Sovereign Shares Rise After Upgrade (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Sovereign Bancorp Inc. shares rose Thursday after Citigroup upgraded the stock to "Buy," citing strong credit performance and a misperception by investors about that risk.

Introduction - Failed states and Western double standards (Daily News)
A few weeks ago in an introduction to this page it was mentioned how the internationally derogatory term of failed state came to be applied to certain Sovereign States by two Non-Governmental Organizations, US Based Foundation for Peace and the Foreign Policy Magazine.

(AFX UK Focus) 2007-08-14 05:03 GMT: Indonesia's Bank Danamon national long-term rating upped to 'AA' - Fitch (Interactive Investor)
MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Fitch Ratings upgraded the national long-term rating of PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk to 'AA' from 'AA-', with a stable outlook.

Dodge & Cox Buys Boston Scientific Corp., HSBC Holdings PLC, Home Depot Inc., Sells Syngenta AG, Lockheed Martin Corp., ... (Guru Focus)
Manage more than $100 billion and still achieve outstanding returns? Even Warren Buffett is having a hard time doing it. Dodge & Cox does this with a value investing team. They have achieved great returns. These are the details of the buys and sells during the second quarter.

Loan Sharks, sub crime lenders and 'US ambassadors' (cmi santiago)
Danny Schechter, editor of MediaChannel.org, and director of the new film 'In Debt We Trust: America Before The Bubble Bursts': "Behind it all were the so-called ''Masters of the Universe,'' the wise men of Wall Street* who worked behind the scenes to turn mortgage brokers and small lenders into part of what will one day be seen as a criminal network worthy of prosecution under the conspiracy ...

Western Asset Global Partners Income Fund Inc. Announces Approval of Change to Primary Investment Objective, Subject to ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Western Asset Global Partners Income Fund Inc. today announced approval by the Board of Directors of a change to the Fund's primary investment objective, subject to stockholder approval.

p0239 BC-WorldBriefly 08-16 2022 8/16/2007 AP News in Brief (Hays Daily News)
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- A powerful 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook Peru's coast near the capital, killing at least 135 people and injuring more than 1,300 others in cities farther to the south, the country's health minister said early Thursday.

Western Asset Worldwide Income Fund Inc. Announces Approval of Change to Primary Investment Objective, Subject to ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----Western Asset Worldwide Income Fund Inc. today announced approval by the Board of Directors of a change to the Fund's primary investment objective, subject to stockholder approval.

When Financing Your Small Business, Begging Won't Work (TheStreet.com)
Lenders will want to see a solid business plan -- and with good reason.

CEO: Bank optimistic about valley growth (The Desert Sun)
Stephen G. Hoffmann is the president and CEO of Canyon National Bank, headquartered in Palm Springs.