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Debt Backed by Less Collateral as Spreads Jump: Credit Markets

12.02.10

Debt Backed by Less Collateral as Spreads Jump: Credit Markets
Unsecured bonds are grabbing a bigger slice of global debt sales as central banks’ efforts to boost growth spur investors to take on risk and demand less collateral, leaving them with lower protection in a default.

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Chancellor’s autumn forecast statement

12.01.10

Chancellor’s autumn forecast statement
The Chancellor’s statement responds to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s ‘Economic and fiscal outlook’, published at 1pm on 29 November 2010. In his statement the Chancellor announces a Growth review and a plan for Corporate Tax reform.

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WRAPUP 3-India probes 21 companies in bribes-for-loans scandal

11.30.10

WRAPUP 3-India probes 21 companies in bribes-for-loans scandal
*8 executives arrested, charged with taking bribes for loans

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Namibian Resources – Interim Results Announcement

11.29.10

Namibian Resources – Interim Results Announcement
Namibian Resources – Interim Results Announcement

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JPMorgan Japanese IT – Final Results

11.28.10

JPMorgan Japanese IT – Final Results
JPMorgan Japanese IT – Final Results

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Shorting the Heard

11.27.10

Shorting the Heard
Does the Ireland crisis bespeak a major weakness in the Basel capital-adequacy regime? Simon Nixon thinks so: the fact that investors won’t lend to Bank of Ireland, he says, “highlights a major weakness of the Basel capital rules that European banks operate under.”

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Ireland’s Debt to Foreign Banks Is Still Unknown

11.26.10

Ireland’s Debt to Foreign Banks Is Still Unknown
Ireland is deeply in debt to British and German banks, but just how much is a mystery. Doubt about the level of risk makes investors more nervous.

Read more on New York Times