GMAC May Face `Substantial Difficulty,’ Cerberus States (Update1)
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Bloomberg - The good news is that we purchased GMAC cheaply enough so that even with all the bad news in the mortgage market and credit markets, we still are in reasonable shape with our overall investment,” Feinberg, 47, wrote in the nine-page letter
Murdoch’s finger firmly on the internet pulse
Daily Telegraph - not to fall behind again in the internet.His empire dabbled with the internet in the late 1990s, but his inability to see how this fresh young medium helped his bottom line ensured News Corp’s ventures never really got the necessary investment.
Trouble lies ahead for Bradford & Bingley
Daily Telegraph - But B&B is a UK mortgage bank so should have nearly no exposure to whizzy investment products such as collateralised debt obligations. With analysts forecasting a meagre £60m hit, little wonder the shares have tumbled more than 20pc yesterday. Having
Clinton Steps Up Attack On Obama
CBS News - She stated she would rein in oil, insurance, credit card, student loan and Wall Street investment companies and generate $55 billion a year that would be used for middle class tax cuts, create jobs and pay for an array of domestic programs. Obama on
Ford’s latest ‘world car’ will keep Fiesta name
Daily Telegraph - Ford’s first “world car” since the ill-fated 1992 Mondeo will retain its Fiesta name, despite rumours to the contrary. Ford is banking on more than 30 years of investment in the Fiesta brand Three concept Fiestas that appeared at motor shows last
Bush Says Paternalism Over in U.S. Aid
Guardian Unlimited - Bush’s investment initiatives for Africa are widely viewed as popular and productive, even in a deeply political atmosphere in Washington. The Millennium Challenge Account, for example, provides U.S. aid to developing nations that show good governance
Even at record prices, platinum seen as a good investment
International Herald Tribune - LONDON : Anyone who thought platinum prices couldn’t go higher after spiking 60 percent in six months got a rude shock on Thursday when the metal hit $2,025 an ounce. Analysts state that even at this record level - up 32 percent in three weeks and
Money Funds Rose in Latest Week
Forbes - Total money market mutual fund assets rose by $25.31 billion to $3.388 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday. Assets of the nation’s retail money market mutual funds rose by $772 million in the latest week to $1.223
Painful Dodgers’ investment Schmidt not doubting comeback
CBS Sportsline - VERO BEACH, Fla. — Jason Schmidt is learning patience. He just hopes it doesn’t take too long. The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Schmidt to a three-year, $47 million contract last winter hoping he’d would join Brad Penny and Derek Lowe atop their
Credit Suisse taps Amine co-head investment banking
Reuters - NEW YORK, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Credit Suisse Group (CSGN.VX: Quote , Profile , Research ) on Thursday named Jim Amine as global co-head of investment banking and the head of its global markets solutions group, effective immediately. Amine, based in
Berkshire Discloses Kraft, GlaxoSmithKline Stakes (Update2)
Bloomberg - The investment follows buys of stock in several health-care companies over the past 12 months, including UnitedHealth Group Inc. and WellPoint Inc., the two biggest health insurers in the U.S. Berkshire has also purchased shares of Johnson
It is frankly embarrassing that Britain should be represented by a
Guardian Unlimited - His way of promoting Anglo-American trade in his role as Britain’s special representative for international trade and investment was to imply in an interview with the International Herald Tribune that Americans were naive in their handling of Iraq. He
Lampert diminishes Citigroup stake
Forbes - As of Dec. 31, RBS Partners LP held a $561.8 million stake, or 19.1 million shares, in the financial services firm, according to RBS’s fourth-quarter investment report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This is a decrease from the 27
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