London to shed 62,000 finance jobs in 2008-09 -study

News  |  uk.reuters.com | 2 hours 12 minutes ago

LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The credit crunch will cost London 62,000 financial jobs in 2008 and 2009, wiping out the hiring gains of the past decade, a British economics consultancy group said in a report

http://uk.reuters.com/article/bankingfinancial-SP/idUKLD32526420081013?feedType=RSS&feedName=bankingfinancial-SP

Brown & Brown, Inc. Announces the Asset Acquisition of Al Phillips Insurance Agency, Inc. - Zibb.com

Press Release  |  www.zibb.com | 42 minutes ago

C. Roy Bridges, Regional Executive Vice President of Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), and Al Phillips, President, and Warren Phillips, Executive Vice President of Al Phillips Insurance Agency, Inc. of Nashville, Tennessee, today announced the asset acquisition of Al Phillips Insurance Agency,

http://www.zibb.com/article/4150225/Brown+Brown+Inc+Announces+the+Asset+Acquisition+of+Al+Phillips+Insurance+Agency+Inc

Experts calls for deposite insurance

News  |  c.moreover.com | 8 hours 16 minutes ago

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N.Y. dessert shop to get taste of Texas

News  |  www.bizjournals.com | 10 hours 29 minutes ago

Houston-based Webster Foods — which was established in July specifically to develop Tasti D-Lite franchises in Houston, Austin and San Antonio — plans to open four to seven Houston locations in the next 12 to 18 months as a pilot program.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2008/10/13/story2.html?ana=from_rss

Craig Stephen's This Week in China: Hong Kong seeks to unfreeze money markets

News  |  www.marketwatch.com | 16 hours 54 minutes ago

For now, mainland China -- with its closed capital accounts and tightly regulated banking system -- appears to have an easier task in dealing with the global financial crisis than does Hong Kong's freewheeling international financial markets.

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/story.aspx?guid=%7B2E3B8D8F%2D7359%2D45DA%2D9DE8%2D254267CDE78F%7D&siteid=rss

Tough Talk Helps Breast Cancer Survivors - October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Press Release  |  www.prnewswire.com | Oct 12, 2008

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- In these tough economic times, families may be putting themselves at greater risk by placing more value on the man of the house. Women are less likely than men to have life insurance, and if they die their families could be thrown into financial chaos.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/10-12-2008/0004902326&EDATE=

Dealing with debt: Every little helps as credit crunch hits those of us in debt

News  |  business.scotsman.com | Oct 11, 2008

Dealing with debt: Every little helps as credit crunch hits those of us in debt - IT SEEMS that the world is in debt and doesn't know how to get out of it. The problems of major institutions who are in financial trouble both in the UK and abroad may seem distant but their fortunes are inextricably

http://business.scotsman.com/personal-finance/Dealing-with-debt-Every-little.4580872.jp

For Banks, Smaller Is Better (Investor's Business Daily)

News  |  biz.yahoo.com | Oct 10, 2008

For Banks, Smaller Is Better. - Now that the big banking behemoths have been humbled by breathtaking credit losses, plain-vanilla banking is back in fashion.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ibd/081010/industry.html?.v=1

Financial Crisis Answer Center (Ask SmartMoney)

News  |  www.smartmoney.com | Oct 10, 2008

ANSWER: According to the merger agreement between Wachovia and Wells Fargo, shareholders who own preferred stock in Wachovia will receive preferred stock issued by Wells Fargo having “substantially identical terms.”

http://www.smartmoney.com/ask/index.cfm?story=Financial-Crisis-Answer-Center&cid=1122

Insurance Age on-air news review

News  |  www.re-world.com | Oct 10, 2008

Features editor Martin Friel looks at the main broker stories this week ...<a

http://www.re-world.com/public/showPage.html?page=reinsurance_breakingnews_story&tempPageName=819768

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