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- a government policy of restriction, commonly affecting the availability of credit in an economy
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- HSBC says first-half profits dive 29 percent
- LONDON AFP — Global bank HSBC said on Monday that net profits tumbled 29 percent to 7.722 billion dollars (4.95 billion euros) in the first half of the year amid the ongoing worldwide squeeze on credit. Loan impairment charges and other credit risk provisions jumped by 58 percent to...
- Research articles 2008-08-04
- Bad credit mars Wall St. bankers' summer break
- WASHINGTON AFP — July is usually a quieter month for busy Wall Street bankers, spent lounging poolside at the Hamptons or on a Caribbean beach, but a nagging credit crunch has cast a dark cloud over such vacations. Major US banks, including Citigroup, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and...
- Research articles 2008-07-08
- British house prices slump in May
- LONDON AFP — British house prices tumbled 3.8 percent in May for the largest annual drop since April 1993, home loans provider Halifax said on Thursday. Halifax, part of banking group HBOS, said in its latest monthly survey that house prices fell 2.4 percent compared with April. The...
- Research articles 2008-06-05
- British house prices slide further in April: survey
- LONDON AFP — British house prices dropped 1.3 percent in April from March and also declined year-on-year for the first time in 12 years, the country's biggest provider of home loans, Halifax, said on Friday. Halifax, part of banking group HBOS, said in its latest monthly survey that house...
- Research articles 2008-05-02
- Bank of England offers more liquidity for money markets
- LONDON AFP — The Bank of England said on Thursday it would inject 5.0 billion pounds into short-term money markets every week until April 9. The British central bank said in a short statement that it would offer a further 5.0 billion pounds on Thursday, following a similar injection...
- Research articles 2008-03-20
- High costs, low prices worry pork producers
- High costs, low prices worry pork producers: Rising costs for feed and lower prices for hogs are creating a classic squeeze on hog producers' bottom lines. Iowa hog producers suffered average losses of more than $25 for each hog sold in November and December, according to Iowa State University's estimated...
- Research articles 2008-01-28
- Wall Street keeps sunny side up ahead of earnings reports
- NEW YORK AFP — Wall Street heads into a big week for corporate earnings with strong upward momentum as investors appear to be viewing the latest economic ills as short-lived, analysts said Friday. Stock indexes have been holding near record or multiyear highs as fears of a credit squeeze...
- Research articles 2007-10-13
- Bank of England to bail out British lender: reports
- LONDON AFP — The Bank of England has agreed to provide emergency funding to mortgage lender Northern Rock after it fell victim to the liquidity squeeze in the banking sector, media reports said on Thursday. According to the BBC and the Financial Times newspaper, Britain's fifth-biggest mortgage lender has...
- Research articles 2007-09-13
- Battered stock markets get breathing room, but fear contagion
- NEW YORK AFP — Global investors will be watching nervously for signs of contagion from the US housing meltdown and a credit squeeze in coming days, even after a broad stock markets rebound over the past week from recent turbulence. Major markets posted healthy gains over the past week...
- Research articles 2007-08-25
- 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...
- Research articles 2007-08-23
- BoJ injects extra funds for first day in three
- TOKYO AFP — The Bank of Japan pumped extra funds into the financial system Thursday for the first time in three days to try to stabilise interest rates as fresh havoc erupted on global financial markets. The BoJ said it had injected 400 billion yen (3.4 billion dollars) into...
- Research articles 2007-08-15
- US credit crunch squeezes Coles bid.
- Byline: Malcolm Maiden Jun 27, 2007 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The strained private equity sector in the US may create difficulties for Australia's Coles Group. All bids for Coles must be placed by 1 July 2007, however bidders relying on leveraged...
- Research articles 2007-06-27
- Periscope
- Russia: Grasping Hands Could Russia, for years perceived as a safe haven in the turbulent world of oil, become a new source of political risk? Last week the Kremlin challenged Royal Dutch Shell, the biggest foreign investor in Russia's oil sector, sparking fears that a wider squeeze...
- Research articles 2006-10-02
- Boom times "gone forever".
- Sep 10, 2002 (Australian Informationweek - ABIX via COMTEX) Dimension Data Forum 11 on Queensland's Sunshine Coast poured cold water on any ideas of a sudden IT recovery. Dimension Data MD, Steve Nola, said the squeeze on IT budgets would continue. It was an ...
- Research articles 2002-09-10
- Cash cocoa squeeze alleged. (Hot Commodites).
- For months, traders in London have been speculating--literally and figuratively--about the motivation behind Armajaro Trading's long, slow accumulation of cash cocoa, which began quietly two ears ago with prices round [pounds sterling]600 ($919) per ton, and continues today with prices over [pounds sterling]1,300 ($1,990). Could a...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- OTC War and Peace
- The consolidation among investment banks and brokerage firms is as predictable as the rising sun. But for industry executives, it is as unnerving as a tornado that thunders through the land. The consolidation is propelled by a squeeze on profit margins, a squeeze that's a byproduct of the mass production...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- OTC War and Peace.(Brief Article)
- The consolidation among investment banks and brokerage firms is as predictable as the rising sun. But for industry executives, it is as unnerving as a tornado that thunders through the land. The consolidation is propelled by a squeeze on profit margins, a squeeze that's a byproduct...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- Mideast Tensions, Stockdraw Boost Crude Futures More Than
- Mideast Tensions, Stockdraw Boost Crude Futures More Than $1 Crude and product futures got multiple boosts on Wednesday from rising Mideast tension, an unexpected drop in crude inventories last week, short covering, and a squeeze in the making. On the New York Mercantile Exchange Nymex,...
- Research articles 2002-05-09
- All's well that ends well.
- "I'm the tech end, Lynton's the market end," explains Steffen Schubert, former chief executive of failed pan-European exchange Easdaq, about a loose partnership he has formed with Lynton Jones, former chairman and chief executive of failed pan-European exchange Jiway, called Bourse-Consult. Jones says: "It's an ...
- Research articles 2001-11-19
- Capital Shakeout
- Institutional investors put the squeeze on VCs. What does it mean for you? If you believe the warning knells of those bearish on the venture capital market, that loud sucking noise you've been hearing is the sound of a deep pool of large institutional investor cash being drained dry....
- Research articles 2001-01-01
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