Celebrating a desert lifeline at Verde Valley Nature Fest – Arizona Republic
Celebrating a desert lifeline at Verde Valley Nature Fest Arizona Republic by Ron Dungan – Apr. 25, 2012 05:51 PM The Verde River is a perennially flowing lifeline for the inhabitants of central...
View ArticleProfits let Fannie Mae cut government lifeline
US mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae turned in a first-quarter profit Monday after 10 straight losses, allowing it to cut — at least for the moment — its crucial government lifeline. Link: Profits let...
View ArticleIran’s sanction-beating grain trade seen ready to help Syria
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – Iran is poised to offer the Syrian authorities a short-term food lifeline with vital grains purchases as Western sanctions and mounting violence deter trade houses from doing...
View ArticleSpain’s ailing banks threaten country’s finances
Spain is under rising pressure to find a lifeline for its deeply troubled banks. Taken from: Spain’s ailing banks threaten country’s finances
View ArticleIMF, US praise 100 bn euro bank deal for Spain
The IMF and US both praised a Eurogroup deal giving Spain a lifeline of up to €100 bn ($125 billion) to save its stricken banks, with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde...
View ArticleSpain: Economic pain to deepen despite bank rescue
Spain's prime minister says his country's deep economic misery will worsen this year despite the country's acceptance of a European financial lifeline of up to €100 billion ($125 billion) to rescue its...
View ArticleRajoy: Pain in Spain to deepen despite bank rescue
Spain's deep economic misery will get worse this year despite the country's request for a European financial lifeline of up to €100 billion ($125 billion) to save its banks, Prime Minister Mariano...
View ArticleSpain relieved, angry over humiliating bank rescue
Spain's grinding economic misery will get worse this year despite the country's request for a European financial lifeline of up to €100 billion ($125 billion) to save its banks, Prime Minister Mariano...
View ArticleAsia stocks, euro rise as Spain banks get lifeline
Asian stocks and the euro climbed Monday after Spain sought a lifeline for its ailing banks, easing fears that Europe’s debt crisis was about to spin out of control. Continue reading here: Asia stocks,...
View ArticleSpain bank rescue glee morphs into markets rout
Euphoria over a lifeline of up to €100 billion ($125 billion) to rescue Spain's hurting banks morphed into a financial markets rout in a matter of hours Monday, as investors digested the...
View ArticleLack of detail on Spain rescue spooks investors
Spain’s borrowing costs are rising for the second day in a row while stocks are falling as investors worry about details on how a lifeline of up to €100 billion ($125 billion) from the other countries...
View ArticleCorrection: Spain Financial Crisis
In a June 10 story about Spain’s rescue package for its banks, The Associated Press misstated the amount of new debt that the financial lifeline of up to €100 billion ($125 billion) would be for each...
View ArticleAnalysis: Deadbeat corporate borrowers? Not in India
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Lenders to India’s Hotel Leela, a 5-star chain that is more than two months behind in payments on $700 million of debt, are likely to bite the bullet and amend the loan terms rather...
View ArticleGreece’s new pledges will take epic battle to implement
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece's latest fiscal and reform pledges may be enough to convince international lenders weary after years of broken promises to keep Athens hooked to a 130 billion euro lifeline,...
View ArticleKnight avoids collapse with $400 million lifeline
Knight Capital Group, the trading firm responsible for last week’s stock market mayhem, avoided collapse by lining up a $400 million lifeline from a group of other Wall Street companies Monday morning....
View ArticleSudan says to resume S.Sudan talks on Aug 26
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan will resume talks with South Sudan on August 26 to resolve remaining conflicts after reaching an interim oil agreement, the Sudanese state news agency SUNA said on Monday. On...
View ArticleKnight losses estimated at $270 million after taxes: CEO letter
(Reuters) – Trading losses at Knight Capital Group Inc were about $270 million after taxes from the August 1 software glitch that sent the firm scrambling for a financial lifeline, Chief Executive Tom...
View ArticleHamas urges Egypt to open border shut since Sinai attack
GAZA (Reuters) – The head of the Hamas government in Gaza urged Egypt on Thursday to open a vital border crossing closed since gunmen killed 16 Egyptian guards in neighboring Sinai on Sunday. Ismail...
View ArticleEgypt reopens Rafah crossing with Gaza: sources
ISMAILIA, EGYPT/GAZA (Reuters) – Egypt reopened the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Saturday, a lifeline for Gazans which had been closed for much of the month since an August 5 attack on Egyptian...
View ArticleAnalysis: Coal fight looms, Keystone-like, over U.S. Northwest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Call it the Keystone of coal: a regulatory and public relations battle between environmentalists and U.S. coal miners akin to the one that has defined the Canada-to-Texas oil...
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