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  • Guardian publishes full articles over RSS (GeekMedia)
    By admin on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments Comments
    Doesn’t sound particularly significant or groundbreaking, but I think this is a major landmark in how traditional media businesses are dealing with the change from publisher focus to user focus. …and what does that mean exactly? So sites like the Guardian & the BBC, who were both quick to start publishing RSS feeds back in 2004-05, ...
  • Whipped by crisis, mortgage traders turn to rock
    By admin on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments Comments
    … Life) - Roughed up by the global credit crunch and Wall Street layoffs, dozens of mortgage bond traders turned their talents to music in … and sent values of even the best-quality bonds to shockingly low levels. More than eight … ...
  • UPDATE 1-S&P downgrades Argentina on political, e...
    By admin on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments Comments
    … leading to a downgrade,” Beers added. Argentine bonds have crumbled an average of 64 percent … by the pension plan and the international credit crunch. Local analysts said they did not see … ...
  • At Fort Lauderdale yacht show, they’re looking ...
    By admin on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments Comments
    … can’t give those boats away.” Despite the credit crunch, Baum said financing is still available for … was offered at $41.5 million. The James Bond-themed boat, which is four stories tall and … ...
  • City’s owner ploughs 3.5bn into bank giant
    By admin on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments Comments
    … funds to strengthen finances weakened by the credit crunch. Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, who paid … the Qatari Group are being offered convertible bonds at very attractive interest rates with an … ...
  • The Fannie fix
    By admin on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments Comments
    … than private lenders in midst of the credit crunch. “A program like this allows more homeowners … securities, including so-called agency securities - the bonds Fannie and Freddie sell to finance their … ...
  • Housing plunge: The Fannie fix
    By admin on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments Comments
    … than private lenders in midst of the credit crunch. “A program like this allows more homeowners … securities, including so-called agency securities - the bonds Fannie and Freddie sell to finance their … ...
  • Celebrity Culture Should Mean Fame Helping Communitie...
    By admin on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments Comments
    … I was watching him interviewing the James Bond actor, Daniel Craig. Unfortunately I did not … of attitudes that partly gave us the credit crunch and current recession. Top bankers were careless, … ...
  • SA may need outside funding for infrastructure progra...
    By admin on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments Comments
    … the end of last year, when the credit crunch was still an approaching storm, local institutions … and cash. Of this, R918bn was in bonds - the main source of funding for … require a combination of raising money through bond issues, international support and development finance institutions … ...
  • When less can be more
    By admin on October 31st, 2008 | No Comments Comments
    … Could downsizing be the cure for the credit crunch blues? Nigel Huddleston reports on a beer … for market stall A year ago Martin Bond moved his speciality beer shop from a … ...

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