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Markets NewsEurope’s biggest financial institutions in £8 billion rush for debtSome of Europe’s biggest financial institutions, including Lloyds TSB and HBOS, have raised €10 billion (£7.9 billion) in the debt markets in the past few days. It is the biggest rush to issue bonds since the credit crisis took hold last summer.Read Full Article Japan’s silos key to relieving rice shortageThe United States and Japan are poised to strike a deal that will remove one of the most widely reviled distortions in global rice markets and could send prices plummeting in the coming weeks.Read Full Article Time to change sectors? Not quite yet, figures showIt is a sad fact for investors and tipsters alike that, just as no siren sounds when stock markets peak, no bell rings at the bottom, either.Read Full Article Tempus: Open planBarclays is wise, given the vascillating that has embarrassed its rivals, to refuse to rule out some kind of capital raising. The bank this morning admitted that its core equity Tier 1 capital ratio, which was already below the bank’s 5.25 per cent target at December, would fall even further, possibly to as low as 4.9 per cent according to analysts, by the half-year. Finance director Chris Lucas says that Barclays is "prepared to run ahead of targets or below, depending on circumstances". But with financial regulators pushing banks to beef up their capital buffer, and Barclays’ competitors’ aiming for targets of 6 per cent at the very least, the bank is going to look increasingly out of step. Questions about its balance sheet are likely to to continue to drag the stock. A further downturn in the financial markets could worsen the problem. It was tricky to tell how parts of the bank are faring. Barclays Capital has been profitable in the year to date despite the turmoil. But, although it wrote back up £500 million worth of its own debt, Barclays did not mention similar improvements in its credit investments. It has also been sparing in writing down its leveraged finance exposure. There is much that could still turn sour for banks this year. No wonder Barclays wants to leave all its options open.Read Full Article Tempus: A time to get pickyIt is a sad fact for investors and tipsters alike that, just as nobody sounds a siren when stockmarkets peak, no one rings a bell at the bottom either.Read Full Article External News for: marketsAsian markets mixed as Greece uncertainty weighs - BusinessWeekAsian markets mixed as Greece uncertainty weighsBusinessWeekAsian stock markets turned in a mixed performance Friday, fluctuating as uncertainty over debt-laden Greece weighed on investors. A number of markets were ...and more »Asian markets mixed as Greece uncertainty weighs - BusinessWeekAsian markets mixed as Greece uncertainty weighsBusinessWeekAsian stock markets turned in a mixed performance Friday, fluctuating as uncertainty over debt-laden Greece weighed on investors. A number of markets were ...and more »For investors, there's still plenty of reasons to be cautious - Washington PostThe GuardianFor investors, there's still plenty of reasons to be cautiousWashington PostLooking forward, they are a sign that traders and other investors are starting to believe in the markets again. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial ...WORLD FOREX: Dollar Up As Greece, India Rate Hike Roil MarketsWall Street JournalGLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rally loses steam, euro slumpsReutersGreece Concerns Surface in Currency MarketsWall Street Journal (blog)BusinessWeek -Ticker Magazine -The Associated Pressall 2,541 news articles »Asian markets mixed as Greece uncertainty weighs - BusinessWeekAsian markets mixed as Greece uncertainty weighsBusinessWeekAsian stock markets turned in a mixed performance Friday, fluctuating as uncertainty over debt-laden Greece weighed on investors. A number of markets were ...and more »For investors, there's still plenty of reasons to be cautious - Washington PostThe GuardianFor investors, there's still plenty of reasons to be cautiousWashington PostLooking forward, they are a sign that traders and other investors are starting to believe in the markets again. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial ...WORLD FOREX: Dollar Up As Greece, India Rate Hike Roil MarketsWall Street JournalGLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rally loses steam, euro slumpsReutersGreece Concerns Surface in Currency MarketsWall Street Journal (blog)BusinessWeek -Ticker Magazine -The Associated Pressall 2,541 news articles »Research and Markets: what dentists should know about Social Networking Sites ... - Uptrend SEO Company (blog)Research and Markets: what dentists should know about Social Networking Sites ...Uptrend SEO Company (blog)Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and ...and more » |
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