On FT Alphaville this morning,
- Dresdner offers support to its $18.2bn SIV – K2.
- SocGen and “Les mecanismes de la fraude” (€300,000 bonus edition).
- There’s this Granite thingy… it’s called a securitisation, or something…
- How exactly do they assess deals in the ‘land of the free’?
- Carmaker-come-hedge fund, Porsche.
- Cuba Libre? Dont break out the mojitos yet.
- View today’s Markets Live transcript here.
On FT.com,
- BAE wants to extend its series of acquisitions
- UK retail sales jumped in January, rising 0.8% according to the ONS.
- And the FTSE 100 was buoyed by upbeat earnings figures. Up 1.2%, 70.6 points mid morning.
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