Blackstone's Profit Misses Estimates; Shares Decline (Airfare deals) (Update5) Bloomberg
| Blackstone's Profit Misses Estimates; Shares Decline (Update5) Bloomberg - Deals Slow Revenue in the private-equity unit, the firm's largest, increased 42 percent to $227.3 million. The firm invested $2.34 billion of its investors' money, more than double the $915.3 million from a year earlier. Source: www.bloomberg.com CPDO market alive, kicking as ABN brings new deals Guardian Unlimited - LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Rumours of the death of the constant proportion debt obligation (CPDO) market may have been greatly exaggerated. Dutch bank ABN AMRO, which pioneered this structured credit product, is putting together new CPDOs to satisfy Source: www.guardian.co.uk Soft Money Boosts McCain Campaign CBS News - The study finds that big movies don't make money anymore because much of the income gets paid out to stars, directors and airfare deals producers in ballooning participation deals. A participation is a share in the gross revenue, not the profit, of a movie. Major Source: www.cbsnews.com Handicap International: land mine casualties drop in 2006; victim aid International Herald Tribune - The 1997 treaty aims to rid the world of mines, and airfare deals deals with mine use, production and airfare deals trade, victim assistance, clearance and airfare deals stockpile destruction. Forty nations still remain outside of the treaty, including China, Egypt, Finland, India, Israel Source: www.iht.com UPDATE 1-CPDO market alive, kicking as ABN brings new deals Reuters - Last: LONDON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Rumours of the death of the constant proportion debt obligation (CPDO) market may have been greatly exaggerated. Dutch bank ABN AMRO (AAH.AS: Quote , Profile , Research ), which pioneered this structured credit Source: today.reuters.com Tapped Out Philadelphia Daily News - ATF agents and airfare deals Philadelphia narcotics detectives had spent two years building a case against a rap music entrepreneur who they believed was running a $25 million drug ring - one of Philadelphia's largest. People connected to drug deals, shootings Source: www.philly.com washingtonpost.com's Daily Politics Discussion Washington Post - Arlington, Va.: Are candidates quietly hoping for the writers' strike to continue, so none of their screw-ups like, say, getting a $400 haircut, end up being lampooned on late night and airfare deals becoming big deals? Jonathan Weisman: Only if it extends for an Source: www.washingtonpost.com Trail of corruption and airfare deals kickback charges still in wings for opposition Guardian Unlimited - As the president's ordinance only deals with offences up to 1999, investigations in Pakistan could continue into allegations that the pair paid about $2m in illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein under the oil-for-food programme. The controversy Source: www.guardian.co.uk Hershey board shake-up indicates internal turnaround,not plans to sell Forbes - Potential deals could include joint ventures, alliances, licensing, or small acquisitions,' UBS said. The shop said an outright Hershey sale is unlikely because it would be a 'direct contradiction of the trusts recently stated goals.' The shop Source: www.forbes.com |