TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 09:10

15 02 2008

TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 09:10

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TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 09:10
CNBC - 2008-02-15 05:37:11 Banque PSA Finance affirmed at ‘A-/A-2′, outlook revised to stable - S&P MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed the ‘A-/A-2′ long- and short-term ratings on France-based Banque PSA Finance and

Steinbrueck States Banks Pledge EU300 Million to IKB Rescue
Bloomberg - Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — German private banks will contribute to a government-led 1.5 billion-euro ($2.2 billion) bailout for IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, the German bank reeling from U.S. subprime investments, Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said

Mr. Chavez’s Bluff
Washington Post - Ch¿vez, who lost a referendum on extending his rule two months ago, can’t finance the subsidies and social spending that purchase what’s left of his popular support in Venezuela. Mr. Ch¿vez has now announced a modified, limited boycott: Henceforth, his

UPDATE 1-BOJ keeps rate steady as expected, Fukui awaited
Forbes - Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven rich nations gave a pessimistic economic outlook when they met in Tokyo on Saturday, but there was no speak of joint monetary or fiscal policy action as member countries face different

Bank of East Asia 2nd-Half Profit Rises on Loans (Update5)
Bloomberg - Exclusive Worldwide Regions Markets Economy Politics Industries Consumer Energy Finance Health Care Insurance Real Estate Technology Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — Bank of East Asia Ltd., Hong Kong’s third biggest, had a 21 percent increase in second-half profit

Alliance of Major Media Companies to Deliver Premium On the internet Positions
Forbes - Millstein, senior vice president for digital media at Hearst Newspapers, stated, “We now have the capability to offer advertisers the aggregated inventory of our prized content categories such as health, business news, technology, sports, personal finance

Obama vs. the N.E.A.?
Slate - How is Obama not an unreconstructed lefty–Part III: Not only does he support charter schools, but–at least according the buried lede in the Democrats for Education Reform web site –he’s willing to point out in public which major Dem interest group

Singapore government to give personal income tax rebate of up to 2,000
Forbes - SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) - The government will give a personal income tax rebate of up to 2,000 Singapore dollars this year but will retain the top personal income tax rate at 20 percent, Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said Friday. The

Banks `At Risk’ of Another $120 Billion in Writedowns, Says UBS
Bloomberg - Exclusive Worldwide Regions Markets Economy Politics Industries Consumer Energy Finance Health Care Insurance Real Estate Technology Banks `At Risk’ of Another $120 Billion in Writedowns, States UBS By Poppy Trowbridge Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) — The world’s

Missing data is latest in rash of breaches
Baltimore Sun - When CitiFinancial, the Baltimore-based consumer-finance division of Citigroup Inc., put a box of computer tapes that documented the financial habits of its customers on a UPS truck in Weehawken, N.J., last month, the shipment represented one routine

Indian funds chase finance stocks, eye economy
Reuters India - MUMBAI (Reuters) - India’s financial stocks and funds are fast emerging as the preferred choice of asset managers and investors who believe rising income in the world’s second fastest growing major economy will boost demand for financial products