Sat 2010-05-22 19:56 EDT

36,000 firms at high risk of collapse: Dun & Bradstreet - Business news, business advice and information for Australian SMEs | SmartCompany

James Thomson

Credit agency Dun & Bradstreet has delivered a blunt warning to SMEs about the patchy state of the economic recovery, warning it downgraded the risk profiles of a staggering 80,000 firms during the March quarter -- a greater number of firms than were downgraded during the first quarter of 2009. D&B now has 36,000 firms rated as being at "high risk" failure over the next 12 months, with the majority of those being smaller and young firms (less than four years of operation). D&B's director of corporate affairs Damian Karmelich, says the spike in risk downgrades is particularly worrying when compared to last year, when the economy was performing much worse...

000 firms; 36; Australian SMEs; Bradstreet; business advice; Business news; Collapse; dun; high-risk; inform; SmartCompany.

Sat 2010-05-22 09:19 EDT

Bridgewater Associates: Be The Hyena. Attack The Wildebeest. <<; Dealbreaker: A Wall Street Tabloid -- Business News Headlines and Financial Gossip

Bess Levin

So, you're going to work for Bridgewater, are you? ...if you didn't know anything about the Bridgewater's Tao of Dalio, which requires all employees to ``probe'' their colleagues (boss's included), you might find yourself asking ``WTF is this shit?'' What this shit-- the Culture of the Probe-- is, is the secret to B-water's success, the tenets of which comprise ``Principles,'' the hedge fund's unofficial handbook, written by founder Ray Dalio...

attacked; Bridgewater Associates; business news headlines; Dealbreaker; Financial Gossip; hyena; Wall Street tabloid; wildebeest.

Mon 2009-04-27 00:00 EDT

The last, frantic days of Perot family hedge fund |

News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Dallas Business News ; Perot family hedge fund implosion

Frantic Day; Perot family hedge fund.

Wed 2009-02-11 00:00 EST

US and UK on brink of debt disaster- International Business-News-The Economic Times

brink; Debt Disaster; Economic Times; International Business-News; UK.

Fri 2009-01-16 00:00 EST

Asia Times Online :: China News, China Business News, Taiwan and Hong Kong

China's inflation-free route from crisis, by Henry C. K. Liu; ``China produces from plants financed by foreign investment that operate with low domestic wages for foreign markets that pay with dollars that cannot be used in the domestic economy...China must finance plants with sovereign credit to produce for the domestic market where consumer purchasing power will come from high wages, with sovereign credit repaid from increased tax revenue from a vibrant domestic economy.''

Asia Times Online; China Business News; China News; Hong Kong; TAIWAN.

Wed 2008-11-12 00:00 EST

The End of Wall Street's Boom - National Business News - Portfolio.com

The End of Wall Street's Boom, by Michael Lewis, Portfolio.com; Meredith Whitney; Steve Eisman; ``...you must assume they are lying to you. They will always lie to you''

com; ending; National Business News; portfolio; Wall Street s boom.

Tue 2008-03-18 00:00 EDT

Dealbreaker - A Wall Street Tabloid - Business News Headlines and Financial Gossip - Why JP Morgan Did It Leverage Loans and Client Exposure To Shaky Financial Instruments Held By Bear Gave JP Morgan Strong Incentives To Rescue Bear's Portfolio

Dealbreaker - A Wall Street Tabloid - Business News Headlines and Financial Gossip - Why JP Morgan Did It Leverage Loans and Client Exposure To Shaky Financial Instruments Held By Bear Gave JP Morgan Strong Incentives To Rescue Bear's Portfolio, by John Carney

Bear Gave JP Morgan Strong Incentives; business news headlines; Client Exposure; Dealbreaker; Financial Gossip; JP Morgan; Leveraged Loans; Rescue Bear's Portfolio; Shaky Financial Instruments Held; Wall Street tabloid.