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Government is seeking foreign cash injections for Irish banks

The Government is seeking foreign cash injections for Irish banks as Anglo Irish Bank joined Bank of Ireland in closing below €1 per share on Tuesday, while the overall Dublin market fell to a 12-year low.

Five statutory boards bought credit-linked notes

By Francis Chan THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) - Singapore's central bank and financial regulator - was among five statutory boards that invested in complicated credit-linked notes. But none of the statutory boards -...

HK shares open down 0.7 pct led by CCB

HONG KONG, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares will open 0.7 percent lower on Wednesday, with China Construction Bank extending the previous session's losses after Bank of America said it will increase its holding in the bank...

Coal takes lumps as China's cuts clobber prices

A few months ago, coal was riding high alongside oil and natural gas, in demand with lofty prices. But like the other fossil fuels, coal prices have fallen amid the global economic crisis and shrunken demand — even from its...

Suncorp Hit By Storms

How many bits of bad weather will it take to bring Suncorp to its knees: hopefully that will never happen, but the long suffering shareholders must be wondering if they have done something wrong.Those terrible storms in...

A boom in used furniture

By Al Lewis Dow Jones Newswires People used to sit at these desks and make liar loans. Office Liquidators' founder, Dennis Meyer, said he bought them from IndyMac Bancorp Inc.'s offices in Overland Park, Kan. He hopes to buy...

Tom Patri: Field looking top notch for Merrill Lynch Shootout

As we know, the Merrill Lynch Shootout is just around the corner, and, as always, the field looks really great. Being a “silly season” event, most guys come in a bit more relaxed. This year’s field has tons of talent and a few...

Kristin N. Letera, Ryan J. Saari

New Castle News William and Pamela Letera of 734 Addis St. are announcing the engagement and wedding plans of their daughter, Kristin Nicole Letera and Ryan Jonathan Saari, both of Wexford. The bride-to-be is a graduate of New...

UPDATE 1-Bank of America sees record credit card losses

By Soyoung Kim and Nick Carey DETROIT, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp (BAC.N: ) Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis said on Tuesday the U.S. economy will get worse before it improves, and forecast record losses for the U.S....

JonesTrading Names Steen To Head Global Derivatives And Canadian Equities - Industry Vet To Lead...

JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC, a leading agency brokerage, which provides institutions with agency block trading in securities, announced today that it has recruited industry veteran Tom Steen to head its global...