Bonds

Treasury Prices Fall, Yields Inch off Lows

Treasury prices dip; short-term bill yields hover near lows for the year By STEPHEN BERNARD AP Business Writer NEW YORK November 20, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment Treasury prices mostly fell Friday, pushing...

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Sparks:$6 million in financing to fuel 250 Legends jobs

Your browser’s security settings are preventing some features from appearing. Bonding could fuel 250 new jobs With redevelopment agency funding in place for further Legends at Sparks Marina construction, the promise of 250...

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How much longer can gold rise?

As the precious metal continues to soar, naysayers abound. It also seems that fair amounts of ink and windage have been wasted on worries about the gold trade being "too crowded." In my daily column on my own Web site, on Sept....

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BoJ upgrades view on economy

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) upgraded its economic assessment yesterday, setting itself up for a confrontation with the government, which is growing more worried about deflation and the risk of another recession.

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CANADA FX DEBT-C$ falls with commodities as risk appetite wanes (at Reuters)

C$ falls to C$1.0699 to U.S. dollar * Currency down 1.8 pct for the week * Sluggish oil, equity prices weigh (Updates to close, adds quotes) TORONTO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar fell on Friday, mirroring losses in...

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Fitch Rates Asbury Maryland Obligated Group's (MD) 2009A&B Revs 'BBB-'; Affirms Outstanding...

CHICAGO----Fitch Ratings has assigned an unenhanced 'BBB-' rating on approximately $60.2 million of City of Gaithersburg, Maryland economic development revenue bonds series 2009A and economic development revenue refunding bonds...

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A Tale of Two Markets: Overvalued Stocks and the Declining Dollar (at Seeking Alpha)

A Tale of Two Markets: Overvalued Stocks and the Declining Dollar 1 comment by: Marc Courtenay November 20, 2009 | about: Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said after a Nov. 16 speech in New York that it’s “not obvious” that asset...

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GE prices Islamic corporate bond

General Electric on Thursday priced the first Islamic bond by a western industrial company in a move that will help open up this niche market to a broader non-Muslim investor base. General Electric Capital Corporation, the US...

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Capacity Growth: A Wiser Use of Borrowed Money

Andy Sutton submits: It nearly slipped through the cracks this week as mediastocracy marveled at the apparent lack of inflation as the PPI and CPI reports hit the wires. However, just beneath the surface, the financial and...

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Fixed-rate bonds stop rewarding savers

Savers chasing the best deal for their cash can now earn almost as much interest on instant access as from locking into a one-year fixed rate. The premium for tying up cash in a one-year bond has shrunk to its lowest since the...

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