 U.S. stocks recover in late tradingA surge in bank shares returned the major indices to the black Thursday, after rough sailing earlier in the... | |
 Banks in Australia profiteering says regulatorAustralia's biggest banks are gouging its customers, the Reserve Bank of Australia... |
 Sri Lanka doing massive deals with ChinaSri Lanka will soon build a second international airport on the south of the island, with much of the money coming from... |
 BA strike to go ahead after talks failureThere has been no agreement reached between British Airways and the Unite... |
 Defects unable to stop Toyota sales in USThe US sales of Toyota vehicles declined nearly 9 percent in... |
 Chrysler takes Volkswagen exec to run FiatThe Chrysler Group in the US has named a new executive to head the reintroduction of the Fiat brand to the local... |
 Kansas City school district shrunken to reduce deficitIn the US, the school board in Kansas City has decided to close 26 of the city's 59 public schools to keep the district afloat... |
 Carlos Slim becomes the new Bill GatesMexican telecom giant Carlos Slim has topped Forbes magazine's billionaire's... |
 UK bank has better time in 2009The Northern Rock bank in the UK has announced good progress throughout 2009 as it prepares to be... |
 Orange County residents can now go direct to the islandsThe John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California has been given permission to once again run flights to and from the Hawaiian... |
 Russia goes to Argentina for caviar fixA Russian company has gone to Argentina to increase its supply of... |
| Forbes says Gates no longer the world's richest Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, as the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 50 per cent over the last... |
 Emaar Properties to go ahead with Lombok proposalGulf company, Emaar Properties, has announced it will restart discussions with the Indonesian government on a project that was postponed during the economic... |
| Anoka Man Sues Toyota Over New Car A Minneapolis law firm filed suit Thursday against Toyota Motor Corp., joining the growing number of cases seeking class-action status against the Japanese automaker for massive recalls that have... |
| Money Fund Assets Fell By $36.22 Billion To $3.090 Trillion In Latest Week NEW YORK - Total money market mutual fund assets fell by $36.22 billion to $3.090 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday. Assets of the nation's retail money market... |
| World Trade Heading For Double-digit Growth In 2010 . The emerging markets have seen external trade pick up strongly and in some cases rapidly, unlike the developed economies. In a few instances, the export performance of emerging markets is close or... |
| Asian Stocks Mixed After S&p Index Clears Hurdle Asian stock markets were mixed in early trading Friday after the Standard & Poor's 500 index closed at a 17-month high with investors worried about inflationary pressures in China.Japan's Nikkei 225... |
| Japanese Stocks Rise To Seven-week High After Wall Street Gains Tokyo - Stocks in Tokyo climbed in Friday morning trading to a seven-week high after overnight gains on Wall Street. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average added 43.52 points, or 0.41 per cent, to... |
| Jpmorgan, Citigroup Helped Cause Lehman Collapse, Report Says March 11 (Bloomberg) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. helped cause the failure of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. by demanding more collateral and changing guarantee agreements, according... |
| Will Tv Ratings Improve In Ipl 3? NEW DELHI: Season Two of the Indian Premier League (IPL) saw television ratings dropping in comparison to the first season, but the total number of viewers and advertising time rising sharply. ... |
| New York Bank Closed By Regulators SAN FRANCISCO -- New York, N.Y.-based LibertyPointe Bank was closed by regulators Thursday, marking the 27th U.S. bank failure of the year. LibertyPointe had $209.7 million in assets and $209.5... |
| Boj Shirakawa To Attend Upper House Committee From 0124 Gmt TOKYO -(Dow Jones)- Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa will appear at an Upper House budgetary committee Friday morning, a parliamentary official said. The BOJ chief is scheduled to appear between... |
| Update: California Oks Renewable Energy Credits To Meet Mandate (Updates with regulator's comment and additional details) SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- California utilities can use renewable energy credits to comply with state renewable-energy requirements, state... |
| Australia's Accc Delays Findings On Nab, Amp Proposals For Axa Asia Pacific SYDNEY -(Dow Jones)- Australia's competition regulator said Friday it has delayed its decision on the separate, multi-billion dollar bids for wealth management and protection firm AXA Asia Pacific... |
| Obama To Tap Yellen For Fed Vice Chair:source WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to nominate San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen to be vice chairman of the central bank, a source familiar with the process... |
| Wells Fargo First Quarter Earnings Information SAN FRANCISCO - (Business Wire) Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is scheduled to announce its first quarter 2010 earnings on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at 5 a.m. PDT (8 a.m. EDT). The news... |
| Video: Banning Certain Earmarks Following a series of recent scandals for the Democratic Party, Nancy Cordes reports Congressional leaders are aiming for ethical reform by banning earmarks for private... |
