Overview of Investment Banking


In its Investment Banking business, Credit Suisse offers securities products and financial advisory services to corporations, governments and institutional investors. Operating in 57 locations across 26 countries, Credit Suisse's investment banking business specializes in innovative solutions, drawing on expertise from across the full spectrum of products: debt and equity underwriting, sales and trading, mergers and acquisitions, investment research, correspondent and prime brokerage services. We are a proven leader across the spectrum of investment banking, capital markets and financial services, ranking in the top tier in virtually all major business segments. Our organizational structure focuses on providing the highest quality of client-centric services.

About Investment Ideas

To enhance your investment strategies, take advantage of the full line of resources available online in Investment Insight. You may have access to broad-based research including earnings estimates and news reports from some of the most respected names in investing. In addition, you can access tools such as FundScan™ which is an interactive mutual fund screening and selection tool. You simply input the desired fund characteristics and performance criteria, and FundScan will assemble a list of mutual funds that meet your objectives.

Closed End Funds…
The Only Funds That Go "On Sale"

Americans are comfortable with mutual funds. According to Investor's Business Daily, we have over $11 trillion invested in them.

But there is another type of fund, one that holds much less in total assets, that is generally a better bargain. They're called closed end funds. And if you aren't familiar with them, you should be.

Open-end funds, like those offered by Fidelity, Vanguard and other leading mutual fund groups, continuously offer and redeem shares based on each day's closing net asset value.

Closed-end funds are different. They raise money on an initial public offering, just like a company going public, and then begin trading on an exchange.

Because these funds trade like stocks, you buy them through a brokerage account. And you can trade them intra-day using market orders, limit orders, or stop orders. They are marginable like stocks, too.

FOREX - US DOLLAR ENDS DEARER AGAINST RUPEE

MUMBAI, July 12 Asia Pulse - The US dollar ended slightly dearer against the Rupee at Rs 40.41 per dollar and the Pound Sterling also turned higher at Rs 82.09 per pound at the close of the Interbank Foreign Exchange (FOREX) market here on Wednesday.

The Euro ended at Rs 55.60 and Japanese Yen ended at Rs (100) 33.27.

FOREX and DOLLAR US

SYDNEY (Thomson Financial) - The US dollar was higher against the yen and euro early in Asian trading hours Friday, but still within familiar ranges, after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke concluded Thursday his semi-annual testimony to the US Congress.

Bernanke reiterated that the Fed's main concern was inflation and that weakness in the housing market in the US would be a drag on economic growth, but his remarks failed to shake the currency markets.

At 10.18 am here (0018 GMT), the dollar was at 122.15 yen, up from 122.01 yen in late trading in New York Thursday. The euro was at 1.3801 dollars, down from 1.3804 in New York.

The carry trade has been boosted by data released Thursday showing the Chinese economy expanded by 11.9 percent in the second quarter, growing at a faster rate than the 11.0 percent forecast by the market and the 11.1 percent recorded in the first quarter.

This helped the Australian dollar reach a new 18-year high of 0.8810 US dollars in New York trading.

The Australian dollar is also at its highest levels against the yen since the early 1990s.

NAB Capital said the Australian dollar had also been boosted by the higher prices for industrial metals.

'We note that the Australian-US dollar pair still looks quite undervalued relative to commodity prices, despite its strong run-up this year,' NAB Capital said.

'Even a further rise to 0.8950 US dollars, where it briefly traded in February 1989, would still leave quite a large gap with the current level of commodity prices.'

Find the Right Deals Online on Car Insurance

Find the Right Deals Online on Car Insurance

Car insurance is a necessary evil to many. If you have a car, you must have an insurance too. Good things need to be protected and especially a thing as beloved as a car needs protection against all those factors that can threaten to wear off its beauty. Accidents and natural wear and tear or even thefts or burglaries are sad possibilities that cannot be ruled off.

Car insurance comes as a great boon at times as these which may seem inevitable. And if you have set up your mind on going for a good deal on your car insurance, you need to do better research than others who might be wasting money due to unnecessary hurry. You ought to take your time to find the best deals and also, at the same time, keep in kind some basic guidelines that can help you make a match out of it—because in the end, what you would like is to give your car protection and an assurance of good treatment and in the process, not end up hurting your pocket either.

If you intend to go online, you are sure to come across many good web sites that can offer you good deals and give you your money's worth—with clear-cut terms and conditions and hassle-free service when you have to claim your insurance sometime. A bit of tact and good information about the insurance products always stands you in good stead.

One thing to be understood well here is that the cheapest car insurance is more often than not, not the best one. For all you know, they may contain hidden costs or otherwise hassles that you may have to face when you make your claims. Therefore clarity is imperative as to what areas and under what conditions your car insurance is applicable.

Online car insurance quotes also give you the ease of applying while sitting at home and faster application processing at that. Also, since the internet insurance market is relatively new, chances are that you might come across special discounts. Online market is also more flexible and you can strike up customised deals, if you informed enough.

