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Allied World Draws Down US$250 Million on Credit Facility (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd filed a current report on Form 8-K on November 19, 2008 announcing that it had sent a notice of borrowing to draw US$250 million in principal amount under its existing US$400 million unsecured senior revolving credit facility to increase its cash position to preserve its financial flexibility in light of the current uncertainty in the credit markets.Read All Artile
Nuclear weapons use more likely in future: US intelligence (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The use of nuclear weapons will grow increasingly likely by 2025, US intelligence predicted Thursday in a report on global trends that forecasts a tense, unstable world shadowed by war.Read All Artile
World stocks drop on US economy fears (AP via Yahoo! News)
World stock markets fell Wednesday amid concerns about the global economy after further grim U.S. economic news and as the Big Three Detroit-based automakers pleaded to be bailed out by Congress.Read All Artile
World Bank sees US$50-billion capital outflow from Russia (Canadian Business)
MOSCOW - Some US$50 billion in net capital is expected to flee Russia this year, the World Bank said in a report on Tuesday.Read All Artile
Economy falters before budget report next week (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The economy, battered by the global credit crunch and facing a recession, suffered more bad news on Thursday before a key budget report due next week from the country's government.Read All Artile
World’s Best Colleges Weightings and Statistical Scores (US News & World Report)
How are the weights and statistical scores determined for U.S. News’s World's Best Colleges rankings?Read All Artile
U.S. News Publishes List: "10 Cars That Sank Detroit" (The Car Connection)
Speculation runs rampant as to why Detroit's Big Three find themselves in their current predicament. U.S. News and World Report's Rick Newman has his own view, and below we'll give you a quick run through his short list of the vehicles that caught Detroit with its pants down and its eyes focused on a quick buck. Wonder if Dave Letterman would ..Read All Artile
US inflation plunges, world crisis hits carmakers (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Automakers worldwide warned of more perils from the global economic meltdown as the latest US data on Wednesday added to growing fears of huge job losses and a long, painful recession ahead.Read All Artile
World stocks tumble on US deflation fears (AP via Yahoo! News)
World stock markets slumped Wednesday amid concerns about sinking consumer prices in the U.S. and the shaky future of the Big Three U.S. automakers.Read All Artile
Intelligence study say U.S. clout down and risks up by 2025 (Tiscali)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economic and political clout will decline over the next two decades and the world will be more dangerous, with food and water scarce and advanced weapons plentiful, U.S. spy agencies projected on Thursday.Read All Artile