Nine more banks failed in the U.S. last Friday bringing the total to 115 this year. Still many more are at risk of failure thru the end of this year and next year. Despite the talk of recovery banks are not out of the woods yet. Though the financials in the S&P 500 are up …
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Aviva Plc(AV) and Banco Santander Brazil SA(BSBR) are two new ADRs that started trading in the New York Stock Exchange last month. 1.Aviva Plc: UK-based Aviva(AV) is engaged in the long-term savings, fund management and general insurance business. In the first half of this year, Aviva made £747M in profits. Lower earnings forced the company …
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With two months to go in this year, which of the five top Canadian bank stocks are leading?. Based on 2008 earnings, Royal Bank of Canada(RY) was one of the two Canadian banks in the 25 most profitable banks of the world. Royal Bank is the most profitable bank over the long-term as well. Royal …
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The American Chemical Society’s Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN) and ICIS Chemical Business magazine published their global top chemical companies list recently. Lets review some of stocks from this list in this post. The rankings are based on the full-year 2008 results. According to C&EN, sales for the Top 50 companies rose by 9.6% in …
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The London-based think tank Legatum Institute has published “The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index“. The U.S. is ranked at number 9 in this list. The Top 10 Countries in the Prosperity Index are listed below: The Legatum Prosperity Index is unique because it “is the world’s only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing; unlike other studies …
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