New Car Insurance

New Car Insurance

If you have bought or are thinking of buying a brand new car and it is over £5,000 then you will have no choice but to take out what is called "fully comprehensive" car insurance for your new pride and joy. However the name can be a little bit misleading to the majority of people, while you would think fully comp means that you will be covered for all eventualities, this isn't so. Even by purchasing fully comprehensive insurance there will still be certain things that you won't be covered for.
The majority of fully comprehensive car insurance policies will cover you for repairs to your cars and any others involved should you have an accident, along with this it will cover you for everything that third party, fire and theft cover will.
Usually fully comprehensive will also cover you for any damage which is deemed as accidental, for instance if damage to the insured vehicle occurs through such as malicious damage and very often includes any damage to the cars windscreen.
New car insurance can be expensive but if you look around for your insurance then you can still make huge savings on your premiums. One of the best ways to make savings is by shopping online, shopping online allows you to get almost instant quotes and along with this you are also able to compare the quotes against other companies which means you get the best deal possible. Along with this if you have an excellent driving record and no claims bonus this can help to reduce your premiums by a large amount. Another great way to cut down on the premium you pay for your new car insurance is to offer to pay a large amount for the excess; this is the amount that you have to pay before the insurance will take over should you make a claim.
There are many other additions you can make to your new car insurance policy and depending on the value of your car you might choose to include one or more with your fully comprehensive cover. Legal expense cover could be included in the fully comp policy so it is worth checking, but this covers you for any legal expenses that could occur as the result of an accident.
You can also take out further cover for such eventualities as damage from storms, should anything fall onto your car and cause it damage or any such thing out of the ordinary. However, again always check the exclusions within the policy as not everything will be covered.

About Swiss Cash

FINANCIAL FACILITY - Started In April 2005
. Target Global Investors - Investment of USD10,000 to USD 100,000
. Average Return - 20% per calendar month
. Built a 78 million USD Fund within 6 months of global launching
. Principal guaranteed by Swiss Mutual Fund(1984)
. Chief Financial Officer - Michael Mansfield

SwissCash in the ultimate global Financial Facility of the current financial
Market. Swisscash is a sector of business of Swiss Mutual Fund (1948)
A 60-year investment trademark and reputation

The SwissCash philosophy is based on Guaranteed Fix Return - you know
When you will receive your investment returns. Too many financial
Opportunities in the current market do not guarantee investors a good return
On their investemt. The fact is 80% of individual investors lose money every
Year. Swisscash Financial Facility offers a fixed average return of 20% per
Calendar month, slightly below the offshore average of 27%.

SwissCash offers:

. Good return of cash investment on our finacial facility.
. Career and Financial Freedom for our Swiss Financial Planners & Consultants.

We market our funds through a network of Financial Planners &
Consultants because we think you are most successful when you follow
A sound financial plan developed with the assistance of a qualified
Swiss financial planner or consultant

Send Us Your Hardware Profile

If you have been looking for a easy way to contribute to the Fedora Project, here is your chance. Show us what hardware you are running Fedora on. It will help the project focus its development efforts and make more hardware work better with Fedora and Linux in general. Take a look at the announcement for more details. Thank you

Fedora 7 -- what, when, and why (2007-05-08)

The next version of Fedora will be released on May 31st. It will be called "Fedora 7" -- not "Fedora Core 7". It's the most ambitious release of Fedora that we've undertaken, and I hope that when we look back at Fedora 7 one or two years down the road, the decisions that we made for this release will have proven to be as impactful as anything we've done in the Fedora space since the start of the Fedora Project.

In one sentence: "Fedora 7 has been about improving the manner in which all future Fedora releases will be made."

Announcing Fedora 7 (Moonshine) (2007-05-31)

The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the final release of Fedora 7 (Moonshine)!

Fedora 7 is the first release where the development was one hundred and one per-cent in the community. How? All the code was merged into a single external repository. Why? Same great distribution quality, even more high-quality developers able to work directly with the code and improve the flavor of over 7500 packages.

Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster

Mercedes-Benz will in future also market its SLR McLaren super sports car in the form of a roadster with a top. In common with Formula 1 vehicles of today, it, too, will be made of carbon-fiber, a material that will endow the vehicle with a very high degree of safety as well as extreme torsional stiffness at the same high level as the coupe version. This gives rise, in combination with the racing-type chassis, to outstanding ride characteristics. The top speed of the new Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster, which is powered by an AMG V8 compressor engine delivering 617 bhp, is 206 mph, therefore at the same high level as the coupe.Like the coupe version, the new Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster once again unites the legend of the successful SLR racing models from the 1950s with the innovative technology of modern Formula 1 vehicles from the Vodafone-McLaren-Mercedes team. Typical stylistic elements, such as the arrow-shaped tip of the Formula 1 Silver Arrow, establish a visual link with the racing cars. The SLR legend of the 50s lives on stylistically in the distinctive lateral louvers, side pipes behind the front wheels and the wide-opening gullwing doors.The new SLR McLaren Roadster benefits technically from the many years of experience of Mercedes-Benz and its Formula 1 partner McLaren. Apart from two aluminum engine frames, its body is made entirely of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) materials, making the vehicle an exception among high-performance sports cars. Especially for the Roadster, complex carbon-fiber technology has been intelligently further developed for the monocoque chassis. The result is low weight, exemplary energy absorption and, therefore, extremely high occupant safety as well as a degree of torsional stiffness hitherto unattained in open-top vehicles. This leads to outstanding ride characteristics of the kind otherwise found only in closed-top super sports cars.

