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Forbes - MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said it has raised its long-term corporate credit and long-term senior debt ratings on Japanese chemicals firm Asahi Kasei Corp by one notch to 'A' from 'A-', reflecting increased ...

Bloomberg - Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Credit Suisse Group has begun a three- year sponsorship of the Singapore Art Museum with an exhibition of works by Indonesian expressionist painter Affandi, the first long- term corporate partnership in the museum's history ...

BBC Business - Mr Steel said that the focus of the government efforts was to encourage lenders not to repossess homes, by bringing them together with borrowers. He pointed out that half of borrowers never talked to lenders before going into arrears. "We need to ...

Forbes - TAIPEI (XFN-ASIA) - Taiwan registered an average credit card delinquency ratio of 2.11 pct in September, down from 2.12 pct in August and from 2.47 pct in the same month a year earlier, the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) said. The outstanding ...

If errors do occur on the statement it is imperative that you contact the credit card company immediately to register the problem, as it could become difficult to rectify the problem once you have begun paying back what is owed.

CNBC - Asian stocks closed sharply lower Monday, pulled down by the financial sector, with fears that the credit crisis is still in full swing returning. Japan and Australia both shed over 1 percent while South Korea ended a touch weaker. [ C   Loading ...

Washington Post - LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks fell and safe-haven bonds surged on Monday after fears of major losses in Citigroup rekindled concerns about the health of financial firms hit by the credit market turmoil. The dollar fell against the yen and held near ...

CNBC - SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) - Singapore shares widened their losses in late trade Monday as concern about the US subprime crisis resurfaced and rattled markets in the Asia-Pacific region. Investors sold banking shares after news of further write ...

Bloomberg - Nov. 5 (Bloomberg) -- European stock-index futures fell, following Asian markets lower, after Citigroup Inc.'s announcement of as much as $11 billion in additional writedowns suggested banks may face more losses. Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland's ...

Guardian Unlimited - The boss of the world's biggest bank, Citigroup resigned last night after directors convened an emergency meeting to grapple with financial challenges engulfing the Wall Street institution. The bank also announced it was writing off between $8bn and ...