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  • RBA cash rate may hit 8pc to curb inflation

    News.com.au - The real interest rate, adjusted for inflation, was too low to dampen consumer and domestic demand, he said. Macquarie has estimated that a 25 basis points rise in interest takes increases interest payments by $1.75 billion - meaning that the double ...
    2008-02-19 09:58:00

  • Seaspan swings to loss in 4th quarter on write-down for value of ...

    CNBC - NEW YORK - Hong Kong-based container ship owner Seaspan Corp. said Tuesday it swung to a fourth-quarter loss on a write-down on the value of interest rate swap agreements. Interest rate swaps allow a company to lock in a lower interest rate through ...
    2008-02-19 08:10:00

  • Massachusetts May Raise Tolls Amid Auction-Rate Woes (Update2)

    Bloomberg - The delay costs the turnpike an additional $300,000 a month because the $126.7 million in bonds are tied to an interest-rate swap with UBS AG that began in January. Officials are trying to rework the arrangement with different variable-rate ...
    2008-02-19 12:07:00

  • UPDATE1-IRS gives muni issuers leeway on auction-rate bonds

    Forbes - Reissuing may compel issuers to pay arbitrage rebates to the federal government, change interest-rate swaps, or seek new approval for their private-activity bonds, said Scott Lilienthal, a partner at Washington law firm Hogan and Hartson who ...
    2008-02-19 01:18:00

  • FOREX-Dollar slips as rate differentials back in focus

    Reuters - NEW YORK, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The dollar fell on Tuesday as investors worried that a spike in oil prices to record highs could further slow the U.S. economy and prompt the Federal Reserve to again cut interest rates. The high-yielding Australian and ...
    2008-02-19 01:25:00

  • Federal Reserve rate reductions are giving banks a lift

    International Herald Tribune - LONDON : Investors can take advantage of the growing gap between short-and long-term interest rates that the Federal Reserve is arranging to help heal banks in the United States. The rates gap has greatly increased since the beginning of the year as ...
    2008-02-19 10:48:00

  • UPDATE 1-Most Canada dealers see 50-point rate cut in March

    Reuters - TORONTO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The majority of Canada's primary securities dealers predicted on Tuesday that the Bank of Canada will cut interest rates by 50 basis points in March amid a downturn in the U.S. economy. Eight of Canada's 12 dealers ...
    2008-02-19 11:45:00

  • Fed's Stern says rate cuts should protect economy

    Boston Globe - GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts are aimed at shielding the economy from tight credit, and policy-makers will watch credit conditions closely as they mull their next move, Minneapolis Fed Reserve Bank ...
    2008-02-19 10:26:00

  • Dollar Declines to 2-Week Low Against Euro on Rate Speculation

    Bloomberg - Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell to the lowest level in two weeks versus the euro on speculation the Federal Reserve will keep cutting its benchmark interest rate, widening the U.S. yield disadvantage with Europe. The dollar's decline started ...
    2008-02-19 01:33:00

  • Double interest rate rise looms

    News.com.au - CONSUMERS have been warned there will be no escaping an interest rate hike next month - and it could be a double whammy. Explosive documents released yesterday showed the Reserve Bank Board almost went for the shock treatment earlier this month as it ...
    2008-02-19 12:50:00

  • Credit Suisse Increases Interest Rate on Notes After Writedowns

    Bloomberg - Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Credit Suisse Group increased the interest rate on $2 billion of subordinated bonds by 25 basis points, bowing to investor demands for higher compensation after the bank said writedowns will cut first-quarter profit by about $1 ...
    2008-02-19 01:25:00

  • Reuters Canada Business Summary (The Globe and Mail)

    BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators in Europe, the United States and Canada conditionally approved Thomson Corp's acquisition of Reuters, a deal that will create the world's leading provider of news and data for professional markets.
    2008-02-19 01:48:20

  • Breeze-Eastern Awarded $3.2 Million CH-47 Aircraft Cargo Hook Contract (wallstreet:online AG)

    Breeze-Eastern Corporation (AMEX:BZC) announced today it was awarded a $3.2 million firm-fixed price
    2008-02-19 01:49:20

  • Planning Commission asks Punjab to streamline power supply to farmers (Express India)

    The Planning Commission on Tuesday suggested a slew of measures...
    2008-02-19 01:49:21

  • Examiner.com Related Articles: (The San Francisco Examiner)

    Investors likely were positioning themselves ahead of a half-dozen economic reports that could give the market further direction. Paramount will be Wednesday's Labor Department report on consumer prices for January, which is a closely watched gauge for inflation.
    2008-02-19 01:52:01

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