Head Scarf Debate Intensifies In Turkey The country’s secular elite vehemently opposes any loosening of the restriction on the Islamic head scarf, which is strictly forbidden in public buildings in Turkey.... Read Full Article Banks Expect Bad Loans To Rise Further As Insolvencies Mount Banks and building societies expect the burden of bad loans to soar in the first quarter of the year as cash-strapped borrowers come under mounting financial strain....... Read Full Article Watching A Cyber Audience Watch A Real Orchestra Perform In A Virtual World For its season opening, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic went to the unusual extreme of building a new hall: a virtual environment in the online world Second Life.... Read Full Article Credit Fears Ease, And Markets Climb The Dow Jones industrial average close up 133 points on Thursday, boosted by signs that the credit markets may be thawing.... Read Full Article In Pakistan, TV Network Loses Bite In Its Return Pakistan’s most popular private television news channel was allowed to resume broadcasts within Pakistan on Monday, ending a blackout that had lasted more than two months.... Read Full Article |
Stock NewsBritish military ex-commanders call for action to ban cluster bombsFormer British defence chiefs and military commanders are urging the Government to scrap its stock of cluster bombs because of the danger to civilians worldwide.Read Full Article Carlsberg launches £3bn rights issue for S&NCarlsberg, the Danish brewer, has launched a 30.5 billion crowns (£3.26 billion) rights issue on the Copenhagen stock market to pay for its share of Scottish & Newcastle (S&N), the UK brewing group it split with Heineken this year.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: stockHow the major stock indexes fared Friday - The Associated PressCBC.caHow the major stock indexes fared FridayThe Associated PressThe stock market had its first winning week in a month after news on the economy started getting better. 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