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...Another factor is S&P has just two offices, Moody’s one and Fitch none in Africa, which we believe contributes to the unfair coverage the continent receives....
...Letters in response to this article:Little surprise African governments reject credit rating agencies / From Hannah Ryder and others Current package of half measures can’t cure Africa’s debt crisis...
...The trucking groups JB Hunt, Landstar and Ryder have all increased in value by about a third over the same period....
...Other S&P 500 companies that increased allowances for credit losses in the first quarter included the fleet management and logistics company Ryder System, where they rose from $23m to $41m....
...The S&P 500 financials sector advanced 2 per cent and propelled it back into positive territory for the year on Friday....
...Ryder System was the biggest decliner on the S&P 500 after it lowered its full-year earnings forecast, citing a greater than planned number of out-of-service vehicles during the third quarter....
...teamed up with Merseyside’s Bill Ryder-Jones on her new album In the Seams....
...The Welsh Canadian entrepreneur has an estimated net worth of more than £1bn and spent £10m on bringing the Ryder Cup to Wales in 2010....
...(Financial Times) Europe’s golfers won the Ryder Cup yet again at Gleneagles on Sunday, beating the US by 16½ to 11½, their eighth win in the past 10 contests....
...Charles Ryder’s emotional recollections are an inexorable descent of gloom....
...Lord Judge said changes were needed following a large jump in care cases being brought by local authorities following the death of “Baby P” which hit the headlines in November 2008....
...The S&P 500 financials sector rose 1.5 per cent on Thursday....
...results of the 372 well, Petroneft has indicated that the ultimate recoverable reserves could significantly exceed the pre-drill target of 44m barrels of oil projected by [independent appraisal group] Ryder...
...The author P.G. Wodehouse once wryly observed that it was never difficult to tell the difference between a ray of sunshine and a Scotsman with a grievance....
...Indus Gas marked time at 672½p as the reason for Friday’s heavy volume became clear....
...“It is never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine,” wrote P.G....
...Ryder System added 5.7 per cent to $68.35, UPS added 3.3 per cent to $63.31. FedEx rose 5.2 per cent to $82.12....
...GE climbed 3.5 per cent to $28.06, CSX advanced 6.9 per cent to $60.79 and Ryder System rose 4.4 per cent to $70.08....
...Ryder System, the trucking company, also received a boost after it agreed to buy Gator Leasing, a Miami-based rival, for an undisclosed sum. Ryder climbed 2.6 per cent to $62.18....
...A broad-based sell off sent the benchmark S&P 500 index down for a second succesive session. It lost 0.8 per cent to 1,354.49 points....
...By comparison, both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader S&P 500 have rallied about 9 per cent from their March lows....
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...Ryder System jumped 6.4 per cent to $46 and YRC Worldwide gained 7.1 per cent to $14.86. Healthcare stocks ended five days of gains....
...and his Brancusi sculpture in “Mr and Mrs E.J.P.”....
...It rose 9 per cent to 73½p – compared with 509p in March. But questions remain about what sort of a future it has....
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