| Obama Touts Effort To Double U.s. Exports Economic Growth Outpaces Expectations (AP) President Barack Obama sought Thursday to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years, calling the effort... |
| Republic Hits Speed Bump With Frontier Mechanics The union for mechanics at Frontier Airlines is going to court over plans to shift their work to Milwaukee. Republic Airways Holdings Inc. bought Frontier last year, and wants to move Frontier's... |
| Regulators Shut Libertypointe Bank In Nyc Regulators on Thursday shut down LibertyPointe Bank in New York City, boosting to 27 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year following the 140 brought down in 2009 by mounting loan... |
| Tokyo Stocks Open Higher On Monetary Easing Hopes, Wall Street Rise+ TOKYO, March 12 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday on continued hopes for possible monetary easing as well as optimism over overnight gains on Wall Street. In the first 15... |
| General Electric Commits To Help Improve Indonesia's Rural Health General Electric (GE) announced Thursday it will help the Indonesian government improve the country's rural health environment through its global healthcare innovation push called... |
| Ceo Pay Watch: Graco's Mchale: $776,000 For 2009 McHale qualified for a bonus of $81,228. But with employees having already made sacrifices, he declined to accept the award. McHale also requested, and the compensation committee approved,... |
| Financial Shares Take Heart After Bipartisan Overhaul Hits A Wall NEW YORK - U.S. stocks picked up traction late Thursday for a third straight day of gains after Citigroup Inc. said the bank is on its way to sustainable profitability and as Democrats gave up on a... |
| Frontier Airlines Mechanics Seek Court Order As Republic Pushes Them To Move To Wisconsin MILWAUKEE - The union for mechanics at Frontier Airlines is going to court over plans to shift their work to Milwaukee. Republic Airways Holdings Inc. bought Frontier last year, and wants to move... |
| Stocks To Watch: Stocks In Focus For Friday Russian ETF landscape State Street launches ETF tracking Russian stocks, going up against Van Eck’s Market Vectors Russia ETF, writes MarketWatch's John... |
| Former Lloyds Banker Sir Brian Pitman Dies Sir Brian Pitman, arguably the most respected banker of his generation, has died of a heart attack aged 78. Sir Brian, had most recently been the chairman of Virgin Money, but he was became famous... |
| 'clients Don't Pay Me To Feel Sorry': Bond Vigilante Bill Gross Talks Tough Bill Gross, bonds investor and founder of Pimco, takes a hard line on investment in debt laden countries, such as Greece Photograph: Andrew Hetherington/Redux/eyevine Bill Gross, the world's... |
| Citigroup Ceo Says Bank On Path To Profitability Citigroup Inc. says it's heading back toward sustained profitability after two years that saw the bank lose billions of dollars and be bailed out by the government.CEO Vikram Pandit said Thursday... |
| Us Stocks Rally 0.4 Per Cent, Buoyed By Citigroup New York - US stocks rose at least 0.4 per cent Thursday, after increases on the two previous days, buoyed by the bailed-out Citigroup's optimistic outlook. Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit... |
| Agrium Ends Yearlong Attempt To Acquire Cf Industries March 11 (Bloomberg) -- Agrium Inc. will let its $5.43 billion offer for CF Industries Holdings Inc. expire and won’t try to elect nominees to CF’s board, ending a yearlong attempt to... |
| Earnings Roundup: Xoma, Pacific Sunwear Among the earnings stories for Thursday, March 11, from AP Financial News: BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Biotechnology company Xoma Ltd. said its fourth-quarter profit fell as its contract revenue dipped.... |
| Ulta Salon Expects Earnings And Sales Growth Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. on Thursday said it expects its earnings per share to double or nearly double in its fiscal first quarter compared with a year... |
| Weak Economy Means It's A Freebie Nation You know the saying, “there’s no such thing as a free lunch?” Well, in this economy, getting a free lunch, a free book or even a free dress shirt may be easier than you... |
| New York Banking Gains On London New York and London have been ranked as the joint-top global financial centres, according to research published by the City of London Corporation.New York, which was previously second to London, was... |
| Uk House Sales 'slow' In 2010 The number of homes sold in England and Wales at the start of 2010 fell back to levels seen at the depths of the downturn, a survey says.Transaction levels fell to 36,000 in January, a drop of 52%... |
| Warning On Public Sector Pensions The amount of money paid as pensions to many workers in the public sector could more than triple in the next 50 years, the National Audit Office suggests.Its report on unfunded public sector schemes... |
| European Stocks To Watch: U.k. Outperforms Continent As Both Currencies Fall LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Both the British pound and the euro have taken a battering this year as traders fret about levels of national debt. One big difference, however, has emerged: U.K. stocks have... |
| Report: Aig Employees To Surrender $45 Million AIG ) will recover $45 million in the form of returned contentious retention payments made to AIG employees in 2009, the Wall Street Journal reported, Thursday. Employees of the troubled... |
| Press Release: Libertypointe Bank Of New York Shut Down (The following is a press release from the FDIC) LibertyPointe Bank, New York, New York, was closed today by the New York State Banking Department, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance... |
