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US sub prime crisis - the warning signs were there

It's surprising what you can dig up when you start looking for it. After all, even Alan Greenspan warned banks against over exposure to marginal quality lending at low interest rates shortly before he left office.



Markets: CBs pump cash into currency support

Despite huge interventions from governments around the world, markets are increasingly expecting the US Sub Prime lending crisis to spill over to the rest of the world.



Phils losing its competitive edge: US report

The Philippines is losing its principle competitive edge, according to a new report by the US State Department. And what it is losing is the same as has been lost in and had an adverse effect on Malaysia, Hong Kong and increasingly Singapore - f...



UK: Brown puts politics above livelihoods and safety

When Gordon Brown's New Labour came to power in 1997, one of the policies it was determined to see through was the so called "right to roam," under which anyone can walk into any farm land or open countryside regardless of the rights o...



US: "I didn't see the wall coming"

We've all seen the funny comments people put on their car accident damage claim forms. Surely no one seriously thinks that the whole US financial industry can be claiming such?

US Subprime crisis claims big scalp

As Hong Kong and Singapore's markets fall by 5% in one morning, and fears build that London and Frankfurt will follow suit as the sneeze that is...



UK IP: BPI gets it right this time

The British Phonographic Institute is absolutely right in its pursuit of music pirate Robert Langley and forcing an investigation into an alleged...



Conference: When America Sneezes...

When America Sneezes... is a BISfaculty / Chief Officers' Network conference to be run in Singapore on 24 - 25 September. What effect will th...



US / HK JV to deploy ATMs in China

Esprit Financial Group Inc. has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Money Check International Limited, a Hong Kong ba...



M&A: Merrill Lynch to buy wealth management company

First Republic Bank, an NYSE listed provider of wealth management, private banking and private business banking services, announced that its stoc...

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