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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Bank of America, MGIC, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Hewlett-Packard
Just a year after the global downturn derailed Dubai's explosive growth, the city is now so swamped in debt that it's asking for a six-month reprieve on paying its bills.
The name of the place was, if anything, a synonym for bad luck but now it ison the trade highway between Peru and Brazil, between the Pacific and theAtlantic
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- European and Asian stocks plummeted as Dubai’s attempt to reschedule its debt rattled investors. U.S. index futures plunged after the market was closed yesterday for the Thanksgiving holiday.
County officials expect the number of properties sold, now about 450 a week, to triple, slowing the growth of an inventory of 110,000 foreclosures.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc , Britain’s biggest government-controlled bank, signed an agreement to join the government’s Asset Protection Scheme and will hold a shareholders’ meeting on Dec. 15 to seek approval.
Israel's foreign minister on Thursday shrugged off the Palestinian dismissal of a 10-month moratorium on some building in West Bank settlements, saying winning international support was more important.
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More than 300 people were evacuated overnight after a huge fire broke out next to several blocks of flats in London, emergency services said Thursday.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Murray and Roberts Holdings Ltd. , South Africa’s largest construction and engineering company, said it is “confident of its rights” in being paid for its share of $1 billion of work at Dubai’s airport. It’s stock fell.
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Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- European stock-index futures declined, indicating the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index may extend its biggest drop in seven months, as Dubai’s attempt to reschedule its debt rattled investors.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese stocks fell, dragging the Nikkei 225 Stock Average to its biggest drop in eight months, on concern Dubai will fail to pay construction companies and the dollar’s weakening to a 14-year low will hurt exporters earnings.
Palestinians appealed to the United States on Thursday to raise pressure on Israel, saying an Israeli plan to halt new construction in the West Bank was insincere.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks slumped, dragging the MSCI Asia Pacific Index down the most in three months, on concern over losses stemming from Dubai’s attempt to reschedule its debt and as the yen strengthened against the dollar.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks dropped around the world, Treasuries jumped and credit default swaps climbed after Dubai’s attempt to reschedule its debt rattled investors. The dollar briefly fell below 85 yen, a 14-year low, before erasing most of its losses on speculation Japan will intervene.