Verigy shares fall after 3Q results, downgrade (AP)

Shares of Verigy Ltd. took a hit Friday after the chip-testing equipment maker posted fiscal third-quarter results ahead of expectations, but was downgraded by a Barclays analyst amid concerns over the sustainability of its wireless and graphics business [...]
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[$$] One Well-Positioned Life Insurer (at Barron's Online)

One Well-Positioned Life Insurer FBR Capital says Prudential's valuation could recover quicker than peers'.




Full text: Bernanke's Jackson Hole speech (at FT.com)

Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Annual Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on August 21, 2009




Fannie Mae Redemption (PR Newswire)

Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amounts indicated for the following securities issues on the redemption dates indicated below at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of [...]
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MFA Financial, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2009 Preferred Dividend of $0.53125 (PR Newswire)

MFA Financial, Inc. - In accordance with the terms of MFA's 8.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors has declared a preferred stock dividend of $0.53125 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.




ChipMOS REPORTS JULY 2009 REVENUE (PR Newswire)

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES LTD. today reported its unaudited consolidated revenue for the month of July 2009.




Bernanke's tough task: Withdrawing emergency aid (AP)

When the financial system was teetering, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke flooded it with trillions of dollars to save the banks and free up credit for consumers and businesses.




Bernanke's tough task: Withdrawing emergency aid (AP)

When the financial system was teetering, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke flooded it with trillions of dollars to save the banks and free up credit for consumers and businesses.




BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc. Announces Terms of Proposed Rights Offering (Business Wire)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.----BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc. today announced that it has set a subscription price of $2.00 per share for its previously announced rights offering of up to $100 million of its Class A Common Stock to its shareholders of record as of [...]
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Banks trim borrowing from emergency Fed program (AP)

Banks borrowed less over the past week from a Federal Reserve emergency lending program designed to combat the financial crisis, a sign the institutions are having an easier time getting credit from private markets.