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• Oil falls modestly on profit-taking; gas and diesel prices rocket to ...

  International Herald Tribune - Interest rate cuts further weaken the dollar and have helped drive oil's rise. Another reduction in benchmark lending rates is expected at the Fed's regularly scheduled monetary policy meeting on Tuesday.
  2008-03-14 12:10:00

• Treasuries Rise as Bear Funding Heightens Credit Market Concern

  Bloomberg - Interest-rate futures on the Chicago Board of Trade showed a 34 percent chance the Fed would lower the 3 percent target rate for overnight lending between banks by a full percentage point at its March 18 meeting, compared with zero chance yesterday.
  2008-03-14 12:10:00

• RBA boss backs rate rise blueprint

  The Australian - THE head of the Reserve Bank has delivered an impassioned defence of using higher interest rates to combat inflation, arguing that without the recent increases, Australia would repeat the history of the Whitlam years when a destructive wage-price ...
  2008-03-14 07:37:00

• Money-Market Rate for Pounds Soars Most Since August (Update2)

  Bloomberg - This panic is just another sign that the credit crisis is far from over,'' said Nathalie Fillet , a senior interest-rate strategist in London at BNP Paribas SA, France's biggest bank. ``Central banks can try to improve liquidity but they can't address ...
  2008-03-14 06:47:00

• Inflation Held Steady in February

  New York Times - Inflation held steady in February as consumer prices stayed flat, the government said on Friday, taking some pressure off the Federal Reserve as it considers a new round of interest rate cuts. The Consumer Price Index was unchanged in February as the ...
  2008-03-14 07:09:00

• Offshore Bank Increases Rates on Internet Savings Account

  MSN MoneyCentral - Offshore savings specialist Bradford & Bingley International (BBI) (LSE: BB) (PINKSHEETS: BDBYF) has increased the interest rate on two of its offshore Internet savings accounts -- the eSaver and eIncome. eSaver is a no notice sterling savings ...
  2008-03-14 06:47:00

• RATE FUTURES-Growing chance of 100 bps Fed rate cut next week

  Reuters - NEW YORK, March 14 (Reuters) - U.S. interest rate futures rose on Friday, showing a growing likelihood that the Federal Reserve will lower its benchmark short-term U.S. target rate by 100 basis points next week to revive a weakening economy. The ...
  2008-03-14 07:09:00

• CPI May Boost Case For More Interest Rate Cuts

  Washington Post - Consumer prices were virtually unchanged in February, welcome news that may pave the way for further interest rate reductions as the Federal Reserve tries to keep economic growth on track. The better-than-expected report from the Labor Department on ...
  2008-03-14 06:47:00

• Macro Enterprises Inc. Announces 2007 Fourth Quarter and Year End Results (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)

  CALGARY, ALBERTA-- - Macro Enterprises Inc. -
  2008-03-14 12:54:19

• Fitch Rates $535MM NYCMWFA Water & Sewer Bonds 2008 Series B ´AA/F1+´ (wallstreet:online AG)

  Fitch Ratings assigns a rating of ´AA/F1+´ to the $535,000,000 New York City Municipal
  2008-03-14 12:54:51

• Fitch Affirms Sisters of St. Francis Health Services, Inc. (Indiana) at ´AA´ (wallstreet:online AG)

  Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ´AA´ rating on approximately $812 million of outstanding
  2008-03-14 12:55:01

• Vets Against War Prep for Saturday Protest (Santa Barbara Independent)

  “Five Years Too Many” to coincide with Washington’s “Winter Solider.”
  2008-03-14 12:56:42

• Inflation Rate Is Mildest In 6 Months (WCSH 6 Portland)

  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer inflation, after pushing relentlessly higher, posted its mildest reading in six months in February thanks to energy and food costs moderating. The relief, however, was expected to be short-lived, given that energy prices have resumed their upward climb.
  2008-03-14 12:56:45

• Fitch Affirms 14 Classes of Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2007-1 Ltd./LLC (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

  NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following classes of Resource Real Estate Funding CDO 2007-1, Ltd./LLC floating and fixed rate notes:
  2008-03-14 12:57:00

• Bush has faith as Bear Stearns falters (Channel 4)

  President Bush tries to bolster faith in the economy as Bear Stearns fights off bankruptcy, forced to seek emergency funding to help it out of a credit crisis.
  2008-03-14 12:57:45

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