 Lehman Brothers auditors were negilgent says reportAuditors, former executives, Barclays Bank, and Wall Street banks have copped a serve from a court-appointer examiner who probed the Lehman Brothers... | |
 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... |
 Risky assets back in vogueJunk bonds and other risky investment instruments are being sought after, pushing prices above those of investment grade... |
 Janet Yellen tipped to become vice chairperson of Federal ReserveSan Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen is expected to be nominated to become Ben Bernanke's... |
 Indians get a taste of U.S. agriculture productsThe US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer on Thursday inaugurated an annual international food festival 'Aahar-2010' in the national... |
 Obama launches bid to lift exportsThe American president told the U.S. Export-Import Bank in Washington he was launching a new strategy to improve... |
 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... |
 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... |
 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... |
| Retail Sales Post Surprising 0.3 Pct February Increase Raising Hopes Economy Gaining Momentum WASHINGTON - Retail sales posted a surprising increase in February as consumers did not let major snowstorms stop them from storming the malls. The advance, the biggest since November, provided hope... |
| Core-mark Announces 4th Quarter Earnings And Record 2009 Results CORE ), one of the largest marketers of fresh and broad-line supply solutions to the convenience retail industry in North America, announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended... |
| Ipl Points To A Bleak Future For Cricket | Mike Marqusee A worker pulls his rickshaw past a billboard of Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni, in New Delhi. Photograph: R S Iyer/AP The third annual instalment of... |
| Cafe Con Cookie? Spanish City In A Frap Over Lack Of Starbucks Starbucks .Now the city's cappuccino and mocha starved citizens have mounted a Facebook campaign to join the list of 16,000 places on the planet with a Starbucks."They have got it everywhere but... |
| The Record Industry Fights Its Corner In The Download Age | Helienne Lindval Far from facing extinction, the record industry is still a vital cog in the music-making machine, claims a report. But will the working relationship between artist and label ever be the... |
| Banks Continue To Lift Ftse 100 As Traders Await Us Retail Sales Investors attention will turn to the US retail sales this afternoon to see whether the market's early rise can be maintained.At the moment the FTSE 100 is up 13.31 points at 5630. 57, with banks... |
| Image Gallery: Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Hands-on: Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager R2 . SCVMM 2008 R2 allows you to monitor actions and administrative tasks in batches through the use of the Jobs facility. Here, it... |
| Hands-on: Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 Computerworld - With virtualization taking over the computing world, enterprises everywhere are finding that virtual machines spread across an organization need to be managed as much as their... |
| Eu Ministers Said To Discuss Eu Bonds To Fund Any Greek Rescue March 12 (Bloomberg) -- European Union finance ministers will discuss next week whether any Greek bailout should be funded by issuing EU bonds guaranteed by euro region governments, said three people... |
| Brian Pitman, Former Lloyds Bank Ceo, Dies At 78 Sir Brian Pitman, the banker who led Lloyds TSB to become one of Europe's largest financial groups, has died at age 78, the British Bankers' Association said... |
| Myspace Connects With Microsoft Outlook Now under new management, MySpace is looking to reinvent itself and rise like a Phoenix from the ashes. The once dominant social networking site fell from nearly 70 percent of the social networking... |
| Policy ‘dove’ May Be Tapped For Fed Vice Chair WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama plans to nominate San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen, a respected policy dove, to be vice chairman of the central bank, a source familiar... |
| Eurozone Industry's Strong Growth Industrial production in the 16 countries that use the euro increased much more than expected in January.The 1.7% increase between December and January was the largest monthly jump since Eurostat... |
| Lehman Slated Over $50bn 'account Gimmick' The technique, called "Repo 105", was used to temporarily remove $50bn (£33bn) of assets from the US investment bank's balance sheet in 2008, according to a one-year investigation. This gave the... |
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| Update: Boe Dale: Will Extend Quantitative Easing If Needed (Adds comments, context.) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The U.K. Monetary Policy Committee will extend its quantitative easing bond-buying policy if necessary, Bank of England Chief... |
