27/Jun 2008 | I know this is the flavor of the month; but I truly | Latest foreclosure statistics: Seattle P-I, Foreclosures in Seattle higher, but much lower than nation s The Seattle area had about twice as many foreclosures in May as it did a year earlier but conti... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Investment bank confirms interest in new Trinidad and Tobago Financial Center | PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Finance Karen Nunez-Tesheira on Friday announced that Lehman Brothers, a global investment bank, has expressed interest in joining t... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | The specter of oil speculators | WASHINGTON All those speculators getting the blame for driving up the price of oil these days just who are they? For part of the answer, look in the mirror. The retirement savings of workers acros... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Former Channel 5 anchor | Ron Hunter was compared to the vain and vapid Ted Baxter of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" when he was an anchor at Chicago's WMAQ-Ch. He was labeled a "pompadoured pomposity" by Chicago magazine. Hunter... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | What George Soros says on record commodity prices? | He believes that the doubling in the price over the last year is partly due to investment institutions, such as pension funds, which are pumping money into indexes that track the cost of crude. Bubble... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Energy helps send TSX higher; record oil helps depress NY markets | TORONTO - Commodity stocks sent the Toronto stock market higher Friday as oil prices hit new record highs and gold stocks bounded ahead for a second day. But aside from those areas, there was plenty o... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Playing Politics with Your Portfolio | It's no surprise that a Presidential election affects the economy and markets. What is striking, however, is just how much the political cycle affects the business cycle. Dewey in 1948, the economy, t... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Yuma educators breathe sigh of slight relief over final state budget | PHOENIX - Without a single vote to spare, state lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a new budget for the fiscal year that begins Tuesday. The plan, which passed the House on a 31-29 vote, bridge... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Boosting employment | IDB program offers opportunities for social inclusion A Uruguayan non-profit organization has obtained US$600,000 from the Inter-American Development Bank to bolster entrepreneur and employment opport... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Capital Gold Group - Gives Back And Sponsors Idol Gives Back Foundation | LOS ANGELES - Capital Gold Group gives back and sponsors Idol Gives Back Foundation which is a new not-for-profit organization established by the producers of American Idol and FOX to raise money an... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | How High Will Crude Have to Go Before We Can Stop Shouting at the Rain! | Energy & Industrials. Implications: Whether it is demand destruction, increased development of alternatives and renewables, increased conservation or increased drilling, any hidden benefits found in h... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | ETF Dissection Reveals Mid-Cap Winners (VOT, CNX, FLR) | Of the three major asset classes, the mid-cap stocks have held up the best during the 2008 selloff. The mid-cap sector has been known to ride the rallies higher and hold up better during rough patches... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ryanair director quits to become finance chief at Aer Lingus | Ryanair 's director of scheduled revenue, Sean Coyle, has resigned to take up the position of chief financial officer with Aer Lingus. Having been at Ryanair since 1998, he was in charge of route sele... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | KBS REIT Closes Share Offering | KBS Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has closed its offering of shares to the public, having raised $1. Shares were offered to the public through registered broker dealers and investment advisors. ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Equity Capital Remains on the Sideline | Real estate equity capital remains voluminous but the lack of debt financing, a mismatch between capital and available product, and desire to see a proven market bottom are contributing to dramaticall... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Energy Future CEO says owners expect industry growth | The new chief executive of Energy Future Holdings answered a long-burning question on Friday: Why would private equity companies want to buy a Texas utility? John Young, who's been head of the Dallas ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Multi operational companies | An advisor to the European Court of Justice recently said that a compa ny registered in Hungary should be permitted to run its operations from another European Union country. The remark is likely to c... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Amacore Group signs advisory agreement with JH Darbie | The Amacore Group, a provider of health-related membership benefit programs and insurance programs, has signed an advisory agreement with JH Darbie, which offers a range of brokerage, corporate financ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Citrix Eyes Robust Orders, Large Contracts | 6/18/2008 Reuters India In an interview with Reuters India, Citrix Chief Financial Officer David Henshall told Reuters that he expects orders to remain robust in the second half of 2008, as growth... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ospraie Gets Physical | Watching sugar prices surge this year has given Dwight Anderson fits. Though the world's sugar supply is up, speculators have plowed money into the widely traded commodity. Anderson learned in two dec... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Busch plans to keep theme parks safe | Breathe easy for now, Williamsburg . Anheuser-Busch 's plan announced Friday morning to fend off an acquisition by Belgian brewer InBev does not include the sale of the company's theme parks. InBev ha... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Is The Gas Crunch Affecting Ga. 400 Tolls? | ATLANTA -- Does the traffic on your commute seem lighter these days? Do the numbers prove it -- and, if traffic is lighter, are gas prices the reason? Georgia 400 has become a symbol of our need -- or... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Call for Disaster Management to be included in curriculum | Prime Minister Bruce Golding is renewing his suggestion that Disaster Management be integrated in curriculum for the next academic school year. Golding said students at the high school level should be... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Russians Are Menacing to Bp, Says Mandelson | Dispute between BP and Russian shareholders over oil company raises fears about international investment in Russia . European Union's trade commissioner, yesterday waded into the row over BP's joint ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | I like this idea - show a picture before the look of it changes drastically! | 3 Beijing is running out of water according to an environmental group, and may have to start shutting down industry and moving population out within the next decade. This raises questions over the cos... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Mix ID 34381 | . Ingenuity is a group of creative, energetic people helping life science researchers understand the biological mechanisms that cause human disease. Ingenuitys industry-leading technology platform was... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Fair value rule | Telstra's top finance man has slammed global accounting rules, saying they produce accounts that are useless and overly technical. Chief Financial Officer of the telco, John Stanhope, says the obscure... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Mehlville schools' finance director resigns | The Mehlville School District s director of finance has resigned, the district said Friday. Brent Bell, who had been chief financial officer in the district before he was demoted to director of financ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Relief at Goldman and Lehman results | Relief at Goldman and Lehman results New York was cloaked in dark on Tuesday but bankers and investors were basking in an uncommon ray of sunshine. Following days dominated by the collapse of Bear Ste... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Global Stock Markets Plunge on Soaring Crude Oil Price | Eyes wide open - How could Wall Street brokers tell their clients that auction-rate securities were very safe and liquid as possible, Yet underwriters from the same company telling issuers that dema... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | De La Fuente Case Over | A Superior Court judge today ended the 15-year legal battle between San Diego and Roque de la Fuente by throwing out the South Bay developer's final case against the city. "It is a miracle," said City... