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Single Digits Seals $10M

Manchester, N.H.-based Single Digits Inc., a provider of hig-speed Internet access technology, has raised $10 million in funding from Boston-based Tudor Growth Equity, the private equity arm of Tudor Investment Corp. PRESS RELEASE Single Digits, Inc, a leading, global provider of High Speed Internet Access solutions, today announced the receipt of $10 million in funding...

Dystopia — safe assets edition

A familiar theme in this year’s Barclays Equity Gilt Study (57th edition, just out)…(Click charts to enlarge)But there is a twist — Barclays Capital...

Yes! We have no collateral today

Didn’t think the quality collateral scarcity issue was a big problem?Seems the fast diminishing pool of ‘risk-free’ assets is a big enough issue to have the...

S&P plays Grim Reaper for the upcoming death of AAA

A major FT exclusive on Monday:Standard and Poor’s has warned Germany and the five other triple A members of the eurozone that they risk having their top-notch ratings downgraded...

The Myth Of the Chinese Soft Landing

> From Econoshock in Belgium, comes this look at a potential Chinese hard landing: The Top 10 of rarest things in the world ? 10. Fine German restaurants 9. Humor and self-criticism 8. Safe biking lanes in Flanders 5-7 *** 4. Proposals for public expenditures cuts in Belgium (as part of the 10Bn€ effort) 3....

S&P affirms the UK’s AAA

Does this look like grounds for a negative or a stable outlook on that affirmation, do you think? (Via S&P’s statement — released just as Chancellor George Osborne...

Schaeuble says…

… which should be good for another couple of per cent gains on idiosyncratic European and US stock markets.There is a bit of debate here on second-guessing what the...

More on the Fitch reaffirmation

We were as relieved as anyone that Fitch, as expected, declined to follow S&P’s lead on Tuesday, but here’s a chart that nevertheless gave us something to ponder:...

Vive La Republique!

Who’s next?That was question everyone was asking after S&P stripped the USA of its triple AAA over the weekend. The conclusion seemed to be France.But fast forward...

Anarchy in the UK

Relax everyone, the UK’s haven status and AAA rating is safe.Or so says Nomura in a ‘Riot‘ special.Selected highlights, emphasis ours:The initial spark...

France will feel the impact of USAA+

Where will the impact of the of the USAA+ downgrade be felt most? The US or Europe?Europe, of course, reckons Gary Jenkins of Evolution Securities.So why might the impact be...

Where one rating agency goes…

… another fears to tread (at least for the time being).(Nota bene – split ratings should mean fewer knock on effects.)