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Fed to bail-out corporate paper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2008
... commercial paper issued by corporations and municipal authorities. Quoting the US Federal Reserve statement, the New York Times reported that, "This facility should encourage investors to once again engage in term lending in the commercial paper market. ...

AIG not impacted by bail-out failure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2008
... two-thirds of Republican legislators dismissed the bill's pre-conditions on Wall Street as inadequate, reported the New York Times. The failure of the bill, however, has no impact on the funding arrangement already put in place for AIG, parent company ...

Bail-out might breach US constitution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008
... conclude that it is not only our economy that is at risk, Mr Secretary, but our Constitution, as well," reported the New York Times. Fears the bail-out bill is unconstitutional stem from prohibitions on Congress to bail-out private firms without adequate ...

AIG Australia insulated from US woes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2008
... give the government an ownership stake in troubled insurance giant American International Group," reported the New York Times this morning. The US Fed has just confirmed the arrangement. "The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday, with the full support of ...

Peak oil bigger problem than climate change

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... said Dunlop. Highlighting why rising demand contrasted against falling supply is economically unsustainable, The New York Times is today reporting that oil production is now falling at all of the major Western oil companies and that they are "finding ...

Macq bond insurance will diversify group

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... diversification strategy, says Moody's Investor Services. Eric Dinallo, New York's state insurance superintendent, told The New York Times he has been discussing the deal with Macquarie since April and that he welcomes their interest in the bond insurance ...

US Treasury to announce regulatory overhaul

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2008
... consolidating its huge number of regulators and bringing practices up top date to what happens around the world. The New York Times has reported that US Treasury will today formally announce its plan to merge the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) ...

Singapore and ME fund swoop on UBS

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2007
... Citigroup recently agreeing to sell a $7.5 billion stake to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, according to the New York Times. As a result of the Singapore deal, GOSIC will end up with a 9 per cent stake in UBS once the convertible notes switch into ...

Not much of a fix from the freeze

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2007
... continue to make repayments. Estimates attributed to Barclays Capital and Moody's (and reported by Reuters and the New York Times) put the number of households likely to benefit at around 250,000, between one fifth and one third the number of households ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... 5674.67. TOKYO - The Nikkei ended down 0.6 per cent but off earlier lows, hit by a late selling rush after the New York Times reported Merrill Lynch's third-quarter write-downs. The benchmark Nikkei closed down 92.19 points at 16,358.39. HONG KONG - ...