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bonnett's Energy Services Trust has agreed to enter into a term sheet for a 12 month extension on its outstanding credit facilities | Bonnett's Energy Services Trust has agreed to enter into a term sheet for a 12 month extension on its outstanding credit facilities.UN) ("Bonnett's", or the "Trust") is pleased to announce that a synd... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Foreign run companies employ 193,000 New Yorkers | NEW YORK - AT least 193,000 employees in New York City work for a foreign-run company, but rising protectionism and the sinking dollar could jeopardise future investments by employers, according to a ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | American Axle CEO's bonus doubles | American Axle & Manufacturing CEO Dick Dauch was paid an $8.5-million bonus, more than doubling his 2006 bonus, as a reward for Dauch's role in securing a concessionary contract with the UAW. The bon... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ex-HSE secretary could face charges | The Hamilton County prosecutor s office is reviewing whether criminal charges should be filed against the former secretary to the Hamilton Southeastern superintendent of schools. Lisa White, who worke... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Kentucky pension reform approved | Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear today signed pension reform legislation, concluding a five-day special session of the General Assembly, according to the governor s website. The $17 billion Kentucky Retire... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Investors turn focus on half-year results | JEDDAH/AMMAN: Saudi shares were the target for selling pressures last week ahead of the announcements of second quarter results. The Riyadh-based Bakheet Investment Group (BIG) said in its weekly repo... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Funding plan for Bradford & Bingley collapses | Banking advisers from both sides met on Tuesday, as Resolution attempted to persuade the beleaguered mortgage bank of the merits of its offer that would see it take effective control with a stake of 4... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bill Powers | Energy Expert Prior to founding Powers Asset Management, LLC, General Partner and Portfolio Manager, Bill Powers was analyst and editor of two successful investment newsletters, the Canadian Energy Vi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Smart Move: Brazil to improve trade ties | Smart Move: Brazil to improve trade ties with Europe BRASILIA: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva embarks Monday on a tour of Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland seeking to open new markets an... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Her dream quest: Woman and her children bike to Maine to fulfill lifelong yearning | Neapolitan . X-treme yard makeover gets public view before agencies begin documenting its progress . Sheila s Out Shopping: Flip, flop, roll to get fit. It s a week into the trip and there have alre... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Rising rates take the heat out of India | INDIA'S five-year property boom is coming to an end as the supply of housing increases, borrowing costs rise and a stock market rout erodes buying power, according to executives at two mortgage lender... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Grim talk on Merrill, Morgan pressures bank shares | Sector slides on Merrill, Morgan Stanley concerns Lehman analyst pegs Merrill's second-quarter charge at $5. Financial stocks finished solidly in the red Friday, hammered again by renewed worries abou... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Axis Bank gets RBI approval for asset management company | The private sector lender is also exploring the option of entering the broking business; may look for a partner . Mumbai: Private sector Axis Bank Ltd has received the Reserve Bank of India s (RBI) ap... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Tennessee job outlook unclear amid recent layoffs, economic trouble | KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) Sea Ray's layoffs may not have been much of a surprise given the drop in boat sales, and our weakening economy, but what can those 310 workers expect next, and how can you cu... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Government Set To Unlock 100 Billion Of Pension Funds | It is only after the mist has cleared on one of the longest running economic booms in the history of the UK that the fuller picture is now visible. will literally breathe life back into the struggling... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Isle of Capri Casinos Will Report Fourth Quarter and Year End Results and Host Conference Call | Guantanamo detainees made to feel like 'nomads' $5.8 million for scientist in anthrax lawsuit Delgado has 9 RBIs to lead Mets over Yanks 15-6 Gov't, carmakers to develop wheelchair-friendly taxis+ Kyo... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Virgin Green Fund gains traction with CalPERS investment | Virgin Green Fund , the first green investment fund set up by U.-based Virgin Group, has raised $199 million from two large pension funds CalPERS, Wolverhampton City Council and other institutiona... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Rezko witness business partner indicted | No comments posted.)CHICAGO A suburban doctor heard on FBI tapes discussing alleged corruption with a key government witness against convicted political fixer Antoin Tony Rezko has been indicted o... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Coyle defects from Ryanair to Aer Lingus | AER Lingus has snapped up one of Ryanair s rising stars to take the position of chief financial officer. Se n Coyle was Ryanair s director of scheduled revenue and the man the airline sent out to fac... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bloomsbury progress ... John Lewis falls ... Ryanair loss | Economics GDP growth in the UK slowed more than previously reported in the first quarter, according to revised official figures.3 per cent, its weakest for three years, against an initial estimate of ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | PDL BioPharma's outside directors get $10K per month boost | Financial District loses liquidity as London Wine Bar ends an era [San Francisco].. will temporarily pay its outside directors a supplemental $10,000-per-month retainer. The Redwood City-based biotech... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Compensate 1.1 million households for tax mistakes, says Treasury Committee | Home.1 million households who will continue to feel the impact of the 10p income tax rate abolition despite the measures to help those on low incomes, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded.3 mi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Exchange Controls are Proposed for the U.S.A | In a long week in which attempts to lower the oil price and talks about the $ were disappointed [ G-8 meeting and the oil producer s meeting in Saudi Arabia], the threat of much higher oil prices, a w... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Aaron Brown: The Poker Wizard of Wall Street, Part 2 | Last week we spoke with Aaron Brown - poker aficionado and risk manager at the hedge fund AQR Capital Management - about the relationship between poker and trading as speculative activities. A long ti... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | IUOE Local 150's Dugan retires after feds raid | Nowhere in the IUOE Local 150's press release announcing President Bill Dugan's retirement is the recent raid by the feds' as reported May 31, 2008 in the Chicago Sun-Times : . Dugan -- who at that t... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Make Money in Commodities - Consumer Confidence At All Time Low | CORRECT: U. Make Money in Commodities - Consumer Confidence At All Time Low . [NOTE: The speculation in commodities is what is causing the worldwide food crisis and sending the cost of oil through the... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | What's Up With Sprint? | Like the headline says what s up with Sprint Nextel (S) ? The telecom company s shares are up today for the fourth session in a row; in that period the stock has gained $1.) The move has pushed up Spr... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | ESS Technology Announces Approval of Reincorporation to Delaware | ESS Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESST) today announced that its shareholders approved the proposed reincorporation of ESS Technology from California into Delaware at the annual meeting of the ESS Technol... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Armtec Announces Closing of A.E. Concrete Acquisition | Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund (TSX: ARF.UN) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the outstanding shares of privately held A. ("AE Concrete") for $19 million as previously annou... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Likely effects as the bear market bites | There is now no doubt about it. Even the cheeriest of optimists would have to acknowledge that we are in the grip of a pronounced bear market. The FTSE 100 has slumped by more than 500 points in the p... