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Debt Swap Defined

A set of transactions in which a firm buys a country's dollar bank debt at a discount and swaps this debt with the central bank for local currency that it can use to acquire local equity. Also called a debt-equity swap.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-05 17:23 EURO GOVT-Bond yields touch sub-4.0 pct on US data, shares

Published September 5, 2008, 9:44 am, Interactive Investor

LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Euro zone government bonds rallied on Friday, taking 10-year notes yields below 4.0 percent and to their lowest since mid-April, after equities slid and data showed the highest U.S. jobless rate in nearly five years.

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AIG Falls as Morgan Stanley Says Insurer May Need $15 Billion

Published September 5, 2008, 7:21 am, Bloomberg.com

Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc ., the largest U.S. insurer, fell 3.3 percent in New York trading after Morgan Stanley said the company may need to raise $15 billion to cushion more losses tied to the U.S. housing market.

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The Crack Up Boom, Part VII

Published September 5, 2008, 7:19 am, GoldSeek.com

It’s an interesting time to be in the financial markets. The return of the “Crack up Boom” series is a result of the amazing amount of MONEY and CREDIT creation that is going to be required to RECAPITALIZE and re-inflate the G7 economies.

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AIG May Raise $15 Billion, Morgan Stanley Predicts (Update2)

Published September 5, 2008, 6:07 am, Bloomberg.com

Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc ., the largest U.S. insurer, may need to raise $15 billion to cushion further losses tied to the U.S. housing market, said Morgan Stanley analyst Nigel Dally . The company declined 4.6 percent in early trading.

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Laurentian Bank of Canada reports strong net income of $30.9 million for the third quarter of 2008 and announces a 6% ...

Published September 5, 2008, 5:57 am, CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance

Laurentian Bank of Canada today reported net income of $30.9 million, or $1.17 diluted per common share, for the third quarter ended July 31, 2008, compared to $23.2 million, or $0.85 diluted per common share, for the same period in 2007.

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Patheon Reports Third Quarter 2008 Results

Published September 5, 2008, 5:28 am, CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance

Patheon today announced its results for the third quarter ended July 31, 2008 with revenue of $195.0 million, 18% higher than last year , and EBITDA before repositioning expenses of $24.7 million versus $20.6 million in the prior year.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-09-05 10:53 UPDATE 1-Philippines' end-Aug foreign reserves at $36.74 bln

Published September 5, 2008, 3:15 am, Interactive Investor

MANILA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The Philippines' gross international reserves (GIR) slipped to $36.74 billion at the end of August from $36.90 billion the previous month mainly due to the lower value of its gold holdings, the central bank said on Friday.

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U.K., Irish Banks' Costs to Rise as ECB Rules Tighten (Update1)

Published September 5, 2008, 2:22 am, Bloomberg.com

Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Banks in the U.K., Spain and Ireland that have relied on the European Central Bank for low-cost funding will have to pay more as it tightens lending rules.

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South Korea Swap Traders Buy Bank-Debt Protection as Won Falls

Published September 5, 2008, 1:43 am, Bloomberg.com

Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Traders of credit-default swaps are using contracts on South Korea's banks to bet the nation's trade balance will deteriorate and the currency weaken.

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U.S. municipal swaps seen outlasting Jeff County, JPMorgan

Published September 4, 2008, 2:31 pm, EARTHtimes.org

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. municipal swap market should survive the recent high-profile exit by JPMorgan Chase and an Alabama's county's ill-fated deals because well-crafted swaps save state and local governments money.

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