1 Series

2007 1 Series 5-door with special Aerodynamic Package

The 1 Series is a small family car launched in Autumn 2004 in Europe. It is the only rear wheel drive vehicle in its class. A coupé has been announced for late 2007, and there are concepts for a hatchback and a minivan. It shares the same engines with the 318i, 318d, 320i, 320d and 330i. U.S. introduction for the 1 series is expected in MY2009 as a coupe' and convertible, in the 128i and the 135i, the latter powered by the fabulous N54 engine in the 335 lineup. The 1 series pricing fits neatly between MINI and the current E90 felipe cruz 3-series.

Search and enjoy Finding what you want to hear among 20,000 songs could be quite a chore — unless you have an iPod. A new interface lets you search your iPod using the patented Click Wheel. And if you’re a fan of live albums, classical works, or anything that sounds best when it’s continuous, iPod supports gapless playback that seamlessly transitions from one song to another.

Suit yourself From cases to car kits, customize your iPod with accessories made especially for it. Pick up an iPod Universal Dock for more convenient syncing. Add an iPod Hi-Fi for room-filling sound. Sync photos on the go with an iPod Camera Connector. Attach a voice recorder to take audio notes. And if you buy from the Apple Store online, you can even have your iPod engraved with your name or a message.

SC-X205L (512MB Sports Camcorder)

The ultra-compact SC-X205L Sports Camcorder lets you capture the action – even while you're in it – thanks to a weather resistant external clip-on lens that lets you shoot hands-free. A 512MB built-in memory lets you record up to 34 minutes of high quality MPEG4 video, an SD/MMC slot allows you to add memory to ensure that you capture all the action which can be previewed on the 2" LCD screen, and then downloaded to a PC at high speed.

BMW 1 Series, 6 Series & 7 Series.

6 Series

2004 6 Series Convertible(45i)

The 6 Series is currently available in the 650i version with a 4.8 L V8 producing 360 hp and the 630i version with a 3.0l R6 Straight Six engine (it was the first model to use this engine).

• M6: A high performance version of the 6 Series. Developed by BMW's M Division, it is powered by the same 5.0 L V10 507 hp engine seen in the BMW M5. It is currently available in Europe, America and Australia.

7 Series

BMW 7-Series (current generation, pre-update)

A full-size luxury car competing with the world leader, the Lexus LS460, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Audi A8, and Jaguar XJ. The 7 Series comes in the 730i/730Li, 730d/730Ld, 740i/740Li, 750i/750Li with the same engine as their respective 5 Series equivalent, and in the 760i and 760Li, with a 6.0 L V12 producing 438 hp. The 760Li is also made in a bulletproof version for clients who need extra protection. BMW plans to offer a car that runs on both petrol and hydrogen (hybrid).

BMW has announced a BMW Hydrogen 7 car for U.S. and Europe in 2007.

OfficeServ Softphone

OfficeServ Softphone is a Windows-based software application that allows mobile workers within the enterprise to access their business telephony communications seamlessly and reliably as if they were at their own desk, wherever and whenever. Softphone provides various features:

• Place, receive calls on both internal and external
• Access Voice Mail and Message Notification
• Calling Party Name/Number Display
• Conference/Group Conference
• Transfer/Hold/Call Forwarding
• Import/Export Outlook Contacts, look up and dial directly from Personal Directory
• Call Logs/History tracks all your inbound and outbound calling activity
• Send short messages to other Softphone users
• 99 Programmable Keys in AOM (Add On Module

Samsung OfficeServ Softphone benefits:

• Office ITP phones on the road, dialing from anywhere in the world
• Secure access to office resources as if at your desk
• Easy to install & use, customize to your own need
• Improve productivity of telecommuters & road warriors
  

PLAYSTATION 3 (60GB)

Product Description

Play B3YOND™ your wildest dreams with the unparalleled 60GB PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system. Featuring blistering processing speeds and eye-popping graphics, the future of gaming has arrived. Powered by the Cell Broadband Engine™ and featuring built-in Blu-ray Disc^® drive, you'll experience a whole new generation in high definition gaming and unmatched digital media storage. Only PLAYSTATION®3 delivers Full HD 1080p resolution*. The 60GB PLAYSTATION®3 system also comes standard with exclusive features including built-in 802.11 b/g wireless internet and a MemoryStick slot, an SD slot and a CompactFlash memory slot.