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  • The U.K. market for acquiring and insuring company pension plans may not recover from the financial crisis until well into 2010, according to Mark Wood, chief executive of insurer Paternoster U.K. Ltd.Mr. Wood had been among the most bullish about growth in these kinds of buyouts, which flourished in the 18 months before a stock-markets plunge began in September.

    U.K. Pension Buyouts Stall 2009

  • Share prices of staffing companies have crumbled in the past year's stock-markets sell-off, making some potentially attractive takeover candidates.

    Tough Times for Temp Agencies 2009

  • So, sorry, I hate to do this to all you folks sweating away there on Wall St. and on the floors of the stock-markets worldwide, all you fund-managers, leveragers and option put-and-taker long-and-shortersreaping from the deliberately-contrived and - inflicted sub-prime bonanza, but I have to break it to you.

    A small matter of trust 2008

  • Global stock-markets have plummeted today, with the FTSE 100 share index suffering its largest one-day drop since September 11th, 2001; losing more than 5% of its value.

    Descent into recession? 2008

  • Mr. Sondergaard, who said this month's stock-markets turmoil will affect this quarter's spending but not "substantially" change the year's outcome, noted that IT spending declines lag the economy by at least two quarters, making severe cuts less likely this year.

    IT Spending Seen Decelerating 2008

  • Google and read 'Reminiscences of a Stock Operator', and you will see how those who organize and run the 'stock-markets' of the world are simply wolves fleecing the sheep.

    This Business Has to Stop 2008

  • Global stock-markets have plummeted today, with the FTSE 100 share index suffering its largest one-day drop since September 11th, 2001; losing more than 5% of its value.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2008

  • The bank also is among the top-ranked houses for stock-markets advisory in Russia, according to Dealogic, and has picked up some of the largest debt mandates of the year.

    Ex-Russia central banker 2008

  • The same with the stock-markets where these guys are moving trillions of dollars a day around the financial and banking markets, so deciding if they go up or down, soar or crash.

    Blog De Ganz | Archive | September 2005

  • The performance underscores the surge in the nation's stock-markets -- Shanghai's benchmark index has seen triple-digit growth so far this year -- but also points up the fair bit of froth that investors have whipped up.

    Froth in Asia? 2007

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