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Monthly Archive February, 2008

First Pacific shies away from Freddie Mac

February 25, 2008

First Pacific Advisors, which presciently dumped risky mortgage debt holdings in 2005, has now stopped buying some of the safest mortgage bonds guaranteed by […]

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Planemakers look to Asia but credit crisis looms

February 22, 2008

A lack of major orders at the Singapore Airshow could point to a deeper than predicted cyclical downturn for planemakers already smarting from delivery […]

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Shares slip as surge in oil prices erases 157-point Dow rally

February 21, 2008

new york — Stocks fell on Tuesday after oil’s surge above $100 a barrel dragged down consumer and technology shares, erasing a 157-point rally […]

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AIG group preferred bidder for Angel: sources

February 19, 2008

A consortium including U.S. insurer American International Group Inc (AIG) is frontrunner to buy UK train operator Angel Trains from Royal Bank of Scotland […]

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Booming ag economy leading to growth at some marketing shops

February 17, 2008

Joe Osborn says, half-jokingly, that the agricultural and rural-marketing shop he co-founded two decades ago basically used to shut down during the slow summer […]

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Buying past winning stocks: easy and worthwhile

February 15, 2008

Buying past winners in the stock markets sounds like a no-brainer, but this simple momentum strategy gives long-term returns at least twice as great […]

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Yahoo rejects Microsoft bid

February 11, 2008

Yahoo Inc on Monday rejected as too low Microsoft Corp’s unsolicited $41.4 billion takeover offer, a move viewed by Wall Street as the first […]

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Airlines groping for savings as fuel cost soars

February 9, 2008

The need for U.S. airlines to control costs is greater than ever with losses creeping back into balance sheets and shares slipping, but carriers […]

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Manufacturing activity rebounds

February 5, 2008

A key index of manufacturing activity registered stronger-than-expected growth in January, according to a survey of purchasing managers in that sector released Friday.
The […]

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S&P RATINGS SERVICES: Bad loan investments may be slashed

February 1, 2008

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services is considering slashing its rating on more than $500 billion of investments tied to bad mortgage loans, the ratings […]

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