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Hotel Outlook Improves After Stronger-Than-Expected First Quarter

by on June 2, 2010

U.S. hotels should enjoy revenue growth the rest of this year, but it probably won’t translate to the bottom line until next year, according to new lodging industry reports released this past week. According to Smith Travel Research (STR), lodging…

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Moody’s Risk Committee Disappeared At Height Of Collapse

by T.J. Ortenzi on April 2, 2010

WASHINGTON — As the bottom fell out of the housing market and complex mortgage-backed securities began tanking in 2007, a strange thing happened at Moody’s Investors Service, one of the largest firms that rate bonds for the risks they pose to investors. Moody’s blue-ribbon board of directors stopped receiving key information from an internal committee that was supposed to keep the board informed of risks to the company, a McClatchy investigation has found.

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Distressed US debt offers a pay off | Value Investing News

December 13, 2009

“They say nobody rings a bell at the top or the bottom of a market, but for credit, there was a bell rung last Christmas Eve,” says Jeffrey Peskind, of Phoenix Investment Adviser, a distressed bond fund manager.

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Real estate firms: don’t expect a bounce

November 9, 2009

Two Estonian real estate companies Domus Kinnisvara and City24 say that there will be no rapid recovery on the market. According to the market survey published by the two companies, the bottom will

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Video: BAC Slides In Pre-Market

October 16, 2009

BAC falls short on the bottom and top line. (Bloomberg News)

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Video: Schlumberger Earnings

July 24, 2009

Schlumberger profits plunge but meeting analysts’ estimates on the bottom line. (Bloomberg News)

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