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Japan's Nomura Buys Lehman's Europe, Mideast Units - Associated Press
tokyo (ap) -- nomura, japan's largest brokerage, said tuesday it would buy the european and middle eastern operations of lehman brothers - just a day after disclosing it had acquired the asian units of the failed u.s. investment bank. the deal is a ...
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San Francisco Insurance brokerage Opens Manhattan Office During Crisis
equity risk partners, a san francisco-based insurance brokerage and consulting firm focused exclusively on the private equity industry, said monday it’s opened a new manhattan office, just in time for wall street’s most serious downturn in decades.
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brokerage: Gerdau's North American Sales Could Fall 15% - Brazil
as signals foretelling a recession in the us grow ever stronger, brazilian brokerage brascan corretora said in a report that steelmaker gerdau's (nyse: ggb) north american sales could fall 15% below those in this year's second quarter for at least two or three quarters to come.
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Navigating Troubled Times: Answers For Readers - International Herald Tribune
if you are thinking about parking your cash in treasuries, think about it how long you want to tie your money up. a lot of investors have been pouring their money into these securities, and then selling at a loss so that they can get back into the ...
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Stockbrokers Are Doing A Lot Of Hand-holding - Baltimore Sun
stockbroker bruce alderman's client returned home from a trip just in time to watch the stock market shed the most points ever in a single day and to hear that his bank, wachovia , was being acquired by citigroup . yesterday morning, the client rang ...
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Wachovia Keeping Insurance brokerage Unit
charlotte, n.c.—wachovia insurance services inc. will not become part of citigroup in the new york-based banking giant's $2.2 billion buyout of wachovia corp.'s banking operations, a spokesman for the insurance brokerage confirmed.
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As Big Banks Converge, Depositors Find Deals At Smaller Institutions
a look at options for rate-sensitive depositors and borrowers, from smaller community banks and online institutions to credit unions and brokerage firms.
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Full Description - Reuters
kobe steel, ltd. is a japan-based steel manufacturer. the company has seven business segments. the iron & steel segment manufactures and sells steel bars, steel plates, stainless-steel products and titanium products, among others. the electricity ...
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Last-minute Share Rises Cause Trading Suspicions - International Herald Tribune
the last five minutes of trading on the last day of the quarter were very good to a significant number of stocks on tuesday, including battered financial shares. tuesday's closing prices were particularly important to money managers who report their ...
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Diversity Helps S.f. Real Estate Firm Survive
tracy dearman has plenty of long-term perspective on the current real estate downturn. she runs a small san francisco brokerage that was started by her grandmother on haight street more than 50 years ago. "we have seen many cycles in the real estate market,...
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Asian Investors Hold Steady After U.s. Plunge, Forecast Rebound
sept. 30 (bloomberg) -- c. l. kheng scans the computer monitor of a securities brokerage in kuala lumpur, searching for beaten-down stocks. he isn't buying just yet.
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Buy Japan Inflation-linked Debt, Mitsubishi Ufj Says (update1) - Bloomberg
oct. 1 (bloomberg) -- investors should buy japan's inflation-linked bonds because the decline in prices makes the securities ``relatively cheap'' and the nation is unlikely to see consumer costs fall, according to mitsubishi ufj securities co. the ...
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Diary - Today In Belgium/luxembourg - Oct 1 - Reuters
reuters publishes a western european company diary covering earnings, shareholder meetings, news conferences and analyst meetings. click on [weu/equity] or type in the code and hit f9. tax manager-real estate details: ...audit, tax and advisory firm ...
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Deal Has Customers Nervous
citigroup inc.'s pending $2.1 billion purchase of wachovia banking operations and the proposed government bailout of the financial industry is unnerving for bank and brokerage customers.
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Wachovia Shares Nearly Double On Sale Prediction
shares of wachovia corp. nearly doubled tuesday after an analyst said a sale of the remaining businesses, including its st. louis-based brokerage unit, seemed likely. "we wouldn't be surprised if wachovia is sold at some point in the near term," ubs ag analyst matthew o'connor wrote in a report.
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Xstrata Drops Planned Bid For Lonmin On Turmoil, Debt (update2) - Bloomberg
oct. 1 (bloomberg) -- xstrata plc scrapped its 5 billion- pound ($8.9 billion) hostile bid for lonmin plc , the world's third-largest platinum producer, after ``extreme'' turmoil in financial markets and concern over financing for the deal. ``the ...
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Nikkei Up 1 Pct On Bailout Hope But Worries Weigh - Cnbc
tokyo, oct 1 (reuters) - the nikkei average rose 1 percent on wednesday, rebounding from a three-year closing low hit the previous day, as financials such as nomura holdings gained on chances that a u.s. financial bailout plan will be revived. canon ...
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New Ceo: Td Ameritrade Will Remain Based In Omaha
starting wednesday, td ameritrade's chief executive will no longer be based at the online brokerage's omaha headquarters.
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'is My Money Safe?' And Other Bad Questions
losing money by investing in retail securities brokerage services: so easy a caveman can do it. as congress squabbles and markets fall, people on wall street and main street are asking themselves: isn't this a nice old dutch church on the corner of wall and main streets in kingston?
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Forex-dollar Dips After Jump On Bailout Hope, Repatriation - Cnbc
tokyo, oct 1 (reuters) - the dollar dipped against the euro on wednesday a day after it surged on quarter-end deals and on hopes that u.s. lawmakers could still reach agreement to revive a $700 billion bank bailout plan to stem the credit crisis ...
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