Investor groups unite on bond protections: report
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About 50 large bond investors,  including pension funds, insurance companies, mutual funds and  other managers, have banded together to lobby companies for  better investment-grade bond contracts, The Wall Street Journal  reported on Monday.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 9 -- Opponents of creating private accounts under Social Security often argue that the primary beneficiaries would be Wall Street investment firms. Wall Street's main trade group on Thursday said it isn't so.
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As concerns about a possible recession increase, there are steps that investors can take to protect their portfolios.
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Citigroup Inc  is combining its  emerging-markets credit group and its global credit-trading  business, bringing together traders who focus on the global  credit markets, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online  edition on Monday, citing an internal memo.
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All five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission are being asked by Congress to defend the watchdog agency against accusations that it may be tilting toward business interests and away from investors.
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Eight banks have formed a consortium  to seek a rescue plan for MBIA Inc , Ambac Financial  Group Inc  and other troubled bond insurers, CNBC  reported on Friday, citing an unnamed source.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - A narrow majority of Securities and Exchange Commission members voted Tuesday to require hedge funds to share more information with the agency.
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H&R Block Inc.'s HRB.N financial  advisers unit misrepresented the risks of $16.4 million in  bonds from Enron Corp ENRNQ.PK before the energy trader sank  into bankruptcy, the NASD said in a civil fraud complaint  seeking restitution for more than 800 investors.
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Troubles among U.S. bond insurers are forcing regulators to rethink a 1998 loophole that let an industry expand into the complex and now costly world of derivatives, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Tuesday.
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NEW YORK -- Investor groups angered by plunging stock prices are vowing to hold executives and corporate board members accountable at annual shareholder meetings this spring, turning up the pressure on U.S. companies already reeling from the credit crunch.
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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc   is starting a bond insurer that would help state and local governments lower their borrowing costs, posing a direct challenge to established rivals struggling with deteriorating credit markets.
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Phillip Goldstein, manager of a small hedge fund company, likes to stretch the definition of activist investor. He's challenged the managers of closed-end funds and questioned the judgment of the U.S. markets watchdog, the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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A new European Union tax directive on interest payments will boost retail investor demand for some jumbo covered bonds, according to a report by ABN Amro.
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The world's leading economies pledged on Saturday to work together to secure stability in volatile markets but brushed off the idea of a single uniform remedy for the Group of Seven industrialized nations.
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Some bondholders of Delta Air Lines Inc.  have begun organizing an informal group to support US Airways Group Inc.'s  $8.78 billion takeover offer for the bankrupt carrier, a source close to the matter said on Wednesday.
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Some bondholders of Delta Air Lines  Inc.  have begun organizing an informal group to  support US Airways Group Inc.'s  $8.78 billion takeover  offer for the bankrupt carrier, a source close to the matter  said on Wednesday.
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By David Reich-Hale  The Nassau Legislature on Tuesday is expected to unanimously approve a $100 million bond issue designed to preserve open space and protect the environment.   The Environment Protection Bond passed through the rules committee last week.