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Investment banks settle bond cases with New York State (International Herald Tribune) Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank will buy back at least $12.5 billion in auction-rate securities and pay $162.5 million in fines. Bathroom renovations one of best investments you can make in your home (Macon Telegraph) The bathroom is often the smallest room in the house. So you might think it would be one of the easiest and cheapest to remodel. You would be wrong. RAB Hedge Fund Considers Buyback as Discount Widens (Update1) (Bloomberg.com) Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) -- RAB Special Situations , the largest of RAB Capital Plc 's hedge funds, may buy back shares after they declined 51 percent this year and trade at a discount of more than a third to the fund's investments. Lone Star buys German bank IKB at a major discount (International Herald Tribune) The price, less than ?10 million, was far from the ?800 million the German government had hoped to get and does little to compensate for the billions of euros invested in IKB over the past year to keep it afloat. Fidelity Investments pressed to buy back auction-rate securities (International Herald Tribune) The Massachusetts secretary of state wrote a letter to the firm's chief executive, citing "grave concern" over investors who cannot sell the bonds. Treasurys decline as investors move into stocks (AP via Yahoo! News) Treasury bonds declined Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation pressures are likely to moderate, which would therefore lessen the need for an interest rate hike. Confusion reigns in stalled ARS sector (FT.com via Yahoo! News) Six months ago, the auction-rate securities market collapsed, providing $330bn worth of evidence that the turmoil in the credit markets would have a significant effect on the ability to raise money. Treasurys decline as investors move into stocks (San Francisco Chronicle) Treasury bonds declined Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation pressures are likely to moderate, which would therefore lessen the need for an interest rate hike. Comments from Bernanke at the Kansas City Fed's annual economic... Why everyone wants to be a landlord (Times Online) As house prices fall and the mortgage drought prevents people from buying, frustrated homeowners are choosing to let their properties rather than sell them at a discount, and are renting other homes elsewhere. Three Banks Settle Cases Over Bonds (New York Times) Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank will soon buy back at least $12.5 billion in auction-rate securities and pay fines as part of separate settlements reached with New York regulators. |
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