Asset Values stories:
Allstate Declines Bailout Offer From US Treasury
May 19th, 2009 - Bloomberg
May 19 (Bloomberg) -- Allstate Corp., the largest publiclytraded U.S. home and auto insurer, declined to take U.S. rescuefunds, joining Ameriprise Financial Inc. in turning down federalaid as banks move to exit the bailout program.
Valero Considers Refinery Acquisition, Looks At Europe
Apr 28th, 2009 - CNNMoney
(Updates with analyst comment; adds details, background) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) is poised to grow again,taking advantage of low asset values as it did 10 years ago. The company, now the largest U.S...
Aviva Capital Surplus Increases, Sales Rise on US
Apr 27th, 2009 - Bloomberg
April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Aviva Plc, the U.K.’s biggestinsurer, said its capital surplus increased to 2.5 billionpounds ($3.64 billion) at the end of the first quarter from 2billion pounds three months earlier.
ConocoPhillips Feels Price Pinch
Apr 23rd, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
ConocoPhillips said its first-quarter net income tumbled from a year earlier, which is when oil and gas prices were reaching their peak. Its marketing margins were also squeezed.
Zions Bancorp has big loss; Moody's slashes rating
Apr 20th, 2009 - Reuters
* $832.2 mln loss caused by write-down * Moody's cuts rating deep into junk status * Shares fall 11.1 pct after-hours after big drop in day (Adds Moody's downgrade, analyst views...



