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Credit Squeeze
a situation in which credit is not easily available or is subject to high interest rates
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Wal-Mart Steps Up Exploration of Russia
Wal-Mart, it seems, it taking another step toward entering the retail sector in Russia. The company has registered as a legal entity in the country â€" establishing a subsidiary dubbed WM Eastern Europe Holdings -- and joined a local trade organization, the Russian Association of Retail Trade...
Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Russia, Credit Squeeze, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software, Mike Duff
Blog posts 2009-01-20

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Credit Squeeze Bypasses St. Louis Bankers, Borrowers.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 25--Credit crunch? What credit crunch? That's the feeling among bankers and business borrowers in St. Louis. Turmoil in the bond market has delayed borrowings by some large companies, and sent alarm bells ringing at...
Tags: bank, banker, bond, Federal Reserve Board, FINANCE, Investment
Research articles 1998-10-25
Spain's biggest bank Santander escapes worst of credit squeeze
MADRID AFP — Santander, Spain's biggest bank, on Tuesday reported a 22.4 percent rise in first-quarter net profit from a year earlier to 2.2 billion euros (3.5 billion dollars) as it escaped the worst of the current global credit squeeze and a domestic economic slowdown. The results, which were...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, analyst, bank, banking, Spain
Research articles 2008-04-29
European Central Bank fighting inflation and credit squeeze: Trichet
BRUSSELS AFP — European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet warned Wednesday that inflation threatened the 13-nation eurozone and stressed that controlled ECB cash injections were meant only to keep credit flowing. The bank stood ready to fight inflation, he said -- normally by raising interest rates -- while ensuring...
Tags: European Central Bank
Research articles 2007-12-19
CHINA WARNED OF CREDIT SQUEEZE
AsiaInfo Services 08-11-2006 China Warned of Credit Squeeze BEIJING, Aug 11, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Amid the excess growth of monetary supply, China will rein in the credit extension to ensure the reasonable growth of the annual loans, according to...
Tags: Bank of China
Research articles 2006-08-11
European stocks fall back again amid fears of credit squeeze
LONDON AFP — Europe's main stock markets slid in early deals on Tuesday as concerns lingered about a global credit squeeze sparked by the crisis in the US home loan sector. London's FTSE 100 of leading shares stood 0.63 percent lower at 6,180.10 points about an hour after Tuesday's...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Investment, London, stock
Research articles 2007-08-14
British economy to face credit squeeze fallout in 2008
LONDON AFP — Britain's economy would grow at a slower than expected rate in 2008 because of the fallout from the global credit squeeze, finance chief Alistair Darling said Tuesday. Darling, delivering his maiden pre-budget report, told parliament that British economic growth would likely come to 2.0-2.5 percent in...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, fallout
Research articles 2007-10-09
Fed, other central banks in joint effort to ease credit squeeze
WASHINGTON AFP — The Federal Reserve and four other central banks announced a joint initiative Wednesday to ease a global credit squeeze by pumping money into the global banking system with a new system of loan auctions. The joint effort with the Bank of Canada, Bank of England, European...
Tags: bank, Federal Reserve Board
Research articles 2007-12-12
In Interview With Reuters, Dr. Alexander Mirtchev Warns Against Ramifications of Credit Squeeze on Emerging Markets
In an interview with Reuters, Dr. Alexander Mirtchev , founder and chairman of the Krull Corporation and an economic expert on emerging markets, shared concerns about the impact of the credit squeeze on emerging market economies. As the U.S. financial system continues to bear historic pressure, economies...
Tags: Dr., MARKETING, Thomson Reuters Corp.
Research articles 2008-10-08
Fed extends actions to ease global credit squeeze
WASHINGTON AFP — The Federal Reserve took further steps Wednesday to battle a global credit crunch, including an extension of an emergency lending program for investment firms facing a liquidity squeeze. The Fed said it took the actions "in light of continued fragile circumstances in financial markets." In...
