By Henry C K Liu

Recurring financial crises of past decades had clearly exposed the instability of globalized unregulated financial markets and the great danger that poses for the economic wellbeing of defenseless developing countries participating in such markets.

Republic Services, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Positive Internal Growth and Increases Earnings Guidance

Republic Services, Inc. today reported net income of $159.7 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30, 2010, versus $225.9 million, or $0.59 per diluted share, for the comparable period last year. Â During the three months ended June 30, 2009, the Company recorded a gain of $150.1 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, associated with divestitures mandated by the ...

Williams Partners L.P. Reports Second-Quarter 2010 Financial Results

Williams Partners L.P. today announced unaudited second-quarter 2010 net income of $225 million, compared with second-quarter 2009 net income of $215 million. Net income per common limited-partner unit for second-quarter 2010 was $0.66, compared with $0.48 per unit for second-quarter 2009.

Williams Pipeline Partners L.P. Reports Second-Quarter 2010 Financial Results

Williams Pipeline Partners L.P. today announced unaudited second-quarter 2010 net income of $9.7 million, compared with $11.6 million for second-quarter 2009. Net income per limited-partner unit for second-quarter 2010 was $0.29, compared with $0.35 for second-quarter 2009.

Realty Income Announces Second Quarter and Mid-Year Operating Results

ESCONDIDO, Calif.----Realty Income Corporation , The Monthly Dividend Company® , today announced operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010. All per share amounts presented in this press release are on a diluted per common share basis, unless stated otherwise.

Lincoln Financial Group Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results

Lincoln Financial Group today reported net income for the second quarter of 2010 of $255 million, or $0.33 of net income per diluted share available to common stockholders, compared to a net loss in the second quarter of 2009 of $161 million, or $0.62 per diluted share. Â Net income available to common stockholders in the quarter of $104 million included the write-off of unamortized discount on ...

Timeform experts rate Harbinger among all-time greats for now

Ratings, whereby the art of a thoroughbred in full glorious flight is translated to the science of a mathematical formula, may seem the work of an anorak-clad devil to those who revel in the beauty of the beast. But it's figures, in the form of assessments for handicaps, that keep the rank-and-file game going and, at the highest levels, provide a yardstick by which champions of different eras ...

Norwegian Cruise Line Reports Results for Second Quarter 2010

MIAMI----Norwegian Cruise Line today reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2010.

Stress Tests for Banks Assume Loss of 23.1% on Greek Debt, 12.3% on Spain

The 91 banks undergoing stress tests were examined on European sovereign debt losses only for the bonds they trade, rather than those they hold to maturity, which may make the tests easier to pass.

Greece's big debt denial

Will Greece be able to dig out of its debt crisis? Not even the oracle of Delphi knows for sure.