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | SunOpta shares dive on news of departures | Stock in troubled organic food distributor SunOpta Inc. plunged 20 per cent Friday after the company said its chief executive officer and chief financial officer are leaving. The company, beset by an ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Fed Flying Blind... Still | Editor's Note: The below is reprinted with Mike O'Rourke's gracious permission from Bedtime with BTIG. Hard landing, soft landing or crash landing? The U. The Federal Open Market Committee is at the h... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ready to Rally? | Here are my targets for accumulation, my potential shorts and adds thus far today. The economic numbers were about as good as they could have been, and I feel we could be setting up for a powerful ral... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Protect & Con-serve: N.J. Cops Turning To Segways | SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N. (CBS) From drivers to businesses, it seems nearly everybody is being affected by higher gas prices. Many are trying to cut costs -- even police departments, including one in Ne... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Is Your Retirement Plan Funding Oil Speculators? | 3:54PMBillions of Dollars in Retirement Benefits at Risk WASHINGTON - All those speculators getting the blame for driving up the price of oil these days - just who are they? For part of the answer, lo... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Get used to the bear market | PULL out whatever cliche you like to describe the turbulence in global markets as we near the end of a dismal financial year chickens coming home to roost, perfect storm, inflation genie out of the ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Sprott Resource Corp. announces investment in PBS Coals Corporation by The Talbot Group | Sprott Resource Corp. ("SRC") is pleased to announce that The Talbot Group of Australia (the "Talbot Group") has agreed to make a substantial, strategic investment in PBS Coals Corporation ("PBS"), a ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | High rates to hit GDP growth: S&P | Global rating agency Standard and Poor's on Thursday said high interest rates, along with a slowing global economy, will trim India's economic growth to 7. The Indian economy is expected to be adverse... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Increase Your Ear | Business Services > Consulting > Trading Consulting > Increase Your Earnings With Latin America Consulting Services . Peru Business Type: Trading Company, Agent, Distributor/Wholesaler Number of Emplo... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Celebrity chef in Tesco chicken coup | Public sector pension funds across Britain are being urged to back Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the food campaigner and celebrity chef, in his call for Tesco to raise welfare standards for chickens. P... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | AdultVest, Inc. Wins Hedge Fund Launch of the Year | Court overturns injunction on S. levees squeezed by Congress' demand for cash Frantic sandbagging effort aims to save Mo. town Obama, Clinton appeal together for Dem unity Ex-Democratic rivals Clinton... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Banks hike deposit rates | MUMBAI: After hiking lending rates for the last couple of days, banks have now turned their attention to hiking rates on their fixed deposit schemes. State Bank of India, the country s largest bank, h... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Chanos: End of Reagan Era for Wall Street | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The credit crisis that has gripped Wall Street over the past year is likely to end the Reagan-era trend towards deregulation, no matter who wins the White House next, famed short-... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | SBI hikes interest rates on deposits | A day after it hiked lending rate, country's biggest lender State Bank of India on Friday announced an increase in fixed deposit rates by up to 75 basis points, effective from June 30. For deposits wi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bristow Group Announces Exercise of Underwriters' Overallotment Option | Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) today announced that the underwriters of its recent public offerings of common stock and convertible senior notes have exercised in full their overallotment options. The... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. Third Quarter 2008 Earnings Conference Call | 2008-06-27 23:48:11 - - Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCHN), in conjunction with its third quarter earnings release to be made before the market opens on July 1, 2008, invites you to liste... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | When the turning point finally arrives, many investors will miss it | There is now no doubt about it. Even the cheeriest of optimists would have to acknowledge that we are in the grip of a pronounced bear market. The FTSE 100 has slumped by more than 500 points in the p... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | PE firms seen taking fund-of-funds route | Private equity as an asset class has been badly hit in the ongoing global financial crisis. But, there is no taking away from India, which has over the last few years emerged as a region of choice for... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Who are the top retailers in I | Pantaloon Retail (India) Pantaloon s managing director Kishore Biyani believes in changing the rules. When Pantaloon started the Big Bazaar discount stores in 2002, malls were not part of the shopping... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | ASC Seeks to Ban B.C. Man for Illegal Trading | CALGARY, June 27 /CNW/ - The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) has issued a Notice of Hearing seeking to reciprocate a British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) order against Gregory William Riv... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ready For Financials - Look No Further (JPM, NTRS, USB, STT) | The hardest hit stocks have been financials as the result of investors rushing to sell their shares after the subprime crisis . Indications are that the worst of the credit crisis is behind us and inv... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Oil becoming a double-edged sword | By Leah Schnurr TORONTO (Reuters) - Soaring oil prices could become a double-edged sword for Toronto's resource-laden stock market, as the threat of rising inflation begins to nag at the index amid gr... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | GSA's Bibb to work with new firm | GSA's Bibb will retire in September GSA short on customer input New law opens some GSA contracts to state, local agencies . David Bibb, acting administrator at the General Services Administration, sa... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Allianz Rises 25% When Dresdner Gets `Goodbye' in Shareholders' Worst Deal | Allianz Rises 25% When Dresdner Bank Gets `Goodbye' (Update1) By Oliver Suess June 27 (Bloomberg) -- Allianz SE investors may get more from the sale of Dresdner Bank than they ever got from the purch... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Offshoring: India still No. 1 | Tags: India , City , Beijing , International Data Corp. , Delivery Location , Government , Vertical Industries , Outsourcing , Pricing , Enterprise Software . 27, 2008 8:20:55 AM Bangalore has retaine... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | KB Home's Results Worsen as Prices Drop | KB Home's (KBH) fiscal second-quarter loss nearly doubled as prices fell amid a continuing housing downturn and credit crisis. For the quarter ended May 31, KB Home reported a net loss of $255.30 a sh... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Toronto stocks kept higher by golds, oils | Chemicals Sector. Fertilizer and Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing.. TORONTO -- The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index ended with a moderate gain Friday as resource stocks were propped up by gold a... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | 351.21 | DHF - Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund Declares Dividend [2008-06-27 17:24 ET] CMKT - Capital Markets Technologies completes 'Phase 1' of its strategy [2008-06-27 17:18 ET] EIX - Southern California... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | SAIC source: No contact with Ford on Volvo | Home. Goldman cuts General Motors, shares hit new lows New Dodge Ram promises improved fuel economy The man who put the wind in GM's sales Obama: Automakers need research funds Plastech employed 9 mem... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Judge promises decision on Sonics future Wednesday | Can intangible benefits like community assets and civic pride be reasonably calculated? Attorneys for the Seattle SuperSonics think so. