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Buffett starts up bond insurer to rival MBIA, Ambac
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc is starting a bond insurer that would help state and local governments lower their borrowing costs, and is likely to lure business from established rivals struggling with credit market turmoil.Read more : Reuters Business News: 29.12.2007 02:22:00
Treasurys can't hold gains in thin trading as stocks pare losses
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Treasurys couldn't hold the line on modest gains as the stock market pared losses Wednesday, with prices of bonds and notes edging lower in thin trading and their yields pushing higher despite decent results in the government's auction of two-year notes.Read more : MarketWatch Top Stories: 27.12.2007 04:02:00
Germany Heading For Slowdown, Says Minister
Economy chief says government must cut forecasts further for 2008, to below 2%, as slowing U.S. economy, strong euro hurt export markets.Read more : Forbes Market News: 27.12.2007 01:24:00
Public giants in private markets
The Christian Science Monitor - Americans wouldn't want their government owning chunks of Wall Street. Then why is it OK for governments from China to the Middle East to do so? The question needs an answer fast. Many rich governments are on a buying spree, and credit-starved Wall Street firms need cash.Read more : Yahoo! News Opinion: 26.12.2007 15:00:00
Third quarter strong, jobless claims up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US economy grew at its fastest rate in four years during the third quarter, the government confirmed on Thursday, but a surge in new claims for jobless benefits showed the labor market is softening.Read more : Reuters Business News: 21.12.2007 02:59:00
Bush wants market solutions for U.S. airline delays
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday advocated a market-based approach for managing airline congestion and said the government would again clear military air space in the eastern United States to ease flight delays during holiday travel.Read more : Washingtonpost Main: 18.12.2007 09:34:00
One-Two Punch To Area's Budgets
When the Washington area's housing market boomed at the turn of the century, so did local government spending. Now a cooler market is creating budget gaps in a region that until recently was spared leaner times.Read more : Washingtonpost Metro Business: 17.12.2007 12:00:00
Deadly bombing in Somali market
Somali's main market suffers a deadly bombing hours after the government warns of a new Islamist offensive.Read more : BBC News Latest Published Stories World Edition: 13.12.2007 21:07:00
Euro Zone Set to Test Debt Issuance
Euro-zone governments and other triple-A-rated agencies will be among the first issuers to test anxious credit markets early in 2008.Read more : Wall Street Journal Europe Markets News: 12.12.2007 09:23:00
Romney Wins National Review's Endorsement
(AP)National Review, one of the nation's oldest and most prominent conservative magazines, has thrown its weight behind Mitt Romney's bid for president, calling the former Massachusetts governor "a full-spectrum conservative: a supporter of free-market economics and limited government, moral causes such as the right to life and the preservation of marriage, and a foreign policy based on the national interest."Read more : CBS News Horserace: 12.12.2007 06:22:00