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Insurers shares sink amid concerns about capital needs (Washington Post)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Insurers' shares sank on Thursday as concern mounted about further capital needs in the middle of the worst credit crisis since the Great Depression.
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HSBC WELCOMES UK GOVERNMENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT HSBC’s UK subsidiary will observe the tier 1 capital ratio requirement (Thaipr.net)
HSBC Holdings plc has no plans to utilise the recapitalisation scheme HSBC welcomes the UK government’s proposals to provide liquidity and inject capital into the UK banking system. These are importan
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Interbank loan costs up despite rate cut (The Herald)
Interbank lending rates for three-month sterling continued to climb yesterday - in spite of Wednesday's emergency half-point cut in UK base rates and Chancellor Alistair Darling's pledge of hundreds of billions of pounds to kick-start wholesale funding markets.
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Bank of America reports profit drop, capital raise (Washington Post)
NEW YORK -- Bank of America Corp. on Monday reported third-quarter results earlier than planned, revealing a wider-than-expected profit drop and plans to boost capital by selling $10 billion stock and halving its dividend.
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In ways large and small, Washington coddles rich (Hattiesburg American)
Last week, voters were so infuriated by the idea of spending $700 billion dollars to bail out rich Wall Street bankers that Congress nearly killed the plan. Given the impact on Main Street, it was a dangerous target to strike. But the anger was well placed, and Washington is a target-rich environment.
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China May Let Peasants Sell Rights to Farmland (The Gainesville Sun)
The shift could draw hundreds of millions of farmers more firmly into Chinas city-centered market economy.
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Major Global Economic Downturn (Washington Post)
Global financial stability has taken a turn for the worse in recent weeks, with potentially detrimental effects on economies around the world. The United States remains at the epicenter of the crisis and its policymakers are trying to contain the fallout and reverse plummeting confidence in financial institutions and markets," says Laura E. Kodres, division chief of the Global Financial ...
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McCain, GOP ads rip Obama over Ayers (The Washington Times)
Sen. John McCain's campaign intensified attacks Friday on his rival's ties to shady Chicago characters such as 1970s bomber William Ayers, but Sen. Barack Obama vowed not to let it distract voters.
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No Depression (Washington Post)
Global markets have not been reassured by the coordinated interest rate cuts of several central banks or by recent congressional action, but they should be. Our bet is that financial markets will return to normal in short order and that the U.S. economy will squeak by with a moderate recession. Recapitalizing the banks and working out mortgages will take time, but the financial system will not ...
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Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)
Due to the construction of an addition to Statler Hall, the short section of Campus Road between East Avenue and Hoy Road (between the two all-way stop signs) will be closed to vehicular traffic through Monday, Nov. 17.
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