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman has the tough task of determ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Monsanto Canada adopts bag license fee for Roundup Ready canola technology | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada June 27, 2008 Monsanto Canada today announced its intent to change the way growers purchase its popular Roundup Ready canola technology to make it simpler for growers, retai... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | IPICO confirms option grant | IPICO Inc. (TSX-V:RFD) announced today the grant under its Employee Stock Option Plan to Mel Steinke, Executive Chairman of IPICO, of options to purchase up to 50,000 common shares of IPICO at an exer... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Alliance New York Municipal Income Fund, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Earnings | Alliance New York Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: AYN), a registered closed-end investment company, today announced earnings for the Fund's second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2008. Total net ass... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Wavefront Energy & Environmental Services Inc. - Texas based producer sees production lift related to Powerwave | Wavefront Energy & Environmental Services Inc. - Texas based producer sees production lift related to Powerwave . TSX-V: WEE Pink Sheets: WEESF EDMONTON, June 27 /CNW/ - Wavefront Energy and Environ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Massachusetts charges five in mortgage scam | Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts authorities Friday charged a mortgage broker and four employees of U. financial institutions, including Bank of America Corp (nyse: BAC - news - people ),... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Investor in talks to buy big chunk of Deep Ellum | DALLAS An investment group is negotiating to buy blocks and blocks of Dallas' Deep Ellum district with plans to redevelop the area. Dallas-based Beck Ventures a firm with a track record of investi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Kaminak Receives Shareholder and Court Approval for Spin-Out of Kivalliq Energy Corporation: Announces Closing Schedule | Cytec Elects Chief Operating Officer and Appoints Specialty Chemicals President -39 Minutes Ago David Lilley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors of Cytec Industries Inc. a... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Teras Resources Inc. Provides Corporate Update to Its Shareholders | VENTURE:TRA) would like to provide its shareholders with a Corporate update. In early June 2008, Teras engaged Gradient Geophysics Inc., of Missoula Montana to do a Ground Magnetic survey on its Tuco ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | U.S. stocks set for worst month since 9/11 | Swiss franc. stocks were headed to their worst month since September 2001, which marked the end of the last bear market - typically defined as a 20% drop from a bull market's peak. Tumbling equity mar... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Nass Valley Gateway Ltd. - Annual General Meeting | The Company wishes to advise that it held its Annual General Meeting on June 25, 2008 (the "Meeting") at which time Dieter Peter, Melvin Stevens, Andrew von Kursell, Hugh Maddin, Patrick Stewart and E... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Gold hits 1-month high on record oil, weak stocks | Gold rallies to one-month high as stock loss deepens * Oil surges near $143 a barrel, lifetime record * Dollar holds near three-week low against euro (Recasts, updates with quotes, closing prices, mar... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Maker Of Specialty Chemicals Sees Demand Soar For Its Products | While U. Languishes, The Rest Of World Wants More Chemicals Lithium Ion Batteries Should Give Its Filtering Products A Charge Private Schools Prepare Chinese Students For Life-Altering Exam New Projec... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | The Financial Sector and Failed Risk Analysis | Morgan Stanley Hit by Moody's Review. When you sit down, you probably don't check under your seat for a bomb. Even though it could kill you, chances are slim that it's there. A similar view of risk le... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Lehman Brothers Confirms Interest in Being Anchor Tenant in Financial Center | Taliban likely to step up attacks in Afghanistan US checks if tomatoes caused Salmonella outbreak Fake virus could make safe new vaccines NKorea blows up nuke plant tower Lohan's father says he may ha... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | CornerCap's Chief Investment Officer Analyzes Market in White Paper Titled, 'What Causes Bear Markets? Avoiding Crashes with Defensive Driving' | CornerCap's Chief Investment Officer Analyzes Market in White Paper Titled, 'What Causes Bear Markets? Avoiding Crashes with Defensive Driving' . ATLANTA, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Editor's Note: The fo... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Global M&A Crumbles on Uncertain Times | Mergers and acquisitions bankers are bracing for more job cuts as volumes fail to recover from their first-quarter tumble, according to preliminary Thomson Reuters numbers released on Friday, and the ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Sources: UBS Might Sell Paine Webber | Beleaguered Swiss bank UBS is considering the sale of Paine Webber, the heart of its U. wealth management business, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter. UBS is under pressure from... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Apollo Takes Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre | June 27, 2008 Cushman & Wakefield's Terence "Terry" Spillane has just passed away, apparently of a heart attack, CPN has learned. Spillane was a longtime media relations executive, based in the New Yo... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Franchot Calls for Significant Investment of State Pension Funds into Life Sciences | Comptroller to Work with Treasurer Kopp, Board in Push for Reallocation of Funds- SAN DIEGO, CA (June 19, 2008) - At a gathering of the world's leading life science and biotech companies, Comptroller... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | 2315.63 | MAIR - MAIR Holdings, Inc. Shareholders Authorize Dissolution [2008-06-27 16:57 ET] WEESF - Wavefront Energy & Environmental Services Inc. - Texas based producer sees production lift related to Powerw... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | SPQ News- Result of SPQ AGM | SPIDER RESOURCES INC. ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF SHAREHOLDER MEETING Toronto, Canada June 27, 2008 Spider Resources Inc. (TSXV-SPQ) is pleased to announce the results of its annual and special general m... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Nordic Capital | Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners Announce Intention to Combine Unomedical with Convatec STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners announce today that fol... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Spectra Energy Announces Chief Executive Officer Succession Plan | Greg Ebel, currently Spectra Energy's Chief Financial Officer (CFO), has been selected to succeed Fred Fowler as President and Chief Executive Officer upon Fowler's retirement at the end of 2008.) Ebe... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bad news day for banking sector | The success of fundraising efforts by UK banks was thrown into doubt yesterday after Royal Bank of Scotland lost a AAA credit rating and Barclays' shares fell after analysts said it needed more cash. ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Worthless FOB Stocks | Physician Compensation with. Retirement Planning Terms and Definitions for Physicians . Getting the Tax Deduction Staff Writers All physicians and other investors should know when their stock becomes ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bear Market Protection | This week was quite a traumatic week for many stock market investors. The DOW Industrials, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all flirted with "official" bear market territory. The stock market is considered to be i... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Citigroup reorganizes distressed debt group | Sept. 11 memorial to airline employees in Texas this minute A memorial to pilots and flight attendants who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is taking shape in the flight path of the Dalla... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | California brewhouse hopped up on San Antonio | The San Antonio market's small brewhouse industry will get a little bigger next month. On July 21, BJ's Restaurant Brewhouse will open its doors at the Village of Stone Oak at 22410 U. currently owns ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | REFILE-Foreign run companies employ 193,000 New Yorkers-study | Refiling to add Web site where report can be found in 3rd paragraph; story moved the night of June 26) By Joan Gralla NEW YORK (Reuters) - At least 193,000 employees in New York City work for a foreig... