Stocks edge higher as budget talks move ahead

    *      Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, following a closed-door meeting House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)  less NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening slightly higher on Wall Street as both sides make concessions in budget talks in Washington.The Dow Jones industrial average rose 17 points to 13,252 shortly after the opening bell...

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TEXT-S&P summary: SP PowerAssets Ltd.

 Summary analysis -- SP PowerAssets Ltd. --------------------------- 18-Dec-2012===============================================================================CREDIT RATING: AA-/Stable/NR Country: SingaporePrimary SIC: Electric ServicesMult. CUSIP6: 78462Q===============================================================================Credit Rating History:Local currency Foreign currency31-Mar-2008...

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However, the rating on SingPower may come under pressure if the contributionof the company's international business to the group's cash flows and assetsincreases significantly, such that it becomes the key rating driver. Thiscould be due to SingPower's material expansion in markets and businesses thatwe view as being of lesser quality than the T&D business in Singapore. TheAustralian business...

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TEXT-S&P summary: Tokio Marine Retakaful Pte. Ltd.

(The following statement was released by the rating agency)Dec 18 -===============================================================================Summary analysis -- Tokio Marine Retakaful Pte. Ltd. -------------- 18-Dec-2012===============================================================================CREDIT RATING: None. Please see issue list. Country: SingaporePrimary SIC: Surety insurance===============================================================================Financial...

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Japan's space agency probes possible data leak

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's space agency says it is investigating a possible leak of data about its Epsilon rocket due to a computer virus. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency says an infected computer was disconnected from its networks after a virus was found earlier this month. It is checking to see if any data was siphoned from it. JAXA said in a statement that information about the Epsilon, due...

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Guard says Manning protest annoyed brig staff

FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — Some workers at a Marine Corps brig housing a soldier charged with sending U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks became annoyed at a demonstration on his behalf the day before a confrontation that led to tighter restrictions on him, a former guard testified Saturday. The testimony by former Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Cline undercut government efforts to show that Pfc. Bradley Manning's...

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Brig counsellor: Manning's history, behaviour outweighed doctor's opinion of self-harm risk

FORT MEADE, Md. - An Army private charged with sending U.S secrets to the website WikiLeaks had a history of suicidal thoughts and aloof behaviour that outweighed a psychiatrist's opinion that he was no risk to himself, two former counsellors testified Sunday. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Jordan and Marine Master Sgt. Craig Blenis testified on the sixth day of a pretrial hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning...

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