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  • Nomis Solutions' Dr. Robert Phillips to Lead Professional Pricing Society Workshop on Pricing and Revenue Optimisation (PRWeb)

    One of the Professional Pricing Society's two-day certification workshops focused on pricing from a European and global perspective. (PRWeb May 15, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Nomis/Solutions/prweb941414.htm
    2008-05-15 12:38:51
  • Tips to help your family cope with inflation (Daily Telegraph)

    Inflation is rising at its fastest level in six years, so follow our advice to beat the great squeeze. By Niki Chesworth.
    2008-05-15 09:59:34
  • LeadMiner Software Supercharges Production for Mortgage Lenders and Reverse Mortgage Firms While Offering 'Win-Win' ... (PRWeb)

    Next generation direct marketing software offers "mass customization" capability for mortgage and reverse mortgage companies by providing Fortune 500 micro-targeting capabilities for free (PRWeb May 15, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/05/prweb937884.htm
    2008-05-15 10:20:23
  • Barclays takes £1bn credit writedown - Daily Telegraph

    Barclays has revealed new write downs of £1bn in the first quarter in the wake of the sub-prime crisis. The writedowns are on top of the £1.6bn already disclosed. The write downs at Barclays Capital, which is run by Bob Diamond, comprise a £495m ...
    2008-05-15 07:50:00
  • Fitch Amends Stance on Rating U.S. Alt-A Re-REMICs - Forbes

    Fitch Ratings has announced that it will now analyze resecuritizations, or Re-REMICs, backed by Alt-A RMBS classes. On March 6, Fitch had stated that, due to the rapidly deteriorating performance of U.S. Alt-A RMBS, it would not analyze ...
    2008-05-15 06:53:00
  • How to ride escalating interest rates - Globe and Mail

    And now for the good news about the looming runup in interest rates. If you're choking on the low returns available from bonds and guaranteed investment certificates, relief is coming. Want to be ready for it? Money market funds are an ideal vehicle ...
    2008-05-15 07:00:00
  • CBS Goes All In - Forbes

    For more than a year, CBS ' digital tsar, Quincy Smith, worked the halls of Internet industry events, shaking hands, smiling, chatting and answering one question: So what's the plan? It must have got tiresome. For someone known as a digital deal ...
    2008-05-15 09:52:00
  • A human tragedy rocks readers - News.com.au

    AUSTRALIANS were warned this year's Budget would hurt so it came as no surprise that readers' attention this week was well and truly focused on our coverage of this 'financial monster'. A devastating earthquake in China also got people clicking. But ...
    2008-05-15 10:49:00
  • Brown 'determined to take long-term decisions' - The Independent

    Brown tries to lift the gloom with array of new Bills John Rentoul: Cameron is leaving Brown to hang himself – but he must still show what he'd do instead UK braced for rising unemployment, resurgent inflation and recession No rate cuts for two ...
    2008-05-15 06:53:00
  • Gordon Brown is 'right leader' for hard times - Daily Telegraph

    The Daily Telegraph's Assistant Editor Andrew Pierce on Gordon Brown's vow to stay on as Prime Minister. ; http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1488655367/bctid1554906811 http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1139053637 The Prime ...
    2008-05-15 10:27:00
  • Turkish central bank hikes rates, signals more - Guardian Unlimited

    ISTANBUL, May 15 (Reuters) - Turkey's central bank raised key interest rates by a half percentage point on Thursday, hiking for the first time since 2006 as expected, and signalled further tightening could follow. The lira, which had firmed ahead of ...
    2008-05-15 10:42:00
  • Brown hopes for rate cuts - Reuters UK

    LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown denied on Thursday that his tax policies were breaking the government's fiscal rules and said he hoped the Bank of England would be able to cut interest rates further. Brown said the problems facing the ...
    2008-05-15 08:40:00
  • Thursday May 15, 2008 - 10:54 EST (Rolling Good Times)

    NEW YORK – (PRESS RELEASE) -- Melco PBL Entertainment (Macau) Limited (NasdaqGM:MPEL), a developer and owner of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities, today reported unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.
    2008-05-15 07:58:13
  • Bank of England warns no more rate cuts before 2010 as credit crisis deepens (Evening Standard)

    There may be no cuts in interest rates until 2010, the Bank of England has indicated. However, inflation is predicted to rise far above previous forecasts and stay well above the Government's target of two per cent for up to two years.
    2008-05-15 08:32:24
  • Interim Report for the First Quarter of 2008 (FinanzNachrichten)

     Sales increased by 45% in a difficult market  Superior business models and investment into the future  ...
    2008-05-15 08:46:48