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Akiko Domoto & Paul Rogers, "A New Type Of International School" | 04 12:00 - 14:00 Summary: Professional Luncheon: Akiko Domoto, Governor of Chiba Prefecture; Paul Rogers, Founding Head of Makuhari International School Language: The speech and Q & A will be ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Yell's bumper bonuses to be probed | The Pensions Investment Research Consultants is to examine the 110 per cent bonuses issued to Yell's board members . Yell s decision to award board members 110 per cent bonuses is to be scrutinised b... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Lifeway Foods to Join Russell 3000(R) Index | Lifeway Foods, Inc., the nations leading maker of the nutritious, probiotic dairy beverage called kefir, announced today that it is set to join the Russell 3000(R) Index when Russell Investment Group ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Former KPMG Comp & Bens Partner joins financial advisors NFP | National Financial Partners Corp. (NYSE:NFP), a (US) national network of independent financial advisors specializing in life insurance and wealth transfer, corporate and executive benefits, and financ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Singapore Law Firm Rajah & Tann boosts Tax, Private Wealth & Trusts Practice | Rajah & Tann LLP has announced that, with effect from 2 June 2008, Mr Yeoh Lian Chuan has joined as a partner in the Tax, Private Wealth & Trusts Practice and Associate Professor Stephen Phua, a leadi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | BlackRock invests in new CFO: Ann Marie Petach | BlackRock has announced that Ann Marie Petach was named Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Company s Executive Committee.Ann Marie joined BlackRock last year as global head of Business Financ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Foreign-run companies employ at least 193,000 in NYC | Foreign-run companies employ at least 193,000 in NYC NEW YORK: At least 193,000 employees in New York City work for a foreign-run company, but rising protectionism and the sinking dollar could jeopard... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | E.U. Stocks Slide as ECB Gears Up to Fight Inflation with Higher Rates | Civil Fraud Charges Levied Against UBS Reinforce Investor Claims That They Were Misled When Purchasing Auction Rate Securities, According to The Securities Law Firm of Klayman & Toskes Jun 27, 2008 09... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Anheuser-Busch Begins Defense of InBev Bid | The Anheuser-Busch Companies on Friday detailed its plan to make the company more valuable than the offer of $65 a share that it rejected from its rival InBev of Belgium, and gave 2008 and 2009 profit... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ebel to take over as Spectra CEO | Greg Ebel, currently chief financial officer of Spectra Energy Corp. , will succeed Fred Fowler as president and chief executive when Fowler retires at the end of 2008. "I have had a tremendously rewa... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Criterion Funds Maintain Distribution Levels | UPDATE: Takeover Panel Confirms Enodis Auction Set For Monday Jun 27, 2008 03:12 PM. DuPont Ends Corn-Seed Slide But Fails To Rally Investors Jun 27, 2008 03:11 PM. UPDATE:Oscar De La Renta Sues Eliza... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Lorus Therapeutics Files Final Prospectus for Rights Offering to Shareholders | TORONTO, June 27 /CNW/ - Lorus Therapeutics Inc. (TSX: LOR, AMEX: LRP) ("Lorus" or the "Corporation"), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the research and development of pharmaceutical produc... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | New senior staff add vitality and energy to the National Aboriginal Health Organization | National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO), announced today that NAHO has successfully engaged three new directors through the competitive process to fully compliment Senior Management Team. "As N... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | LexisNexis Women in the Legal Profession Summit | Taxation of U. Citizens Who Relinquish Citizenship and Long-Term U. Residents Who Terminate Residency: The Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2008 (the "Heart Act"), Enacted into Law on ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Central Bank Reports 12.3% Inflation | NBG) said on April 16. The bank has raised the main interest rate by 5% points since November. The central bank also plans to reduce money-supply growth by 15 percentage points to 35%, citing governme... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | LMP Corp. to redeem auction rate preferreds | LMP Corporate Loan Fund Inc. of New York, a closed-end fund from Legg Mason Inc. of Baltimore, today announced plans to restructure the fund s leverage and add liquidity. LMP Corporate Loan intends ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Lt. gov. blocks tobacco-tax move | The chances of increasing cigarette taxes to pay for Medicaid grew slimmer after Lt. Phil Bryant ruled against a Democrat-led attempt to consider the hike in a special session that resumed Thursday. ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Rackspace discloses accounting problems | In papers filed with the government to go public, San Antonio-based Rackspace reported a material weakness in its 2007 accounting practices. The company has changed chief financial officers three ti... Read » |
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27/Jun 2008 | Option Activity Alert: Bears Think General Motors is a Lemon | I have been paper trading power trend for 2 months, I now have the confidence to trade with real bucks, by the way my paper trade account doubled in the two months since I started my subscription. sen... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Trading Tools to Build Your Portfolio: Lowe's (LOW) | LOW SPX AMZN stocks options In last week's edition of Trading Tools , Jocelynn examined Amazon (AMZN), as it appeared on the Zacks Put/Call Ratio Greater than 1. Today, however, I'm utilizing the Zack... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Interest Rates Rising Around the World | Whether or not I enter a trade, it is always educational to follow Bernie Schaeffer's moves and experience how he practices his trading philosophy. I'll admit that sometimes I get so wrapped up in wha... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | CPS seeks teacher for electronics curriculum | COLUMBUS -- Columbus Public Schools is facing a difficult challenge to find a teacher to plug into its vacant electronics program instructor position at the high school. The teacher who filled the po... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Tetragon Financial Group Limited (TFG) Announces Update on its Share Repurchase Program | TFG today announces in furtherance of its share repurchase program announced on November 30, 2007, that for the period of June 23, 2008 through June 27, 2008 TFG purchased 35,000 of its shares for an ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Atlanta City Council balks at mayor's tax hike | Atlanta City Council decided Friday to roll back much of a controversial property tax increase proposed by Mayor Shirley Franklin, even though it would mean more spending cuts in a tight budget. Counc... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Aptilon Announces Election of Two New Directors | MONTREAL, June 27 /CNW/ - Dr. Roger Korman, Chairman & CEO of Aptilon Corporation ("Aptilon" or the "Corporation") (TSX-V: APZ), an innovative leader of on-line marketing services to physicians, today... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Cabinet to map out measures to woo foreign capital | The government will draw up measures to attract foreign capital to the stock market and increase investment by the four government-run funds in the domestic stock market, Premier Liu Chao-shiuan ( ) s... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Private equity funds spark property b | Private equity funds spark property boom in Cambodia :: Tiny mountain country continues to have rising property prices :: Escalating inflation seen as threat to booming property markets in Asia :: Out... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | MEDIA ADVISORY: LABOR DEPARTMENT TO ANNOUNCE $26 MILLION IN INVESTMENTS IN NEW YORK S WORKERS | 1410)(readMedia)-- State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith will be holding a press conference with City of Schenectady Mayor Brian U. Stratton and members of the Schenectady County Legislature to a... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Euro Woes | By Jennifer Yousfi Managing Editor European stocks were gutted yesterday (Thursday) as banks took heavy losses in the face of more hawkish inflation comments from European Central Bank (ECB) President... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: CIRCOR International, Comfort Systems USA, Monsanto Company and Talisman Energy | Golden Valley Mines Ltd.: New Nickel-Copper-PGE Discovery Ducros Prospect (Senneterre, Quebec) Jun 27, 2008 03:06 PM.: New Nickel-Copper-PGE Discovery Ducros Prospect (Senneterre, Quebec) Jun 27, 2008... