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		<title>French banks stung by further credit crisis losses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[French banks stung by credit-crisis losses
Natixis, Credit Agricole refocus investment banking operations
By Simon Kennedy, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8/28/2008 10:28:00 AM
LONDON (MarketWatch) &#8212; France&#8217;s third- and fourth-largest banks reported
slumping results from the credit crunch on Thursday, with Credit Agricole
revealing a 94% profit drop and Natixis swinging to a loss of about $1.5 billion.
The weakened results have also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What does bail Fannie/Freddie out do to our currency value?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote a piece entitled The Tale of Two Markets, where I talked about the &#8220;Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Experiment&#8221;. That experiment has now clearly failed and a bailout/privatization/nationalization of Fannie and Freddie is now being planned. While I have been expecting nationalization for quite a while, I am intrigued along with my peers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks fall with financial jitters back in play</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stocks fall as financial jitters return
Oil surges as dollar dips, tensions rise over Russia&#8217;s presence in Georgia
By Nick Godt, MarketWatch
Last Update: 8/21/2008 12:49:00 PM
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) &#8212; U.S. stocks were firmly lower on Thursday as
nervousness about distress at mortgage-giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac returned
to the fore and fresh concerns emerged about investment firm Lehman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOCUS: Insurers Eye Emerging-Mkt Buys, Avoid Large M&#038;A Deals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS (Dow Jones)&#8211;Europe&#8217;s insurers remain in the hunt for small to midsize
acquisitions, with the action likely to center on promising emerging markets in
the East and South, while larger, balance-sheet-straining deals in mature markets
will likely have to wait as companies tread cautiously in the face of the global
credit crisis.
Insurance heavyweights such as Axa SA (AXA), Assicurazioni [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deflation and Correction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting that more and more people are talking about deflation -almost unheard of 6 months ago when it looked more likely that the banks were on the verge of suffering a &#8220;negative feedback loop&#8221; or deflationary death spiral. Talking about deflation back then meant getting &#8220;thumbed down.&#8221; Deflation does strengthen the currency as it gets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merrill&#8217;s Fire Sale Might Leave A Lot Of Fingers Burned</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merrill&#8217;s Fire Sale Might Leave A Lot Of Fingers Burned
Last Update: 7/29/2008 9:03:18 AM
   By Andrew Dowell and Ed Welsch
   Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 
Merrill Lynch &#038; Co.&#8217;s (MER) fire sale of toxic assets might burn some other
fingers on Wall Street.
In the world of complex and infrequently traded securities, the venerable
investment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financials stocks skid in early action</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (MarketWatch) &#8212; U.S. financial stocks fell early Tuesday, as the
Financial Select Sector SPDR , an ETF that tracks the financial stocks in the S&#038;P500, lost 1.2%, while the Amex Securities Broker/Dealer Index slipped 0.3%.
Investors are closely eyeing financial firms as the third quarter begins, and are
maintaining negative outlook as the credit crisis continues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial News: Banks Suffer As Fees Plunge By Over A Third</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Harry Wilson
Of FINANCIAL NEWS
Barclays Capital, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank were among the worst hit banks in
Europe in the first half of this year as investment banking fees dropped by more
than a third in the wake of the credit crisis.
The three banks each lost market share in investment banking and saw their fees
fall by more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stock Market Cools Down Rally After Fed Signals Aggressive Rate Cutting Is Over</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal Reserve signals aggressive rate cuts are over; unclear about when rate hikes will come
WASHINGTON (AP) &#8212; The Federal Reserve&#8217;s aggressive period of cutting interest rates to keep the country from falling into a recession is over. That point is in general agreement. The trouble starts when you try to figure out what period the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morgan Stanley&#8217;s quarterly profit falls 60%</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley&#8217;s quarterly profit off 60%
By Greg Morcroft, MarketWatch
Last Update: 6/18/2008 8:57:00 AM
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) &#8212; Morgan Stanley, the third U.S. investment bank to
report financial results this week, said Wednesday second-quarter profit fell 60%
as continued weakness in key businesses reflected the ongoing credit crunch as
well as the falling real-estate market.
The company (MS) reported net income [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lehman Shares Fall Below $28 Price In Capital-Raising &gt;LEH</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lehman Shares Fall Below $28 Price In Capital-Raising >LEH
Last Update: 6/10/2008 11:50:06 AM
   DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 
Shares of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEH) continued their fall, dropping over
6% Tuesday as their month-long swoon resulted in the brokerage shedding 40% of
its market value.
Monday&#8217;s projection of a $2.8 billion quarterly loss deepened anxieties that
banks and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stocks pull back after economic data, bank executive shake-ups</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; Wall Street is sharply lower after more news of weakness in the housing sector and executive shake-ups at two major banks.
The Commerce Department said construction spending fell in April because of the housing slump. That was offset somewhat by strength in other construction outlays.
Meanwhile, investors were reminded of the ongoing problems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal: New study shows Libor rates in doubt</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 14:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Report: Libor may have been affected by low-balling dollar calculation
By Riley McDermid, MarketWatch
Last Update: 9:36 AM ET May 29, 2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Banking giants including Citigroup Inc., J.P. Morgan
Chase &#038; Co. and UBS AG are contributing to erratic behavior in a major global
lending benchmark, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Citi (C), J.P. Morgan (JPM) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>an aggressive rate-cutting effort by the Federal Reserve Is Taking Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the Realtors, sees some hopeful signs. Some parts of the country that have been hammered with sharp declines in sales and prices, such as San Diego, Calif., and Fort Myers, Fla., are now reporting sales increases, as buyers are being lured back into the market, looking for bargains.
&#8220;Lower prices and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit crisis &#8216;far from over&#8217; for banks, Oppenheimer says</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 17:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Credit crunch to stretch into 2009: analyst
Pain is far from over for U.S. banks, Oppenheimer&#8217;s Whitney says
By John Spence, MarketWatch
Last Update: 1:39 PM ET May 20, 2008
BOSTON (MarketWatch) &#8212; Shares of large-cap U.S. banking stocks traded lower
Tuesday after analysts at Oppenheimer &#038; Co. said they see the turmoil in credit
markets lingering at least into next [...]]]></description>
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