Three Wise Men (Free subscription) | yesterday
In case you're looking for something to be thankful for...it's not the economy : As a new bout of fear gripped the financial markets, stocks fell sharply again on Thursday, continuing a months-long plunge that has wiped out the gains of the last decade. The credit markets seized up as confidence in the nation’s financial system ebbed and people rushed to put money in Treasuries,...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
States, cities and other entities that issued variable-rate municipal bonds are facing interest-rate shocks akin to those that hammered homeowners with adjustable-rate loans. The worldwide credit market freeze may be claiming a new set of victims: states, cities and other government entities that issued variable-rate bonds and are now facing interest-rate shocks akin to those that hammered...
Business Daily Reviews (Free subscription) | yesterday
As a new bout of fear gripped the financial markets on Thursday, stocks fell sharply again, and the credit markets seized up as confidence in the nation’s financial system ebbed. Source
UK Cash Loans (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Working to Thaw Credit Markets: Social Lending Site LendingClub … MarketWatch - 2 hours ago Jada Brazil from Los Angeles, CA was tired of paying high interest rates on her credit card debt despite her solid credit [...]
Dismal (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Monetary policy has lost its power to stimulate.
Seattle Real Estate Professionals (Free subscription) | yesterday
Go figure. Thanks to sophisticated derivative products tied to home mortgages, the credit markets are still frozen, except for home mortgages, where money is plentiful and cheap.
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
NEW YORK : Investors flooded into government debt again on Thursday, sending Treasury yields to multiyear lows as ongoing worries about an auto industry collapse impede the credit markets' attempts
Glick Report (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
At the close of the market yesterday, after a 5-6% drop across the board, I called a good friend in the credit markets to see what was going on. He said the cause of the sell off was the credit markets. Does it help to have the car company executives testifying on Capitol Hill about [...]
DealBook (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Raising cash in the debt markets these days has become nearly impossible for many companies, even for the bluest of blue chips. But there are certain companies that have had an easier time than others: large energy companies. And they are not borrowing money because they need it — instead, many are stocking up to [...]
DealBook (Free subscription) | yesterday
As a new bout of fear gripped the financial markets, stocks fell sharply again on Thursday, continuing a months-long plunge that has wiped out the gains of the last decade, Vikas Bajaj and Jack Healy reported. The credit markets seized up as confidence in the nation’s financial system ebbed and people rushed to put money in [...]
'Winging It (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thursday was not a good day for the nation's financial system , as Wall Street suffered a 5.6% loss and bond prices rose sharply as investors rushed to purchase Treasury securities: As a new bout of fear gripped the financial markets, stocks fell sharply again on Thursday, continuing a months-long plunge that has wiped out the gains of the last decade. The credit markets seized up as...
Rocky Mount Telegram - Business (Free subscription) | yesterday
As a new bout of fear gripped the financial markets, stocks fell sharply again on Thursday, continui...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
As a new bout of fear gripped the financial markets on Thursday, stocks fell sharply again, and the credit markets seized up as confidence in the nation's financial system ebbed.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | yesterday
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. recession has begun to squeeze credit markets, threatening to erase gains made by the government's massive bailout plan, data show. Perhaps a simpler concern than a month ago, banks are now concerned companies will not be able to repay loans as the recession begins to slow the economy and to cut into profits. In spite of the intervention, there's been...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Investors flooded into government debt again on Thursday, sending Treasury yields to multiyear lows as ongoing worries about an auto industry collapse impede the credit markets' attempts at a recovery.
