AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
BUSINESS BRIEFS.(TO THE POINT)
DEFENSE
General Dynamics buys tech firm
The defense firm bought Advanced Technical Products for $250 mil, including debt and options. General Dynamics will pay $33.50 a share, a 17% premium over Wednesday's close. General Dynamics said the deal gives it a strong tech position on key defense programs. Advanced Technical jumped 4.75, or 17%, to 33.28. General Dynamics rose 1%.
FINANCE
Merrill may revamp stock ratings
The brokerage may rate stocks as a buy, hold or sell, sources told CNNfn. Merrill Lynch uses a system of four numbers to rate stocks on a near-term and long-term basis, giving investors ratings such as 2/3 or 1/1. The possible change comes as the New York attorney general probes charges Merrill analysts made bullish calls so the firm could win investment banking business.
Merrill Vice Chairman Tom Davis will resign Nov. 1.
- Commercial paper soars as a financing vehicle, despite defaults. (Commercial...
- Magazine article from: Corporate Cashflow Magazine Reid, Donald G. Royer, Jeffrey C. December 1, 1990 700+ words
Commercial paper soars as a financing vehicle, despite...550 billion outstanding, the commercial paper market in the United States continues...all of whom defaulted on their commercial paper during 1990. The conditions which...
- Commercial paper rating models.
- Magazine article from: Quarterly Journal of Business and Economics Chandy, P.R. Duett, Edwin H. September 22, 1990 700+ words
Commercial Paper Rating Models Abstract This paper extends previous work in the area of commercial paper rating models using data for the years 1985 and 1986 and the ratings of commercial paper by Standard & Poor's and Moody's. MDA...
- Commercial paper market.(Info Intro)
- Newspaper article from: Business Information Alert September 1, 2008 700+ words
Definitions Commercial paper (CP) is defined as financial...directly by retail investors. Commercial paper, specifically, is debt issued...www.answers.com/topic/commercial-paper There is another significant...
- Unrated commercial paper market a 'closed community' to raise capital.
- Magazine article from: The Business Journal-Milwaukee Mullins, Robert May 16, 1992 700+ words
COMMERCIAL PAPER: WHEN you absolutely, positively...bring in the business. But the commercial paper market isn't trumpeted by financial...These (companies that sell commercial paper) are companies that have to be...
- Commercial paper: friend or foe? (Cover Story)
- Magazine article from: ABA Banking Journal Cocheo, Steve December 1, 1992 700+ words
...years, the story often begins with commercial paper. The saga of how large, highly rated...well known. The growth in use of commercial paper--short-term corporate IOUs...some banks came to play a role in commercial paper, ranging from privately placing some...
- Asset-backed commercial paper programs.
- Newspaper article from: Federal Reserve Bulletin Kavanagh, Barbara Boemio, Thomas R. Edwards, Gerald A., Jr. February 1, 1992 700+ words
...existence since 1983, asset-backed commercial paper programs have grown substantially...market mutual funds may invest in commercial paper issues rated less than the highest...these programs, companies whose own commercial paper is rated below A1/P1 can continue...
- The evolution of the U.S. commercial paper market since 1980.
- Newspaper article from: Federal Reserve Bulletin Post, Mitchell A. December 1, 1992 700+ words
The U.S. commercial paper market, an important source...companies, and investor holdings of commercial paper were distributed about evenly...investor group; and a new form of commercial-paper emerged. In the 1980s, relatively...
- U.S. Bancorp thinks big with commercial paper. (challenges securities...
- Magazine article from: Puget Sound Business Journal Manning, Jeff June 4, 1990 700+ words
U.S. Bancorp thinks big with commercial paper In an attempt to regain the business...U.S. Bancorp has entered the commercial paper business. The fledgling program...utility to sell $100 million worth of commercial paper on its behalf. Since first entering...
- S&P:US Non-Financial Commercial Paper Levels Off.
- Press release article from: Business Wire May 21, 2003 700+ words
...Although the supply environment for commercial paper issuance by U.S. non-financial...report today. U.S. non-financial commercial paper outstandings had a precipitous decline...financing. "A continued decline in commercial paper outstandings is unlikely, given that...
- Municipal Issuers Make Case; Petition Fed for Commercial Paper.(News)
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer October 10, 2008 700+ words
...Federal Reserve's program to buy commercial paper, which the Fed has hinted will not...contend. Since the Fed announced its Commercial Paper Funding Facility program on Monday...to the short-term market through commercial paper should extend to their tax-exempt...
