Are P-E's Past Their Prime? (BusinessWeek) bi13222180 Price-earnings ratios are one way investors determine whether equity prices are cheap, expensive, or fairly valued. But are they the best way to gauge stocks?..

Roche Makes Offer to Acquire All Outstanding Shares of Genentech for US$89.00 bi13222180 Roche , a world-leading healthcare company, announced today that has proposed to acquire the outstanding publicly held interest Genentech , a leading biotechnology company, for US$89.00 per share cash, or a total payment of approximately US$43.7 billion to equity holders of Genentech other than Roche

Merrill posts $4.9 billion loss, sells Bloomberg stake (Reuters via Yahoo! News) bi13222180 Merrill Lynch & Co posted a much larger-than-expected $4.89 billion quarterly loss on Thursday after writing down soured , and unveiled plans to sell billions of dollars of assets -- including a part of lucrative brokerage business -- to shore up capital

Understanding the basics of ULIPs (Deccan Herald) bi13222180 The most talked-about and popular Life Insurance product today, perhaps the Unit Linked Insurance Policy (ULIP). This an attempt to decipher one of the biggest innovations of the life insurance sector

Shareholders get left behind Fannie, Freddie rescue (San Diego Union-Tribune) bi13222180 I've never been a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac shareholder, but I know people who are. They're not high-rolling speculators. On the contrary, they seemed to view Fannie and Freddie shares as being pretty much the same category as U.S. Treasury bonds, and even safer than the typical utility

PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Affirms New Zealand's Southland Building Society (Nasdaq) bi13222180 Fitch Ratings-Brisbane/Singapore-17 July 2008: Fitch Ratings has today affirmed the ratings of New Zealand's (NZ) Southland Building Society (SBS) at Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) 'BBB', Short-term IDR 'F2', Individual 'C', Support '5' and Support Floor 'NF'

Business News (Belfast Telegraph) bi13222180 Fitch Ratings cut outlook for Allied Irish Banks' credit rating to ?negative' from ?stable' yesterday over increasing fears the bank's bad loan losses rise as the economy deteriorates

HCC: Buy (The Hindu) bi13222180 With the approval of cost variation claims and impending completion of the Bandra Worli Sealink, the worst probably over for HCC

Uncomfortable Answers to Questions on the Economy (The Florence Times-Daily) bi13222180 Is a recession? How bad housing? When banks revive? Is my job safe? Are consumers done? Who’s to blame?..

Merrill posts $4.9 billion loss, sells Bloomberg stake (EARTHtimes.org) bi13222180 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co on Thursday reported a much larger-than-expected $4.89 billion quarterly loss because of soured holdings of mortgages and other risky , and unveiled plans to sell billions of dollars of assets to shore up capital

Alabama county to miss $83M payment on bond debt - BusinessWeek bi13222180 Alabama county to miss $83M payment on bond BusinessWeek - 2 hours ago By JAY REEVES Alabama's most populous county was unable to make an $83.5 million interest payment on enormous sewer Tuesday and could decide Alabama county to miss $83M payment on bond WTVM Jefferson County expects default today on sewer payment The Birmingham News - al.com Alabama county to miss bond payment, officials say Reuters Bloomberg - MSNBCall 22 news articles..

Wachovia to buy Lehman debt from Evergreen unit - Boston Globe bi13222180 Wachovia to buy Lehman from Evergreen unit Boston Globe, United States - 28 minutes ago Wachovia Corp., the US bank that sold consumer business to Citigroup Inc., said would buy issued by bankrupt Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. from Wachovia buying Lehman from subsidiary Forbes Wachovia To Buy $494 Million In Lehman Brothers Wall Street Journal Wachovia To Purchase Lehman In Evergreen Funds - Update RTT News MarketWatch - International Business Timesall 16 news articles..

FedEx debt rating affirmed by Fitch - CNNMoney.com bi13222180 FedEx rating affirmed by Fitch CNNMoney.com - 8 hours ago NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Fitch Ratings on Tuesday affirmed ratings for FedEx Corp. at "BBB." Fitch said the ratings apply to $1.8 billion Fitch Affirms EastGroup Properties, Inc. at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable MarketWatch Fitch Affirms System Energy Resources' IDR at 'BBB-'; Outlook Stable MarketWatch Fitch Affirms FedEx's IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable MarketWatch all 29 news articles..

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