Tags: bank, Federal Reserve Board, financial
Research articles 2008-07-30
Wells Fargo Sued for Cutting Off Home Equity Lines of Credit
Got a home equity line of credit HELOC from Wells Fargo? Check again: it might have been cut off. Wells Fargo was sued for fraud today, as a class action lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Illinonis alleged that "Wells Fargo unlawfully failed to accurately assess the...
Tags: Wells Fargo & Co., Interest Rate, Equity, HELOC, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Investment, Finance, Ilyce Glink
Blog posts 2009-08-19
Credit Squeeze Won't Stop Leavers
Credit crunch or no credit crunch, bad managers will still lose talented employees, says Bryan Alaspa at Management Issues. He's picking up a SearchCIO-Midmarket.com survey that claims 30 per cent of 250 mid-market CIOs and IT managers left their jobs because they were...
Tags: Food, Health Care, Food Habit, Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Joanna Higgins
Blog posts 2008-09-11
Monsanto Says Farmers Have Plenty of Access to Credit
The credit squeeze isn't putting American farmers in any immediate danger, and despite volatile pricing, demand for crops should hold steady, executives from Monsanto said today as the company released its third-quarter results. Monsanto is the world's largest producer of cropseed. CEO Hugh Grant told analysts on...
Tags: Bank, Microsoft Access, Financing, Monsanto, Financial Services, Dan Mitchell
Blog posts 2008-10-08
Mortgage lenders squeeze UK housing
OUTLOOK To add to the Government's woes, it is now plain as a pike staff that the economy is slowing fast. Nationwide yesterday reported the sharpest monthly fall in house prices for 12 years, while mortgage lending is also significantly lower. Appearing before the Commons Treasury Select Committee...
Tags: Enron Corp., Northern Rock Plc.
Research articles 2007-11-30
Exchange Rate Volatility and the Credit Channel in Emerging Markets: A Vertical Perspective
Firms in emerging markets are exposed to severe financial frictions and credit constraints that are exacerbated by the sudden stop of capital inflows. Can monetary policy offset this external credit squeeze? The paper shows that although this may be the case during moderate contractions or in partial equilibrium, the expansionary...
Tags: Volatility, Financial, National Bureau Of Economic Research, Emerging Market, Financial Accounting, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Finance, Marketing
White papers 2004-05-01
RBS warns of 1.25 billion-pound hit from credit woes
LONDON AFP — The Royal Bank of Scotland revealed Thursday it will write off 1.25 billion pounds from its exposure to the US subprime home loan crisis and the subsequent worldwide credit squeeze. RBS said in a trading update that it would take a major hit, equivalent to about...
Tags: ABN AMRO, Agence France-Presse, Barclays Plc., London, RBS
Research articles 2007-12-06
Credit squeeze not hurting - yet.
UK industry shows no signs of being stymied by the credit crunch - yet Chris Dillow Despite the sense of impending woe enveloping the equity markets, it appears as though the credit crunch isn't hurting British industry much yet. The CBI reported this week...
Tags: bank, Bank of England, Sterling, U.K.
Research articles 2007-11-22
Fed, European banks team up to ease credit squeeze
WASHINGTON AFP — The US Federal Reserve announced Friday joint action with European banks to step up a battle against a persistent global credit crisis that has shackled lending and slowed the world economy. The Fed, the European Central Bank ECB and the Swiss National Bank SNB decided to...
Tags: bank, Federal Reserve Board, team
Research articles 2008-05-02
Cash flow: the credit squeeze
Thank goodness for plastic. It's helping Jim Jeppson keep a roof over his head. "If it hadn't been for credit cards, I wouldn't be able to pay my house payment," the 68-year-old West Jordan resident said this past week after filling up at a local gas station. ...
Tags: Federal Reserve Board, SALES
Research articles 2008-05-18
Global markets wobble as credit fears persist
NEW YORK AFP — Wobbles returned to global stock markets Thursday as fears of a credit squeeze resurfaced following the US Federal Reserve's move to increase its liquidity injection to markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gave back early gains and finished essentially flat, with a loss of a...
Tags: Countrywide Financial Corp., FINANCE, Investment, liquidity, Mortgages, squeeze
Research articles 2007-08-23
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