TBHS and Nevada Security Bank Remain Well Capitalized

LONDON, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee weren't in unanimous agreement when they kept interest rates intact two weeks ago, the bank said.

LONDON, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Prices in Britain rose 4.4 percent in July, rising above economic forecasts and more than twice the target rate set by the Bank of England, the government said.

LONDON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The Bank of England said Thursday it would keep its key interest rate at 5 percent.

LONDON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Food prices rose sharply in Britain over the past year, up 9.5 percent from July 2007, a retail watchdog group said.

Retalix Ltd. ( Nasdaq: RTLX), Columbia Bancorp ( Nasdaq: CBBO) and The Bank Holdings ( Nasdaq: TBHS) were among the new 52-week lows established Wednesday's trading among companies with market capitalizations or values under $750 million.Here are today's 52-week small-cap lows:

Many Americans would probably be surprised to learn that small businesses matter more to the U.S. economy than the corporate behemoths that comprise the S&P 500. In fact, small businesses account for more than 50 percent of U.S. nonfarm private gross domestic product and employ roughly half of all private-sector workers, according to Small Business Administration data. Unfortunately, individuals who really should be aware of this fact -- politicians and other public officials -- have persisted in enacting policies that make it ever harder for entrepreneurs and owner-managers to earn their daily crust of bread. Ultimately, as Charles Hugh Smith, publisher of the Of Two Minds blog and author of Weblogs & New Media:[More...]

No country nor system is perfect; certainly not India's. But this is an interesting view on how regulation actually works - and that human greed left to itself (to be it's own watchdog no less), will lead to bad outcomes. Contrary to dogma that has washed over the American psyche the past few decades - ironically those countries with the greatest lack of regulation are those being pole axed the hardest. Just coincidence I am sure. Both extremes (little regulation or massive regulation) generally lead to bad outcomes; certainly there must be happy mediums. Each time regulation is brought up we hear about lack of innovation - as if they cannot co-exist. It's black or white. You can have regulation. Or innovation. But they cannot co-exist. It's political dogma advanced by those who would actually have to give up a cushy system for the[More...]

Canada is a commodity-based economy. The country has seen good times and bad times in this past year thanks to volatile crude oil prices. iShares MSCI Canada Index (ETF) (NYSE:EWC) and Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) were both on the losers list on December 2. iShares MSCI Canada (EWC) <img src="http://invivoanalytics.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/03-ewc2.gif" alt="" title="03-ewc2" width="425" height="292" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-8246"[More...]

The Federal Reserve is now Atlas.... let's just hope they do not shrug.... During the war of the TITANS, <a style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"[More...]

Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 --> The government plan for Citigroup (C: 5.95, +2.18 (+57.82%)) gave Wall Street something positive to think about as markets went north today. The Dow closed out Monday at 8443 points, and nearly rose 400 points. The Nasdaq closed at 1472 points after rising 87 points on the day. The S&P 500 finished at 850 points, and gained 51 points. These increases come after huge gains of around 6% from each major index on Friday. In international trading, Britain’s FTSE 100 went up 9.84%, while Japanese markets were closed due to a holiday.<span[More...]

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