| Bbva Chairman Sees Opportunities Ahead After Hefty Charges BBVA ) sees opportunities ahead, while chief rivals continue to grapple with troubled assets, BBVA Chairman Francisco Gonzalez said Friday. "There are several institutions with a great volume of... |
| Currencies: Dollar Slips As Traders Await Retail Data The U.S. dollar fell versus major rivals Friday, with the euro breaking through important chart resistance after a stronger-than-expected rise in industrial output. The Japanese yen also... |
| Bmi To Aid British Airways Customers Caught Up In Dispute LONDON -(Dow Jones)- British Midland International, or bmi, a U.K. airline that operates from London's Heathrow airport, said Friday it will do all it can to assist British Airways PLC (BAY.LN)... |
| 2nd Update: British Airways' Cabin Crew Details Strike Plan (Adds detail and comment.) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON -(Dow Jones)- The union representing British Airways PLC's (BAY.LN) cabin crew Friday announced strikes will take place later this month... |
| India Finance Minister: Growth Not Driven Only By Government Spending NEW DELHI -(Dow Jones)- The rebound in India's economic growth is not solely driven by higher government spending and the government has taken steps to cool off prices, Finance Minister Pranab... |
| British Airways To Do All Possible To Protect Customer Travel LONDON -(Dow Jones)- British Airways PLC (BAY.LN), a U.K. airline company, announced Friday that it is extremely disappointed that Unite has announced plans for a strike in the run-up to the Easter... |
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| Press Release: Fitch Rates Turkey $1 Billion 2021 Eurobond Bb+ Fitch Ratings-London-12 March 2010: Fitch Ratings has today assigned the Republic of Turkey's USD1bn eurobond, due on 30 March 2021, a 'BB+' rating. The eurobond has a coupon rate of 5.625%, with a... |
| Press Release: Fitch Rates Israel's Eur1.5 Billion Bond A Fitch Ratings-London-12 March 2010: Fitch Ratings has today assigned the State of Israel's EUR1.5bn 4.625% 10-year bond a Long-term foreign currency rating of 'A'. The rating is in line with... |
| Canada Gains 20,900 Jobs In February Job seekers fill out applications at a job fair in New York. Canada saw a net gain of 20,900 people finding work in February, Statistics Canada said... |
| Stocks Hit 7 Week Highs, Yen Pressured LONDON -- Global stocks rose to seven week highs on Friday led by bank shares after talks on U.S. banking reform collapsed, while speculation the Bank of Japan may soon ease monetary policy weighed... |
| Stock Futures Mixed Ahead Of Retail Sales Data Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.4%, Dow Jones futures down 0.01% and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.01%. Investors awaited... |
| Leave Yuan To Us, China Tells Obama The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched toward a potential bust-up over Beijing's currency... |
| Volatile Dollar Hits Services, Report Says OTTAWA - Contrary to popular belief, the bulk of the country's manufacturing sector is able to "shrug off " wild swings in the Canadian dollar, whereas the services sector is the most exposed, an... |
| Senate's $149 Billion Jobs Bill: Good For You? $149 billion jobs bill that extends both unemployment benefits and tax breaks for businesses, just what does the legislation mean for ordinary... |
| Crude Carriers Raises $256.5 Million In Ipo Crude Carriers Corp. raised $256.5 million in its initial public offering, the Greek shipping company said Thursday. The 13.5 million shares in the offering priced at the bottom of their expected... |
| Aveo Pharmaceuticals Ipo Prices Below Expectations AVEO Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s initial public offering priced below expectations, resulting in $81 million in proceeds, the biotechnology company said Friday. AVEO, which develops cancer therapies,... |
| Global Oil Demand Seen Higher In 2010 World oil demand will rise this year due to surging economic activity in Asian countries, especially China, the International Energy Agency said Friday as it bumped up its forecasts. The... |
| Kkr Plans $2.21b Initial Public Offering KKR, the parent of private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, is planning a $2.21 billion U.S. initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing Friday. KKR & Co. LP said in July 2007... |
| South Africa: Sanlam Increases Earnings In Second Half Johannesburg — LIFE assurance and wealth management group Sanlam lifted normalised headline earnings 133% to 218,9c per share in the year to December 31 after a stronger second half... |
| European Stock Markets Gain Ground Europe's main stock markets rose Friday as investors awaited crucial economic data and tracked US attempts to rein in the banking sector, dealers said. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gained... |
