… and a chorus of bailout appeals, a credit crunch and banking failures, a bursting real-estate bubble … the Gulf: he has decided that Islamic bonds will not form part of the Government’s … ...

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… fall in spending and underlined how a credit crunch, falling home prices and steady job losses … economist at Capital Economics. US Treasuries (government bonds) edged higher in price and the dollar … ...

Demand for U.S. Treasury bonds surged Wednesday, lowering the yield on the benchmark note to an all-time low, as investors responded to grim economic data and falling mortgage rates. ...

Bad news is good news for Treasury investors, and recently, there has been a whole lot of bad news. Mortgage rates, however, have not fallen with Treasury yields, but an $800 billion government bailout could change all of that. ...

LandAmerica Financial (NYSE: LFG) 78% LOWER; shares fell 88% on Monday following news that the company had canceled a deal to be acquired by Fidelity National. Today, rather than doing an outright deal, the company announced that it will sell 3 title insurance units to Fidelity. LandAmerica also filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the remain...

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Shares of BCE (NYSE: BCE) are down 39% today after the company announced it has received a preliminary view from KPMG that, based on current market conditions, its analysis to date and the amount of indebtedness involved in the LBO financing, it does not expect to be in a position to deliver on the scheduled effective date of BCE’s privatiza...

StreetInsider.com Morning Movers:Borders Group Inc. (NYSE: BGP) 50% LOWER; reports Q3 loss of $0.54, 4 cents below the analyst estimate of ($0.50). Revenue for the quarter was $682.1 million, versus the consensus of $726.54 million. In talks with Pershing Square on financing alternatives. No longer considering a sale of the company. BCE (NYSE: BCE)...

Score will help banks identify their exposure to the most liquid and least liquid assets, and strengthen their liquidity risk management procedures ...