CFTC Meets for Discussion of New Rule on Swaps

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John Wasik: Ways to hedge your bets in the bond market smackdown

According John Wasik, the past week has been an abject lesson for investors who piled into bond funds this year.

New Century REIT Gets $87 Million From Trimmed IPO

New Century Real Estate Investment Trust raises $87 million from their trimmed IPO New Century Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) announced that they were able to raise HK$676 million or an estimated US$87.

British-Swiss Tax Shortfall Leave Banks Out of Pocket

The Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) said last Friday that most of their UK resident clients would rather come clean and pay their taxes instead of paying one-off punitive tax payment.


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US regulators finally approved the acquisition bid from SoftBank Corp to take control over Sprint Nextel.
BlackBerry is expected to face tough questions from investors during the annual shareholder meeting as the smartphone maker’s share went down by 28% last week.
Dell Inc’s shares fell more than 3% on Friday after investors grew skeptical if Michael Della and Silver Lake Partners could raise their buyout bid of US$13.65 per share piece.
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ChemistDirect obtains more funding totalling US$10 million. The leading online health service, ChemistDirect, had secured new investments totalling US$10 million.
Dell's share values fell 3% as investors become more skeptical as to the financing of the Dell-Silver Lake offer.
Accoriding to an ammendment, Amarc can increase controlling interest in the joint venture. An amendment to the ZNT and Galaxie joint venture was announced by Amarc Resources Ltd.
Glencore acquired 11.6% stake in PolyMet. Glencore Xstrata plc announced the acquisition of 31,756,979 common shares of PolyMet Mining Corp. by Glencore AG, a wholly-owned subsidiary.