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U.S. Corporate Bond Risk Holds Near Record, Credit Swaps Show (Bloomberg)

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of protecting U.S. corporate bonds from default held close a record, a benchmark credit-default swaps index shows.

20 Nov 2008, 8:38 am | click here for more

Experts: Cybercrime as Destructive as Credit Crisis (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)

Cybercrime is likely to wreak as much havoc as the credit crisis in the coming years if international regulation is not improved, some of the world's top crime experts said on Wednesday.

20 Nov 2008, 4:45 am | click here for more

Wal-Mart Offers $12.5M Line of Credit for King Memorial (Washington Post)

Wal-Mart's charitable arm announced a $12.5 million letter of credit Thursday for the planned Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall to help start construction, though a disagreement over how to secure the site may delay the project until sometime next year.

20 Nov 2008, 2:57 pm | click here for more

TD Bank to report credit trading hit (Boston Globe)

Toronto-Dominion Bank , the parent company of Maine-based TD Banknorth, says it will report $272 million in after-tax credit trading losses in its fourth quarter.

20 Nov 2008, 2:31 pm | click here for more

Measure of credit market woes hits another record (Market Watch)

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - A closely-watched measure of credit market woes hit another record Thursday on concern about how harsh a recession is going to be and worries about Citigroup Inc.

20 Nov 2008, 2:27 pm | click here for more

Planned Okla. tax credit for geothermal heat pumps (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Oklahomans who buy geothermal heat pumps for their homes or businesses would receive a 5 percent state tax credit below a proposal unveiled Thursday by state home Speaker Chris Benge.

20 Nov 2008, 2:21 pm | click here for more

Credit market recovery slips on carmaker fears (AP via Yahoo! News)

Investors flooded into government debt again on Thursday, sending Treasury yields to multiyear lows as ongoing worries about an car industry collapse impede the credit markets' attempts at a recovery.

20 Nov 2008, 2:03 pm | click here for more

New York State Shelves Plan to Regulate Credit Swaps (Update2) (Bloomberg)

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- New York State Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo shelved plans to regulate some credit-default swaps because of progress by federal regulators on broader oversight of the market.

20 Nov 2008, 1:53 pm | click here for more

Credit Card Users Keep Getting Squeezed, Rates and Fees Rising (US News & World Report)

Credit card issuers are taking a number of responses that will make life more difficult for tiny-business owners who rely on credit card debt.

20 Nov 2008, 12:09 pm | click here for more

TD Bank to report credit trading hit (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Toronto-Dominion Bank says it will report $350 million Canadian dollars in after-tax credit trading losses in its fourth quarter.

20 Nov 2008, 10:52 am | click here for more



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