Date: Mon, 11. August 2008 04:14:00

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Australian asset management firm Babcock & Brown Ltd. said Monday that its first-half net profit likely fell by up to 40% because of impaired investments in real estate, and added it no longer expects full-year earnings better those of the past year.

Date: Tue, 23. December 2008 05:56:00

Shares of the Australian hedge-fund manager plunge over 50% after it suspends redemptions in three funds with immediate effect, citing "deteriorating liquidity in underlying investments." pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/_-QbYt6EjvWC17Zo_G_frmnsyY4/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/_-QbYt6EjvWC17Zo_G_frmnsyY4/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=fmMkMFwv"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=Rc06Nysx"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=Rc06Nysx" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=tH2kONoU"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=tH2kONoU" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=Y5jOO7jD"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=52" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/dnP5a_EUaIY" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Mon, 27. October 2008 13:22:00

The Treasury focuses its high-dollar bank rescue plan on a quartet of banks as the four recipients announced a total of $8.9 billion in new investments designed to boost capital ratios and help the industry weather the credit crisis. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/clZ5anOMfSJ7EtmnBK0m1ebtv2Y/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/clZ5anOMfSJ7EtmnBK0m1ebtv2Y/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=jdsJepiW"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=ArcEVnCp"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=ArcEVnCp" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=QWI85Di3"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=QWI85Di3" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=IYs5NZTg"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=52" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/4mdzrukUJaE" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Thu, 25. December 2008 19:17:00

If your job is to pick bad investments, you pretty much could have used the financial pages as a dartboard this year and come away looking brilliant. That?s why it?s important for investors to avoid confusing the market?s movement for the stock picker?s genius. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/eFVF6AkSOS6oRFuP2ZL7F_i5QS0/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/eFVF6AkSOS6oRFuP2ZL7F_i5QS0/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=1AK1zZcj"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=4hEMfSAz"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=4hEMfSAz" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=6FJeNHHb"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=6FJeNHHb" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=P94UghNm"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=52" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/dJnrjjRRhYA" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Thu, 13. November 2008 09:17:00

Swiss insurance group Zurich Financial Services said Thursday that its third-quarter net profit slumped 90% due to losses on investments and the impact of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, as it also suspended its share buyback program. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/_lXpGe60IF2eJVyqyQ59Q6iMp2A/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/_lXpGe60IF2eJVyqyQ59Q6iMp2A/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=BoMQbw8h"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=PJYlCz0h"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=PJYlCz0h" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=0XxKRS7K"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=0XxKRS7K" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=REhD9JCJ"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=52" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/zyOI0udvC_8" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Wed, 21. May 2008 19:11:34

AP - Saudi and Qatari companies signed up with Palestinian partners for $550 million in construction projects Wednesday, kicking off an investors conference meant to help revive the Palestinian economy and support Mideast peace efforts.

Date: Thu, 30. October 2008 14:14:09

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Date: Tue, 9. December 2008 17:20:00

Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac made irresponsible investments in recent years that cost taxpayers billion of dollars, said House Oversight Committee chairman Henry Waxman, citing internal documents. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/CelFY8JOLrGd9WcnYNDGxFh9uTs/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/CelFY8JOLrGd9WcnYNDGxFh9uTs/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=FVhKVsuE"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=s3Mw6h35"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=s3Mw6h35" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=GXruM9PC"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=GXruM9PC" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=YYmcGa7K"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=52" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/3Yh0cMs8WJ4" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Thu, 30. October 2008 20:03:00

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Fortress Investment Group unveiled a joint venture with Quicken Loans Inc. that will help the firm with its mortgage portfolios and investments. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/59UmacYxVXKdMzrdrhYdY0OYL0g/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/59UmacYxVXKdMzrdrhYdY0OYL0g/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=O1lxYkGv"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=mQig0TQe"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=mQig0TQe" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=Q1KjWRJi"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=Q1KjWRJi" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=cbdZEKXK"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=52" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/LSbKKxfVU3g" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Mon, 17. November 2008 20:39:00

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Putnam Investments on Monday said it is overhauling the way it manages its stock portfolios in an effort to reverse an outflow of investor assets. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/cmPB_Xyv53vNHmU5R4cWbjZ2wqs/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/cmPB_Xyv53vNHmU5R4cWbjZ2wqs/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=uO7Q3kPH"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=gZ13wRDX"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=gZ13wRDX" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=UJI6QePi"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?i=UJI6QePi" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?a=hgQ8bsce"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/marketwatch/financial?d=52" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/3RBxec4ycrU" height="1" width="1"/