Commonwealth Bank dispatches ‘debt doctors’ to corporations
News.com.au - Mr Norris declined to confirm whether one of the two was the stricken Allco Finance Group Ltd. “I don’t really want to discuss individual customers or clients but I think that the market is pretty well aware of those particular corporates,” Mr Norris

AP Business NewsBrief at 12:29 a.m. EST
CNBC - In a statement Friday, FGIC stated would like to organize a new domestic financial guarantee insurer in New York to “provide support for public finance obligations previously insured by FGIC.” Industrial Output Posts Weak Gain news://newsclip.ap.org

Inflation, shortages stalk Pakistan’s tigerish economy ahead of
International Herald Tribune - The boom was built on cash sent home by Pakistani expatriates, privatization proceeds, foreign investment and cheap consumer credit, stated Shahid Hasan Siddiqui of the Research Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance. But there are complaints the

Obama tries to head off Clinton comeback in Wisconsin
International Herald Tribune - Since he took a commanding lead in the delegate count, McCain has been working to solidify his support from a Republican base unhappy with his unorthodox positions on some tax cuts, immigration, campaign finance laws, global warming, stem cell

Super-rich weigh up cost of deserting treasure island
Guardian Unlimited - After all, in a world driven by unimaginable flows of capital, London is international finance’s sluice gate. If you want to make it as banker, insurer, shipping broker, hedge fund manager or private equity deal maker, you have to be here. It is why

Browsing for a superior auto insurance deal
Boston Globe - A&E Things to do Travel Cars Jobs Real Estate Local Search Technology Healthcare Markets Small business Personal finance Columnists Drivers, start your engines. For the first time in 30 years, Massachusetts motorists can today begin comparison shopping

Are Castro’s writings subtle jabs at Raúl?
Miami Herald - Business Monday | National | International | Personal Finance | Technology | Small Business | Friday Business Report Food | Health | Home BY FRANCES ROBLES frobles@MiamiHerald.com About the time last year that Cuba announced plans to plunge into the ethanol

VLCC plans 2009 IPO for Mideast expansion
Reuters India - DUBAI (Reuters) - Indian healthcare and beauty firm VLCC stated it plans to sell shares to the public next year to finance expansion in the Middle East. VLCC, which operates seven beauty centres in the United Arab Emirates, plans to spend 200 million

Quinn: Investors Guided by Conscience
Washington Post - We all bring more than pure monetary values to our money choices, says Meir Statman, a professor of finance at Santa Clara University in California . Products carry expressive characteristics as well as useful ones. They tell our neighbors about our

Democrat surrogates stump in Hawaii
Miami Herald - Personal Finance Chelsea Clinton munched chili at a popular Hawaiian restaurant Saturday while urging hundreds of enthusiastic supporters

Orange get a boost with upset of Hoyas
Miami Herald - Business Monday | National | International | Personal Finance | Technology | Small Business | Friday Business Report Food | Health | Home Paul Harris scored 22 points and freshman Donte Greene added 18 to lead Syracuse to a 77-70 victory over No. 8 Georgetown

LOOKS LIKE THE PARTY IS OVER FOR MR. SCHWARZMAN
New York Post - Yes, it’s been a tough 12 months for the titans of leveraged finance. Even its well-known standard-bearer, Republican Mitt Romney , went down to a quick and pricey primary defeat. Some politicos are betting that Mitt will be back in 2012, superior

Giving the US a good telling off
Guardian Unlimited - At the time we [in London] are the number one world finance centre you’re saying to Dubai “you can’t run our ports”. Do not be surprised if the world goes straight past you Globalisation gives choice - it means “if you don’t want me I’ll go

Paychecks raise eyebrows
Baltimore Sun - Everson told the Senate Finance Committee last month. The IRS is stepping up examinations of abuses in the nonprofit world, including pay and perks. Nationally, nonprofit hospitals and health care systems in particular are coming under fire for

Retirees ponder tuition for kids
Baltimore Sun - Paying for college while working is tough enough. Juggling tuition bills on a fixed income can be a more difficult feat. There’s financial aid, of course. But will schools anticipate older parents to crack open a retirement nest egg to finance college

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