August 25, 2008

As always- Fixed-annuity sales zoom in second quarter. Sales hit an estimated $24.6 billion during the second quarter, up 54.1% from the second quarter of 2007.

August 01, 2008

Bloomberg: China is restricting approvals for share sales to arrest a decline in the world's worst-performing major stock market, two people familiar with the matter said. The China Securities Regulatory Commission is delaying the issuance of written approval documents, the final regulatory stage, to companies preparing initial public offerings, said the people.