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February 20, 2012 in Banks
Record Bank Bonds Fueling Lending Ease Slump Risk: Turkey Credit BusinessWeek 21 (Bloomberg) -- Turkish banks are increasing bond sales to a record this year, helping to sustain the growth in lending that's keeping the economy out of recession. Just two years ago, banks didn't sell any bonds. So far in 2012, they've issued the ... |
February 20, 2012 in Stock
Colombian Stock Movers: Avianca Taca, Almacenes Exito, ETB Gain BusinessWeek Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are as of the close of trading in Bogota. The IGBC Index gained 0.5 percent to 14646.81, while the Colcap Index rose 0.2 percent to 1714.26. Almacenes Exito SA (EXITO CB), Colombia's biggest publicly traded ... |
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February 20, 2012 in Banks
Russia's Biggest Banks Lack Sufficient Capital, S&P Says BusinessWeek “Current capitalization levels will continue to provide only a moderate cushion against the risks embedded in Russian banks' balance sheets,” S&P analysts led by Sergey Voronenko said in a statement today. Russian lenders raised deposit rates last ... TEXT-S&P says Russia's biggest banks are undercapitalized |
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February 20, 2012 in Banks
China's unofficial lending falters, savers protest BusinessWeek By JOE McDONALD Ms. Zhang, a schoolteacher in the central city of Anyang, lent $43000 last year to entrepreneurs who couldn't get loans from state banks. Now as growth cools and Beijing cracks down on informal credit, Zhang and thousands of other small ... |
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February 20, 2012 in Banks
Hong Kong Stocks Rise After China Cuts Reserve Ratio for Banks BusinessWeek 20 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong stocks advanced, sending the Hang Seng Index extending a six-month high, after China cut the reserve requirement for banks to fuel lending and spur economic growth in the world's second-biggest economy. |
February 20, 2012 in Stock
China's Stock-Index Futures Rise on Lenders' Reserve-Ratio Cut BusinessWeek 20 (Bloomberg) -- China's stock-index futures rose, signaling gains for the benchmark index, after the central bank announced a cut in reserve requirements for the first time this year to bolster economic growth. Futures on the CSI 300 Index expiring ... |
February 19, 2012 in Market
Intel Deal Steels Mellanox for Market Control: Israel Overnight BusinessWeek 23 the sale of its fast data transfer and storage systems assets to Intel for $125 million in cash, boosting competition for the Israeli firm, which controls 85 percent of the market. “Even if we'll have a smaller part of the pie, it's a bigger pie now ... |
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February 18, 2012 in Banks
 Bloomberg | China Cuts Bank Reserve Ratios a Second Time as Exports Tumble BusinessWeek 19 (Bloomberg) -- China cut the amount of cash that banks must set aside as reserves for the second time in three months to spur lending as Europe's debt crisis and a cooling property market threaten economic growth. Reserve ratios will fall 50 basis ... China Cuts Banks' Reserve Ratios a Second Time as Europe Threatens Growth China cuts bank reserve ratio to spur growth China cuts bank reserve requirement |
February 17, 2012 in Business
 BusinessWeek | A French Socialist Who Understands Business BusinessWeek While Hollande wants to tax the rich more and end tax breaks for big business, he's calling for generous tax cuts for small and midsize companies. At a Feb. 13 lunch with journalists, he praised the market-friendly policies of Britain's Labour Party. French business seeks radical reforms French Business Lobby Calls For Speedier Deficit Cuts |
February 16, 2012 in Market
China Housing Market in 'Mother of All Bubbles,' GMO Says BusinessWeek 16 (Bloomberg) -- China's housing market is experiencing the “mother” of all bubbles, and a property slump will hurt everything from Australian mining firms to Europe's luxury-goods makers, according to Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. |
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