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Vault Minerals Announces AGM Results and the Grant of Stock Options | 03:04 PM. Vault Minerals acquires Goldbanks property in the Kirkland Lake gold camp Jun 24, 2008 05:47 PM. Vault Minerals reports discoveries from Lebel drill program Jun 10, 2008 04:21 PM. Featured S... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Moody's To Review Morgan Stanley Debt Ratings For Possible Downgrade | RTTNews) - Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service revealed Friday afternoon that it has placed the long-term ratings of global investment banking and wealth management firm Morgan Stanley ( M... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | QualityStocks.net News NutraCea (NTRZ.OB) Signs Landmark Definitive Agreement with Food Conglomerate | QualityStocks.OB) Signs Landmark Definitive Agreement with Food Conglomerate . you can sign up for Quality Stock's Daily Newsletter to find out what Small-Cap and Micro-Cap online Investment Newslette... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Anheuser-Busch plans to keep non-beer divisions | St.3 billion takeover proposal, Anheuser-Busch outlined Friday morning its reasons for rejecting the Belgian brewer's offer, saying it plans to save more than $1 billion over the next four years and w... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Swiss Franc Advances Versus Majors | The Swiss franc climbed against its major counterparts on Friday in New York, peaking at minimally 2-week highs them. Traders mulled a report showing the Swiss leading indicator fell slightly less tha... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Optimism turns to anxiety as Vietnam s boom economy goes bust | HANOI: How quickly Asia s newest Tiger Economy has stopped roaring. A year ago, the Vietnamese stock market was one of the hottest on earth, the real estate market was soaring and economic growth bl... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | London hospitals COO leaving for job with health ministry | Breast feed at eateries. 27, 2008 The chief operating officer for London's hospitals is leaving for a senior position with Ontario's Health Ministry. Ken Deane will take on the job of assistant deputy... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Newell-Rubbermaid sinks to 17-year low | Yen Experiences More Strength 1 minute ago The Japanese yen saw strength on Friday in New York amid the release of several economic reports. The currency moved to a near-term high against the dollar ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Good Life China (GLCC) Completes Restricted Shares Private Placement | Good Life China Corporation www.com (Pink Sheets: GLCC ) is pleased to announce that the issuer has completed its private placement offering memorandum. The issuer is pleased to announce that the offe... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Analyst says Barclays likely to need more capital | NEW YORK - A Citi Investment Research analyst said Friday British bank Barclays PLC will need to raise as much as 9 billion pounds ($17. Analyst Tom Rayner said in a research note Barclay's capital ra... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | OPY | Investors Seek Growth in Small and Mid-Cap Retail Stocks at 8th Annual Oppenheimer Consumer Growth Conference Business Wire . Washington Banking, Oppenheimer Holdings and Imperial Capital Bancorp amon... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Angle Energy Inc. To Trade On Toronto Stock Exchange | Oil and Gas category of up to 43,034,731 common shares ("Common Shares") of which up to 38,594,074 Common Shares. Listing of the Common Shares will become effective at 5:01 p. on Friday, June 27, 2008... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | ITC Holdings Corp. Announces Adoption of Sales Agency Financing Agreement | ITC Holdings Corp. (the "Company" or "ITC") (NYSE: ITC) today announced that it has entered into a sales agency financing agreement (the "Agreement") with BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC ("BNYMCM") pu... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | LaPlaca named CFO of Wachovia's Capital Management Group | Wachovia Corp. announced Friday that Theresa LaPlaca was named chief financial officer of the company's Capital Management Group, which includes St. She succeeds Irene Esteves, who left the company th... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Connecticut Brokerage Aide Must Pay $58,825 To Settle | Securities Fraud > Connecticut Brokerage Aide Must Pay $58,825 To Settle Charges He Made Unauthorized Securities Trades. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered a Connecticut ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Stock Broker Fraud Blog | Connecticut Brokerage Aide Must Pay $58,825 To Settle Charges He Made Unauthorized Securities Trades. District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered a Connecticut man to pay $58,825 ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | WSP Holdings Reports First Quarter 2008 Results | WSP Holdings LimitedWSP Holdings Reports First Quarter 2008 Results Thursday May 15, 7:00 am ET WUXI, China, May 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WSP Holdings Limited (NYSE: WH - News ; ''WSP Holdi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | This Week's Market Movers | The stock market had a poor week as investors worried about the oil price, inflation and the credit crunch. As a result London's flagship index, the FTSE 100, dropped 2. Biggest Movers in the FTSE 350... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | PSS | InPlay: Collective Brands senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Rick Porzig to retire Briefing. Payless ShoeSource and Lela Rose Sign Mutli-Year Agreements to Continue Popular Designer Foo... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | UEPS | NET 1 UEPS TECHNOLOGIES INC Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits EDGAR Online.: SASSA Provides Update on Social Grants Tender in South African Media Marketwi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Canadian Dolalr Shows Mild Strength Against Major Counterparts | Canadian industrial product and raw materials prices increased at a slower pace. Crude oil hovered near the $140 a barrel mark on Friday after giving back most of its earlier rally. In overnight tradi... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Fed Decision Means Inflation Here to Stay | Tags: Ben Bernanke Charles Devalle credit crisis Fed Rate Cuts Federal Reserve stagflation Us Inflation Rate US recession . The Return of 70s Inflation or 30s Deflation? .. Editor s n... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Oil Hits New Highs But Could Its Run Be Done? | The World of Cheap Fossil Fuel No Longer Exists. Editor s Note : There s nothing like a $140 reality check to start your day, says Dan Denning in The Daily Reckoning Australia. Are oil prices all ab... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Know Your Investment Time Frames | You Ask, Altucher Answers. Editor's note: Ask TheStreet is designed to answer questions about the market, terms, strategies and investment methods. Please email us to ask a question, but keep in mind ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | KBS Capital Closes $2B Nontraded REIT | NEWPORT BEACH, CA-KBS Capital Advisors has closed its first nontraded REIT, called KBS REIT, after raising $1.67 billion from 42,000 investors and acquiring more than $2. As of June 18, KBS had used t... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Forex Blog - FX Briefing - Growth concerns put dollar under pressure | 16:09:52 GMT: Forex Market Commentary and Analysis (27 June 2008)15:08:45 GMT: Forex Blog - FX Briefing - Growth concerns put dollar under pressure15:08:10 GMT: Chart of the Day - 6/27/2008 - USD/JPY1... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | SunOpta to oust top execs, stocks hit | OTTAWA: SunOpta Inc shares lost nearly a quarter of their value on Friday after the Canadian organic food distributor said it would replace its top two executives on the advice of its audit committee.... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Intuit (INTU) Prunes Jobs to Strengthen Growth | Great site. The way this site makes it easy to see contrarian indicators along with its wealth of information makes it one of the best out there. This morning, Intuit (INTU) announced that it will sla... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Wachovia names CFO for capital-management group | Report: SunTrust on JP Morgan's acquisition wish list [Orlando]. SNL Financial: Southeast bank CEOs made big bucks in '07 [Birmingham]. SNL Financial: Southeast bank CEOs made big bank in '07 [Atlanta... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | GMR Infrastructure buys 50 percent stake in Dutch power utility InterGen for $1.1 billion | India's GMR Infrastructure Ltd said it has signed a purchase agreement with AIG Highstar Capital II, a fund owned by American International Group Inc., for acquiring 50 percent stake in Dutch power ge... