Some SP players left forecasts in the dust
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Economic forecasts in bank tests miss their mark (AP)
News | finance.yahoo.com | 41 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- All but one of the 19 largest banks have raised the extra capital cushion regulators said they'd need to withstand a deeper recession
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UPDATE 1-ANZ to raise $696 mln in convertible share issue
News | uk.reuters.com | 1 hour 13 minutes ago
* ANZ launches A$750 mln hybrid offer * Issued aimed at boosting Tier 1 captial (Adds details, background) SYDNEY, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd launched
BC Partners to buy ATI for $500m
News | www.ft.com | 1 hour 15 minutes ago
BC Partners, the UK-based private equity group, is poised to announce that it has tapped into the fast-expanding US education market by acquiring ATI Enterprises, a Dallas-based operator of 24 campuses, for about $500m (£301m).
UPDATE 1-Carlyle to buy software developer OpenLink
News | www.reuters.com | 1 hour 18 minutes ago
* Deal partly funded through debt; mostly equity * Investment made from Carlyle's $13.7 bln buyout fund By Megan Davies NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle [CYL.UL] said on Monday
Sanders to sell stake to NY firm
News | houston.bizjournals.com | 1 hour 51 minutes ago
Houston-based Sanders Morris Harris (NASDAQ: SMHG) said Monday that it would sell $7.5 million worth of shares, at $7 apiece, to Fletcher International Ltd., an affiliate of Fletcher Asset Management Inc.
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Kraft Seeks More Shares For Cadbury Bid - FOXBusiness.com
News | www.foxbusiness.com | 2 hours 1 minute ago
SAN FRANCISCO -- Kraft Foods wants to issue more Class A shares as part of its aim to acquire Cadbury , according to a regulatory filing late Monday, which asks Kraft shareholders for approval to issue more stock. It didn't say how many shares it wants to issue.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/retail/kraft-seeks-shares-cadbury-bid/
Large Funds Perform Better in 3Q09
News | www.imweekly.com | 3 hours ago
The largest public funds and master trusts saw the best median returns, reaching nearly 12% for this year’s third quarter, a press release said today. For the quarter ending Sept. 30, Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service (Wilshire TUCS), based in Santa Monica, Calif., reported today that
Kentucky Chamber calls for state workers to chip in for health insurance
News | louisville.bizjournals.com | 3 hours 1 minute ago
A total of 156,683 active state employees, state retirees and teachers are covered by the plan. Factor in dependents, and the number of people covered under the plan increases to more than 268,000, which is about 6 percent of all Kentuckians, according to the report.
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Poizner nixes 22.8% comp rate increase
News | sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com | 3 hours 5 minutes ago
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said Monday he's rejecting a second consecutive request by the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau to significantly increase California's workers’ compensation benchmark rate, this time by nearly 23 percent.
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