Calypso Technology, a multi-asset-class trading and risk management software company, has purchased Codefarm, whose flagship Galapagos platform allows for the construction and management of collateralized debt obligation (CDO) portfolios. Terms of the deal, announced today, were not disclosed.
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Calypso Acquires CDO Platform Provider - February 26, 2009
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Cottage industry thrives on bypassing banks
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Scott Langmack has given more than US$600,000 in unsecured loans to strangers.
"I can reliably get 12 per cent, worst case 9 per cent," said Mr Langmack, 50, a former Microsoft marketing executive who began investing in so-called peer-to-peer lending last year. "I can't find anything that gives me this kind of confidence."
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Dow Plunges 300 Points After Lehman Files for Bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch Is Sold and AIG Seeks Cash
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Stocks retreat amid new Wall Street landscape
Monday September 15, 11:51 am ET
By Tim Paradis, AP Business Writer
Stocks fall but pare steepest losses after Lehman bankruptcy, Merrill sale; AIG remains worry
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London is full of snow!!!!
Submitted by cahn on 27 October, 2008 - 1:14pmToday, I saw London full of snow! Snow is everywhere! All white!!! People are making snowmen, throwing snow balls and enjoying snow!
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