UPDATE 1-Egypt's Beltone says agrees to merge with Pioneers
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- Sun 08 Nov, 07:19 AM
CAIRO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Egyptian investment bank Beltone Financial said on Sunday it had agreed to merge with Pioneers Holding, a tie-up analysts have said would be complementary.
INDICATORS - Egypt - Nov 8
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--- INTEREST RATES ---
Latest Date Pvs Rate 4 weeks ago
91-day T-bill yield 9.715 6/10/09 9.611 9.592
182-day T-bill yield 9.952 3/11/09 9.949 9.773
266-day T-bill yield 10.219 10/11/09 ---- ----
273-day T-bill yield 10.211 3/11/09 10.247 9.781
350-day T-bill yield 9.806 1/9/09 9.794 10.273
357-day T-bill yield 10.239 3/11/09 10.237 9.813
364-day T-bill yield 10.263 10/11/09 10.242 9.913
Central bank (CBSU.PK - news) discount rate 8.5 2/8/09 9.0 9.0
Central bank o/n deposit 8.25 17/9/09 8.5 8.5
Central bank o/n lending 9.75 17/8/09 10.0 10.0
Overnight interbank 8.270 4/11/09 8.266 8.280
--- MONTHLY DATA ---
Month Pvs Yr ago
Countrywide CPI change Sept 10.2 8.4 22.2
(year-on-year, percent)
Countrywide CPI index Sept 142.8 140.0 129.5
Urban consumer prices Sept 10.8 9.0 21.5
(year/year, pct change)
Urban consumer price Sept 141.3 138.7 127.6
index
Core (Berlin: LJ1.BE - news) inflation Sept 6.3 5.8 23.0
(year-on-year, percent)
Producer price index Sept 152.4 152.8 163.3
Foreign reserves ($bln) Oct 34.03 33.51 35.03
Oil output (mln tonnes) Aug 2,974 2,984 3,006
Suez Canal ($mln) Sept 382.5 371.8 469.6
Money supply M2 Sept 8.99 7.1 14.07
(pct change yr/yr)
--- QUARTERLY DATA ---
Q4 2008/09* Q3 2008/09 Q4 2007/2008
(*provisional figures)
(all in millions of dollars)
Trade balance -5,680 -4,866 -6,626
Exports 5,915 5,658 8,518
Oil 2,416 2,607 4,552
Non-oil 3,498 3,051 3,966
Imports -11,595 -10,524 -15,144
Net services 2,878 2,158 4,170
Goods and services balance -2,802 -2,708 -2,456
Transfers 1,807 1,790 2,945
Current account balance -994 -918 489
Capital account 702 -1347 3,933
Net errors/omissions -743 469 -3,916
OVERALL BALANCE -1,035 -1,796 506
Q4 2008/09 Q3 2008/09 Q4 2007/08
Tourism receipts ($mln) 1,832 2,188 2,393
Q1 2009/10 Q4 2008/09 Q1 2008/09
GDP growth (percent) 4.9 4.7 5.8
--- ANNUAL DATA ---
2008/2009* 2007/2008 2006/2007
(*preliminary figures)
Real GDP growth (% change) 4.7 7.2 7.1
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS ($mln) -3,378 5,420 5,282
Trade balance -25,173 -23,415 -16,291
Exports 25,169 29,356 22,018
Oil 11,005 14,473 10,108
Non-oil 14,164 14,883 11,910
Imports -50,342 -52,771 -38,308
Net services 12,502 14,966 11,771
Goods and services -12,671 -8,449 -4,792
Transfers 8,247 9,338 7,061
Current account -4,424 888 2,269
Capital account 1,381 7,558 853
Net errors/omissions -335 -3,025 -2,160
--- LONG-TERM CREDIT RATINGS ---
Standard & Poors BB plus (non-investment grade)
Moody's Ba1 (non-investment grade)
Fitch BB plus (non-investment grade)
* The base for the index has been changed to January 2007
Other notes:
1. Fiscal year is July-June.
2. Data from Central Bank except for the following.
Egypt's Beltone says agrees to merge with Pioneers
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AFX
- Sun 08 Nov, 07:03 AM
CAIRO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Egypt investment bank Beltone Financial said on Sunday it had agreed to merge with Pioneers Holding.
RBS cuts losses, bank profits slump
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Reuters - Sat 07 Nov, 08:11 PM
LONDON (Reuters) - Losses at part-nationalised Royal Bank of Scotland more than halved in the third quarter with a sharp reduction in bad debt writeoffs, despite a slump in profits at its beleaguered investment bank.
Trade and investment data between Japan and the five Southeast Asian Mekong river nations
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A chart showing trade and investment data between Japan and the five Southeast Asian Mekong river nations
Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway triples profit [at Financial Times]
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- Sat 07 Nov, 12:40 AM
Warren Buffett on Friday highlighted his rebound from last year's poor performance as strong stock markets and derivatives gains helped Berkshire Hathaway, his investment vehicle, triple profits in the third quarter to $3.24bn.
Berkshire Hathaway's net income triples
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Reuters - Fri 06 Nov, 11:48 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday said quarterly earnings tripled, as rising stock markets boosted its investment holdings and a quiet hurricane season contributed to higher insurance profit.
Buffett's Berkshire net income triples
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Reuters - Fri 06 Nov, 10:36 PM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday said third quarter net income tripled, as rising stock markets boosted its investment holdings and a quiet hurricane season contributed to higher insurance profit.
BRIEF-Equus Total Return announces Infinia Investment write down
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- Fri 06 Nov, 09:32 PM
Nov 6 (Reuters) - Equus Total Return Inc (NYSE: EQS - news) :
Glance-UPDATE 2-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
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- Fri 06 Nov, 09:27 PM
(Adds Advent Solar, Aksa Elektrik, China Investment Corp,
Suncor Energy Inc, others)
Nov 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian
companies were reported by 2100 GMT on Friday.
(For Reuters columns on deals, click on)
** Integra Energie agreed an 850 million euro ($1.3
billion) loan to back its acquisition of Thuga AG from German
utility E.ON AG, arranging banks said. (To read more
click on )
** The U.S. Federal Communications Commission gave final
approval to AT&T Inc's $944 million bid to buy
Centennial Communications Corp (NASDAQ: CYCL - news) .
** U.S. private equity fund Advent International announced
a public bid for Poland's top textbook publisher WSiP for 405 million zlotys ($141 million).
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