... like Lehman paper. A few days ago, a prominent money market fund "broke the buck" subjecting its clients to losses. While they did not suffer major losses (about 1%), they did suffer losses. To avoid them, look for a money market fund at your brokerage that only invests in government securities. Alternatively, many brokerages have the ability to purchase ...

Condo owners fear big losses from theft | HeraldTribune.com | Southwest Florida's Information Leader: "The condo association's maintenance and savings accounts were allegedly depleted recently by a property manager. Some residents estimate losses total close to $1 million." 400 owners lost close to $1 million thanks to what looks like yet ...

Taking after Map of the Market, the New York Times uses tree maps to show a year of heavy losses by major companies. It's a pretty sad state of affairs. Content aside though, this is certainly one of the reasons the Times is so popular among the infographics crowd. Data visualization isn't just bar graphs [...]

... early catastrophe loss estimates.The top damage estimates include losses from oil and gas production fields, which felt the brunt ... catastrophe modelers:EQECAT Inc., based in Oakland, Calif., said insured losses from Hurricane Gustav could range from $6 billion to $ ... demand surge for products and services, in addition to property losses and business interruption claims.After its initial loss estimate, ...

... in Myanmar in the past one, five and ten years? At what rates? With what losses? If any, how were these disclosed? And, please any and all other countries in which OCHA / the UN has faced currency exchange losses ... other countries in which UNDP has faced currency exchange losses of over 5%, and what you have done and, separately, will do about it?" This is a question that, as to OCHA, John Holmes ...

... ?s fault, but a systemic problem giving rise to losses that could not have been avoided. I am not entirely sure I believe that argument myself, at least in all cases, but in the case of a fiduciary who can ... not actually follow the industry?s best practices, but instead fell down on the job somewhere along the way, before those losses struck home. That second piece of the case is where the fun will ...