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Credit Agricole Quarterly Net Drops 94% on Writedowns (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Credit Agricole SA , France's third- largest bank by market value, said second-quarter profit dropped 94 percent on writedowns tied to U.S. bond insurers.
28 Aug 2008, 4:30 am | click here for more
European Stock Futures Fall; Credit Agricole, Daimler May Drop (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- European stock-index futures fell after Credit Agricole SA and Natixis SA reported earnings that missed analysts' estimates and higher oil damped the profit outlook for carmakers and airlines.
28 Aug 2008, 3:00 am | click here for more
Profits plunge at Credit Agricole (BBC News)
Credit Agricole reports a 94% fall in second-quarter profits after the bank is hit by a loss at its investment banking division.
28 Aug 2008, 2:38 am | click here for more
Credit Agricole Quarterly Net Drops 94% on Writedowns (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Credit Agricole SA , France's third- largest bank by market value, said second-quarter profit dropped 94 percent, missing analysts' estimates, on writedowns tied to U.S. bond insurers.
28 Aug 2008, 2:00 am | click here for more
Many use credit cards for cancer treatment (UPI)
NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Twenty percent of U.S. adults who experience a critical illness use a credit card to finance recovery-related expenses, a survey indicates.
28 Aug 2008, 12:34 am | click here for more
Group wants homebuyers to use new tax credit (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Prospective homebuyers are dawdling as they try to decide whether prices have hit rock bottom, so the housing industry is trying to create a sense of urgency. How? By touting the new $7,500 refundable tax credit contained in the massive housing-stimulus bill President Bush signed last month. The credit expires July 1. Realtors, builders and lenders wearing "Buy Now!" stickers gathered on the ...
27 Aug 2008, 8:55 pm | click here for more
Credit-Card Rage (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
David Giantomasi says he vigilantly paid his credit-card bills each month. Even if he could only make the minimum payment, he made sure to receive every his monthly payments squared away. So he was shocked when the interest rate on his Chase credit card suddenly jumped to 19.99% from 7.99%. When Giantomasi called the card issuer to demand an explanation, he was enraged. He was told that overall ...
27 Aug 2008, 8:08 am | click here for more
Japan to Extend Credit Guarantees to Small Firms, Nikai Says (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's Trade Minister Toshihiro Nikai said the government will probably provide 400 billion yen ($3.7 billion) in credit guarantees to support tiny businesses as part of an economic stimulus package to be released this week.
27 Aug 2008, 6:40 pm | click here for more
New Arizona law on credit freezes taking effect (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Arizona consumers are gaining a new shield from identify theft: the ability to impose low-cost freezes on their credit reports.
27 Aug 2008, 4:45 pm | click here for more
Comptroller seeks weaker credit card reforms (USA Today)
In an unusual move, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has asked other federal regulators to scale back a proposal to crack down on unfair and deceptive credit card practices.
27 Aug 2008, 10:10 am | click here for more