Archive for August 7th, 2008


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UBS Costs to Settle Auction-Rate Probes May Exceed Citigroup's
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Michael McDonald and Karen Freifeld Aug. 8 (Bloomberg) — UBS AG, Switzerland's biggest bank, may pay more than Citigroup Inc. or Merrill Lynch & Co.
Video: Citi to pay $7B to investors ReutersVideo
Banks' Wariness Pinches Municipalities Wall Street Journal
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EPA Won’t Ease Ethanol Requirements in Gas
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By MATTHEW L. WALD WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency rejected on Thursday a request to cut the quota for the use of ethanol in cars, concluding, for the time being, that the goal of reducing the nation’s reliance on oil trumps any effect
EPA REJECTS PERRY PLEA ON ETHANOL Houston Chronicle
Texas comes up empty in bid for ethanol waiver LubbockOnline.com
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Emergent Shares Fall Despite Profit Report
Washington Post - 2 hours ago
By Kendra Marr Emergent BioSolutions, the Rockville biotech that is supplying the US government with 18.75 million doses of anthrax vaccine, has had its share of successes and setbacks in the last few years.
Emergent Takes Its Medicine Forbes
Revenue hits $43.5M for Emergent BioSolutions Bizjournals.com
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Signs Point to a Slower Sales Season for Retailers
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM With belts firmly tightened, Americans sought out more bargains and cheaper goods in July, leaving the nation’s retailers bracing for a painful back-to-school shopping season.
US Consumer Debt Spikes In June Forbes
Retailers Pull Back, at a Cost BusinessWeek
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Marketplace
EPA Declines to Reduce the Quota for Ethanol in Cars
New York Times - 45 minutes ago
By MATTHEW L. WALD WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency rejected on Thursday a request to cut the federal government’s quota for the use of ethanol in cars, concluding, at least for now, that the national goal of reducing oil use trumps any
EPA denies Perry’s request to cut federal ethanol mandate Bizjournals.com
EPA rejects ethanol waiver request CNNMoney.com
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Reuters
2 Banks Will Buy Back $17 Billion in Securities
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By ERIC DASH Two Wall Street giants agreed on Thursday to buy back more than $17 billion of auction-rate securities that were improperly sold to retail customers, likely paving the way for other banks and brokerage firms to take similar actions.
Video: Citi to pay $7B to investors ReutersVideo
Closed-ends poised to roll out auction-rate fixes MarketWatch
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Clearwire's Loss Widens
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
By KATHY SHWIFF Clearwire Corp.'s second-quarter loss widened on investment losses and expenses related to its plan to merge with Sprint Nextel Corp.
UPDATE: Clearwire posts wider 2Q net loss Forbes
Clearwire posts wider loss, revenue rises Reuters
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What Investors Can Learn From the Collapse of AIG
Wall Street Journal - 33 minutes ago
Nobody knows AIG better than Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the man who built up this insurance empire and ran it for decades.
Hartford Financial Services Group shares fall Forbes
AIG CEO to take scalpel soon to big insurer Reuters
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Washington Times
EPA denies Perry’s request to cut federal ethanol mandate
Bizjournals.com - 35 minutes ago
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday denied a request by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to cut the federal ethanol mandate from 9 billion gallons to 4.5 billion gallons.
Big Win For Biofuels Forbes
EPA rejects ethanol waiver request CNNMoney.com
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