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Benelux shares close lower on high oil prices; Fortis bucks trend UPDATE | Benelux shares closed lower on worries surrounding rising oil prices, with Fortis bucking the trend. Fortis was the strongest gainer on the Bel 20, up 3.62, rebounding from Thursday's losses after it ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Mostly clear skies for weather service after probe | Weather Service (SAWS) on most of 17 allegations of wasteful expenditure, nepotism and irregular tender processes. The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) report, released on Friday, found evidence of wrongd... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Anheuser-Busch talks about InBev offer, announces plan to cut costs | KMOV) -- Just one day after AB rejected InBev's $46 billion buy out offer, CEO August Busch, IV held a conference call with shareholders to talk about the takeover bid. Busch and the chief financial o... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Bear Stearns, Hedge Funds, and the Criminalization of | Should the two managers at the Bear Stearns hedge funds have been indicted? The funds were highly invested in CDOs--mortgages, in other words. The indictment indicates that the two defendants were awa... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Malaysia's Proton boosts car quality campaign | Malaysia's national carmaker Proton on Friday launched a zero-defect campaign to boost quality as it prepares to step up exports and launch its first multipurpose vehicle in March. Managing Director S... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Thailand: 2 new corruption charges for ex-PM | BANGKOK, Thailand - An anti-graft body whose mandate to probe the government of Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra expires in a few days recommended Friday that he be prosecuted for t... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Recruiter sees more investment banking cuts | There are more investment and corporate banking layoffs to come at Canadian bank-owned dealers and boutique firms, a recruiter predicted on Friday, as credit markets in particular suffer from lacklust... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | SunOpta to oust top two execs, stock hit hard | By Susan Taylor OTTAWA (Reuters) - SunOpta Inc shares lost nearly a quarter of their value on Friday after the Canadian organic food distributor said it would replace its top two executives on the adv... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Occupying Idle Teen Hands | The first few months of 2008 brought a bloody wave of violence to Brockton, Mass. Officials noted a surge in gang activity among young people just as the economy had begun to struggle. Democrats Debat... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | A Federal Case | By the time you read this, it ll probably be either the second or third day of the big Federal Bureau of Investigation dope raids that were launched Tuesday morning. What a Tuesday we had! If you didn... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Timco names new top execs | Timco President Ron Utecht and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Carter have assumed joint responsibility for the chief executive functions at the aircraft maintenance firm, the company has announced. For... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Miro Vranac Accused of Blackmail and Extortion in Countersuit filed by Trustees of Hunt Family Fund | A counter claim to lawsuit filed in district court accuses Miro Vranac of extortion, blackmail, and slurs of two trustees of The Hunt Family Trust. Dallas, Texas June 27, 2008 According to a counte... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Optimer Reports Additional Data on Investigational Compound OPT-80 at Anaerobe 2008 Congress | SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 26, 2008 - Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPTR) presented new data from its Phase 2A clinical study of OPT-80 finding a 42% presence of the super toxin-producin... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Barclays Offering Carbon Emissions ETN | Comments on F, BBBY, GSK, ETN, and GME Jun 26, 2008 10:45 AM. Eaton Elects Joseph Palchak Automotive Group Chief Executive Officer; Jake Hooks Named President - Engine Air Management Business Jun 26, ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | GLOBAL MARKETS-Oil surges to $142; global stocks slump further | Recasts with U. markets, changes byline; dateline previous LONDON) * Global stocks slide; Dow poised to enter bear territory * Oil prices surge to new record high above $142 a barrel * Risk aversion p... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | SunOpta to replace CEO, CFO; shares down 22 | SunOpta, Inc. (Nasdaq: STKL ) said Friday it is replacing both Chief Executive Steven Bromley and Chief Financial Officer John Dietrich, which sent shares down more than 22%. The Canada-based natural ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Textile cos spread wings, boost retail to grow | Agencies Mumbai, June 27: Indian textile firms are now consolidating their global reach after snapping up several companies abroad, while sharpening their retail thrust at home to offset a slowdown in... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Multimedia Nova Corporation announces private placement with Torstar | TORONTO, June 27 /CNW/ - Multimedia Nova Corporation (TSX-V: MNC.A) ("Multimedia") is pleased to announce completion of its previously announced proposed non-brokered private placement. Torstar Corpor... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Dudley Richard Dyer Bartlett | York Pharma, the AIM-listed (AIM:YRK) strategic acquirer, developer and marketer of pharmaceutical products in the field of dermatology, announces the appointment of a new Non-Executive Chairman, Max ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Google (GOOG) names former Bell Canada exec as new CFO | Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG ), after months of searching for a new Chief Financial Officer, has just named a new one as of this week. Bell Canada (NYSE: BCE )'s Patrick Pichette will take over for the ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Aegon Hungary Pension Fund to merge with UNIQA, Public Service Pension Fund | Aegon N. said that its Aegon Hungary Pension Fund will merge with UNIQA Versicherungen A. and Public Service Pension Fund, in order to strengthen its position in the rapidly developing pension fund ma... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | TSTT declares $160 million after-tax profit | BY ASHA JAVEED, TRINIDAD GUARDIAN Telecommunications Services of T&T (TSTT) has recorded a $160 million after-tax profit for the financial year ended March 31, 2008. Rakesh Goswami, chief financial of... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Southwest Bancorp, Inc. Announces Pricing of $30 Million Trust Preferred Securities Offering | Southwest Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: OKSB), ("Southwest"), today announced that on June 26, 2008, the Company priced $30.50% Trust Preferred Securities to be issued by Southwest Capital Trust II, a statut... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | FBIZ | FIRST BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibi EDGAR Online. Files SEC form 8-K, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements a... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Oilexco makes a new discovery, gold companies gain ground | Equities stand their ground near key support lines as commodities soar. Following yesterday s drubbing and overnight weakness, early equity trading today has been mixed with major North American indic... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Central Banks Face Desperate Times with Desperate Measures | BMW 135i: A Nice Trip Back to the Well. Goldman Sachs Sees Q2 Loss for Citi, Merrill; Downgrades U. Inflation, the curse of the 1970s, is making a comeback, led by sky-high oil prices. This time, the ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Anheuser-Busch Sets Growth Plan | Anheuser-Busch Cos. on Friday detailed its plan to make the company more valuable than the $65 per share offer it rejected from InBev, and gave 2008 and 2009 profit guidance above analyst expectations... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Porsche Cars North America picks new CFO | Porsche Cars North America Inc. Hoffmann, CFO of Porsche Italia since June 2000, will replace Wolfgang Lindheim, who has been promoted to CFO at Porsche Consulting GmbH in Bietigheim-Bissingen, German... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Golden Star To Shine Bright | Five Things You Need to Know: Too Much Stuff. was announced last night that Ghana is raising electricity costs by 100% , which will push up cash costs at Golden Star ( GSS ) by about 10%. Assuming the... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Penn National one step closer to selling out | With the addition of the Illinois Gaming Board, Penn National Gaming Inc. moved closer to gaining all approvals needed for its pending acquisition by a group of private investors, the Wyomissing-based... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | DragonWave Inc. Sets Date for Release of Fiscal Year 2009 First Quarter Results | OTTAWA, ONTARIO, June 27 / MARKET WIRE/ -- DragonWave Inc. (TSX: DWI)(AIM: DWI) will release its fiscal 2009 first quarter results on July 10, 2008 after the market closes in North America. The compan... