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March 29, 2011

How ’bout them US house prices, eh?: The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values in 20 cities fell 3.1 percent from January 2010, the biggest year-over-year decrease since December 2009, the group said today in New …

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March 28, 2011

Holders of Lehman PPNs are getting 80% of their principal back: Most Hong Kong holders of structured financial notes linked to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (LEHMQ) will get more than 80 percent of their investment …

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March 25, 2011

Portugal’s problems deepened: Portugal doesn’t need a rescue, Prime Minister Jose Socrates said in Brussels, seeking to counter speculation of a bailout as talks began in Lisbon to end the political limbo after lawmakers rejected …

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March 24, 2011

Pressure on Spain is increasing: Thirty of Spain’s smaller banks had their senior debt and deposit ratings downgraded, as Moody’s Investors Service reviews whether governments are willing to support all their lenders in a crisis. …

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March 23, 2011

Crisis in Portugal: Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates tendered his resignation after plans to cut the budget were rejected by parliament, pushing the country closer to an international bailout.…Portugal has already raised taxes and implemented …

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March 22, 2011

Looks like an election is in the wind: Opposition leaders have signalled they will not support the Conservative budget, making a spring election all but inevitable. The budget’s debt management strategy was interesting: The government …

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March 21, 2011

No commentary today – sorry! It was a strong day on the Canadian preferred share market, with PerpetualDiscounts gaining 16bp, FixedResets up 10bp and DeemedRetractibles winning 20bp. Volume was light – most investors (other than …

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