SYDNEY--24 Dec--AsiaNet/InfoQuest
AMERICAN GREETINGS ANNOUNCEMENT..
CLEVELAND - American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) today
announced its third quarter results for the fiscal quarter
ended November 28, 2008.
FANNIE MAE...
WASHINGTON - Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amounts of
US$1.075 billion for MTN securities issues on January 2, 2009
at a redemption price equal to 100 per cent of the principal
amount redeemed, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of
redemption.
www.fanniemae.com
SARA LEE ANNIVERSARY...
DOWNERS GROVE, Illinois - Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE)
celebrates the 10th anniversary of its community investment
program: Promoting People's Performance (PPP), the successful
internal program based on employee volunteerism. This year, PPP
became truly global by integrating the North American John H.
Bryan program. The PPP was started in 1998 in international
facilities to encourage employees to invest their knowledge,
skills and time in the communities where they live and work.
http://www.saralee.com
MADOFF INFORMATION...
GENEVA - The exposure of Union Bancaire Privee's (UBP)
clients to the investment company Bernard L. Madoff Investment
Securities LLC, which is regulated by the US Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC), represents less than 1 per cent of
the total assets under management of the Bank, which itself had
no own-account investments in the Madoff group.
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