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Dallas investor in talks to buy big chunk of Deep Ellum | By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News stevebrown@dallasnews.com An investment group is negotiating to buy blocks and blocks of Dallas Deep Ellum district with plans to redevelop the area. Dallas... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | UBS considers Paine Webber sale: sources | Beleaguered Swiss bank UBS (UBSN.VX: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) is considering the sale of Paine Webber, the heart of its U. wealth management business, according to sources with direct... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Release Manager - Investment Bank - Trading and Risk | Retail banking. Its Products and Markets (P&M) business specialises in providing a wide range of structured solutions across all areas of risk management including FX, interest rates, credit and infla... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Attempt to revive perjury case against Erap fails | By EDMER F. PANESA Government prosecutors failed yesterday in their attempt to revive a perjury case against former President Joseph Estrada when the First Division of the Sandiganbayan ruled that the... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | ANALYSIS-U.S. muni bond market frets about insurer FSA | United States - By Joan Gralla NEW YORK27 (Reuters) - Bill Ackman wants to sink bond insurer FSA the same way he helped take down its larger rivals MBIA Inc (nyse: MBI - news - people ) and Ambac Fina... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Kaupthing to list Indian infrastructure fund | The fund, called infrastructure India, has so far raised 40m in equity and bought three assets; a hydro electric plant, a toll road, and a rail freight siding. It is listing on the London Stock Excha... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | TUC Fund Manager Voting Survey 2008 | Press release below, actual text of the report is here , though no PDF yet. Hard core of fund managers keep their votes secret A hard core of investment fund managers still refuse to reveal how they v... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Wachovia treasurer leaving | Wachovia Corp.'s treasurer is leaving for a position at the Carlyle Group private-equity firm. James Burr will be a managing director in Carlyle's global financial services group, based in New York. H... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | BioSyntech announces 2008 year-end financial results and the adoption of a new strategic plan | THIS NEWS RELEASE IS INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION IN CANADA ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES/ LAVAL, QC, June 27 /CNW/ - BioSyntech, Inc. ("BioSyntech" or the "Company") ... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Reliance Mutual Fund launches SIP | Mutual Funds. CHENNAI: Reliance Mutual Fund today launched Reliance SIP (Systematic Investment Plan) Insure - an add on feature of free life insurance cover ensuring that all planned investments are c... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Iron-clad deal | National. MINING tenements in Western Australia's iron-ore rich Pilbara have all been snapped up in a goldrush-style land grab triggered by Andrew Forrest's Fortescue Metals Group. Every piece of grou... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Invest Like a Zen Master | Can Hidden Funds Beat the Bear Market?. Can Hidden Funds Beat the Bear Market?. Editor’s Note: Investors these days are looking for a quick buck. They re speculators, essentially,... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | 1,738 people benefit from MASLOC in C/R | About 1,738 people have been granted GH 763,680 under the Microfinance And Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) in the Central Region. The scheme launched in the region last month is to provide financial assis... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Rational Zestlessness in the Markets | Market Outlook. In addition to lending his name to market data tracking the downfall of US real estate, Yale economist Robert Shiller is justly famous for his biography of the stock market bubble, Ir... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Carlyle says it can help save banks ... with juicy bank deals in return? | When the Carlyle Group got its start in the late 1980s, the founders leveraged their extensive political backgrounds. It was certainly smart as the private equity firm struck some key deals (especiall... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Russia EU begin fresh cooperation talks | Russia and the EU met in the eastern region of Siberia to talk about a proposed and long-overdue cooperation pact including trade and security ahead of an initial meeting to be held in Brussels on Jul... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ermitage in sight of Statue of Liberty | JERSEY-based fund of hedge funds firm Ermitage Group is opening an office in New York and has appointed a new London-based executive director. The new US operation, Ermitage Americas, will provide hed... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Number of millionaires surge | US-dollar millionaires in Asia surged in 2007, with India having the fastest growing population of individuals holding at least 1 million US dollars in financial assets, a wealth report said Friday. I... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Remittances to the Rescue? | Remittances decrease poverty in developing countries, but also makes them vulnerable to shifting political and economic winds abroad. Child Detainees Battle an Unforgiving System Alone Maya Schenwar C... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Audit critical of DPS' leadership, fiscal management | DETROIT -- Detroit Public Schools has a history of overstaffing and masking deficits, according to an independent review that is highly critical of the finances of the cash-strapped district.-based Co... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Ryanair Director To Join Aer Lingus | Ryanair announced on Friday that director Sean Coyle had quit to become chief financial officer at rival Aer Lingus, in which Ryanair holds a 29 percent stake after a failed takeover bid. Former Irish... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Mavrix Fund Management Inc. announces Fund Mergers and Fund Name Change | TSX: MVX TORONTO, June 27 /CNW/ - Mavrix Fund Management Inc. ("Mavrix") (MVX:TSX) announced the following fund mergers and fund name change. As at the close of business on June 26, 2008, the Mavrix C... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Fred Alger Management Announces Mutual Fund Family Brand Consolidation | NEW YORK, June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Fred Alger Management, Inc. today announced several changes to its mutual fund line-up. Chief among them is the consolidation of all of the open-end mutual funds unde... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Lehman bosses said to give up bonuses | NEW YORK Two top executives at Lehman Brothers Inc., chief executive officer Richard Fuld and chief operating officer Bart McDade, will give up their 2008 bonuses after the investment bank posted it... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Food crisis forces Africa farm aid rethink | Sonia Ounissi TUNIS (Reuters) - Foreign donors should do more to stimulate private investment to improve Africa's ailing farm sector and address a worsening food crisis, delegates at a farming confere... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Looking at the New Commodity and Currency ETFs | New ETFs. While I was away there was a tidal wave of new product launches. iShares launched a Global Timber ETF under ticker WOOD. I believe that ticker symbol is a bit of a play on words, ahem. iShar... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Report blasts DPS finances | Detroit Public Schools had hidden deficits in its operating budget for at least the last four years, helping create the $400-million hole it must dig itself out of, according to a draft report by a pa... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | A new report on high net worth individuals around the world confirms what F Scott Fitzgerald knew the rich really are different | Capgemini and financial services group Merrill Lynch provides some fascinating insights into the global population of high net worth individuals (HNWI) and not just because it reveals that there are... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Economic growth slowest for three years | Columnists. There were fresh signs of financial woe as figures revealed the UK economy grew more slowly than first thought in the opening three months of the year. The Office for National Statistics... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | The Fed Sits on the Fence as Inflation Looms and the Economy Sinks | Gary Kaltbaum is an investment advisor with over 18 years experience, and a Fox News Channel Business Contributor. Kaltbaum is also the host of the nationally syndicated radio show "Investors Edge" on... Read » |
27/Jun 2008 | Anheuser-Busch Executives Explain Why They Rejected InBev's Offer | |