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Asian Stocks Drop as Oil Slides; Japanese Utility Shares Rally

June 20th, 2011 Comments off

Asian stocks fell, extending a seventh straight weekly decline, as oil traded at a four-month low after European governments failed to agree a loan payout to spare Greece from default. Japanese nuclear-power generators advanced.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

Utility Bonds Penalized by Europe’s Austerity: Credit Markets

January 17th, 2011 Comments off

Utility company bonds are trading at the highest ever relative yields compared with industrial debt as borrowers with ties to governments suffer the most from budget cuts amid the sovereign deficit crisis.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance