback in U.S.electronics manufacturing. http...
...They’d been worried for weeks about the losses they were facing on U.S. home loans....
...Related reading: Samsung v Apple: no more playing nice, beyondbrics S Korea corporates: hard times away from the podium, beyondbrics Succession not just family affair in Asia, FT Lex in depth: Samsung, FT...
...Weekend headlines from the FT and other UK media:* From The FT, - MF Global loss estimate revised upwards - S&P downgrades ratings of 34 Italian banks - Banks under fire over Project Merlin...
...The mortgage finance companies were lowered one step from AAA to AA+, S&P said in a statement Monday. The downgrade reflects their "direct reliance on the U.S. government," S&P said....
...Insurance & Annuity Assoc. of America (TIAA), and United Services Automobile Assoc....
...Pakistan pushes back against U.S. charges, woos China Pakistan warned the United States on Tuesday to stop accusing it of playing a double game with Islamist militants and heaped praise on “all-weather...
...While not slated to go into effect until next year, analysts said it would force insurance companies to increase premiums. The S&P healthcare sector was down 1.71 per cent....
...Mainland China is unlikely to be “obviously affected” by the quake, a top Chinese seismological official tells Chinese state media. 1004 - A fire breaks out at Tohoku Electric Power Co’s Onagawa nuclear...
...Greenberg has been quietly building up a family of insurance companies that could compete with A.I.G. To fill the ranks of his venture, C.V....
...In New York, retail stocks including Home Depot, Target and Saks rose sharply as the S&P 500 recovered some of Monday’s losses, gaining 1 per cent....
...He joined the board of AIG, the troubled insurance giant, in June and is also a director of United Airlines, another US business in difficulty, and Symantec, a maker of security software....
...“It’s big business now, not just for the pirates but for the insurance companies and security consultants. There’s been a direct rise in piracy with the increased militarisation of Somalia’s seas.”...
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