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EXCLUSIVE - GERMANY WANTS GREECE TO GIVE UP BUDGET CONTROLBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is pushing for Greece to relinquish control over its budget policy to European institutions as part of discussions over a second rescue package, a European source told Reuters on Friday....Date: 28 Jan 2012 03:01:04 ESTBLOOMBERG EXEC IN TALKS TO RUN NEW CORP'S DOW JONES(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is in "serious talks" to poach veteran Bloomberg LP executive Lex Fenwick to run its Dow Jones publishing business, which houses the Wall Street Journal, according to two people familiar with the discussions....Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:59:01 ESTEXITING WATCHDOG SEES FLAWS IN SEC'S RULEWRITINGWASHINGTON, DC (Reuters) - In his final act before departing the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, the agency's inspector general, David Kotz, criticized how the agency analyzes the economic impact of some of its Dodd-Frank rules....Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:52:00 ESTCITIGROUP CUT INVESTMENT BANK BONUSES BY 30 PERCENT: REPORT(Reuters) - Citigroup has cut bonuses for its investment banking division by about 30 percent on average, Bloomberg said, citing a person briefed on the matter....Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:35:00 ESTWALL STREET WEEK AHEAD: QUEST FOR THE GOLDEN CROSSNEW YORK (Reuters) - January has turned out strong for equities with just two trading days to go. If you're afraid to miss the ride, there's still time to jump in. You just might want to wear a neck brace....Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:18:00 ESTHOTEL INDUSTRY LOOKS FOR DEAL PACE TO PICK UPLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hotel companies and real estate firms are optimistic that deal transactions will pick up this year despite concerns about Europe's economy and challenges in obtaining debt financing....Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:18:00 ESTGOLDMAN, BERKSHIRE NAMES SURFACE IN GUPTA CASENEW YORK (Reuters) - The names of a Goldman Sachs board member and a top executive of Berkshire Hathaway surfaced on Friday as potential witnesses in the insider trading trial of Rajat Gupta, a former director of Goldman, Procter & Gamble and other companies....Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:44:07 ESTEXCLUSIVE: GERMANY WANTS GREECE TO GIVE UP BUDGET CONTROLBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is pushing for Greece to relinquish control over its budget policy to European institutions as part of discussions over a second rescue package, a European source told Reuters on Friday....Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:27:00 ESTGREECE, CREDITORS LABORIOUSLY PIECE TOGETHER DEBT DEALATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and its private creditors head back to the negotiating table on Saturday to put together the final pieces of a long-awaited debt swap agreement needed to avert an unruly default....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:53:01 ESTVANISHING INFLATION BOLSTERS CASE FOR FED EASINGWASHINGTON (Reuters) - It has only been a few days since the Federal Reserve adopted a formal goal for inflation, and already policymakers are missing their target....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:36:03 ESTGREEK PM SEES QUICK DEBT SWAP DEAL, END-GAME IN SIGHTATHENS (Reuters) - Greece expects to clinch a long-awaited bond swap deal within days, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos told Reuters on Friday, promising the country would avoid an unruly default feared by financial markets worldwide....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:19:04 ESTSUBPOENAS ISSUED TO FINANCIAL FIRMS IN EXPANDED PROBEWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department issued civil subpoenas to 11 financial institutions as part of a new effort to investigate misconduct in the packaging and sale of home loans to investors, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:19:03 ESTWORLD STOCKS DIP AS U.S. GDP FALLS SHORTNEW YORK (Reuters) - World stocks fell on Friday on news the U.S. economy grew more slowly than expected in the last quarter of 2011, while the euro rose on hopes of an imminent deal on Greece's debt that could help avert a disorderly default....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:02:02 ESTSWEDEN REPAYS BANKRUPT SAAB'S EIB LOAN, BIDDERS CIRCLESTOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's Debt Office has paid back loans the European Investment Bank made to Saab, making the Nordic country the bankrupt car company's biggest creditor and simplifying the approvals process for any buyer....Date: 27 Jan 2012 17:28:04 ESTGROWTH QUICKENS, BUT SPEED BUMPS AHEADWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy grew at its fastest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, but a rebuilding of stocks by businesses and slower business spending warned of weaker growth in early 2012....Date: 27 Jan 2012 17:11:13 ESTWALL STREET CUTS LOSSES ON LATE BUYINGNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks trimmed losses to end little changed on Friday, as investors saw dips in the market as an opportunity to buy into what has been a strong first month of 2012....Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:54:15 ESTSOME G20 COUNTRIES SOFTEN STANCE ON EUROPE - SOURCESMILAN/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Some Group of 20 members are softening their stance towards Europe's handling of the debt crisis and a push for extra rescue funds, G20 sources said on Friday, although hardliners may still scupper an early deal to boost the International Monetary Fund's war chest....Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:20:22 ESTDOW ON TRACK FOR 1ST WEEKLY LOSS OF YEARNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow was on track to post the first weekly loss this year on Friday as lackluster earnings from blue-chip companies and weaker-than-expected data on U.S. economic growth disappointed investors....Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:20:18 ESTIN FACEBOOK IPO, BANKERS SEEK PRESTIGE OVER FEES(Reuters) - Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business....Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:03:03 ESTWAL-MART PUTS U.S. MARKETING UNDER MERCHANDISING(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday that its U.S. marketing team would now work under the leadership of its chief merchandising officer rather than as a separate group as the world's largest retailer works on improving its communication with shoppers....Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:03:02 EST
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AP INTERVIEW: ROUBINI WARNS OF TOUGH TIMES AHEADDAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Economist Nouriel Roubini, nicknamed "Dr. Doom" for his gloomy predictions in the run-up to the financial meltdown four years ago, says the fallout from that crisis could last the rest of this decade.......Date: 28 Jan 2012 03:52:04 ESTWHAT WE WORRY ABOUT WHEN WE WORRY ABOUT GREEK DEBTNEW YORK (AP) -- Remember Greece?......Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:19:02 ESTBP EMAILS REVEAL COMPANY VEILING SPILL RATENEW ORLEANS (AP) -- On the day the Deepwater Horizon sank in the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials warned in an internal email conversation that if the well was not protected by the blow-out preventer at the drill site, crude oil could burst into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate of 3.4 million gallons a...Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:34:02 ESTSTARBUCKS CEO PAID $16 MILLION IN 2011 FISCAL YEARPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was given a pay package worth roughly $16 million in the company's 2011 fiscal year.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:52:02 ESTVIACOM CEO DAUMAN'S PAY DROPS TO $43M IN 2011NEW YORK (AP) -- Viacom Inc.'s Philippe Dauman led the list of America's top-paid CEOs in 2010 but his pay package for 2011 was nearly halved, mainly because he didn't get stock bonuses for renewing his contract as he did a year ago.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:52:01 ESTUS EMBASSY: US CITIZEN KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA FREEDLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A U.S. citizen kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has been freed after a week in captivity, the U.S. Embassy said.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:01:04 ESTFACEBOOK IPO COULD VALUE IT AMONG TOP COMPANIESLOS ANGELES (AP) -- When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the top ranks of the largest public companies in the world, on par with the likes of McDonald's, Amazon.com and Bank of America.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:19:06 ESTAMERICAN ECONOMY NOT HEALTHY YET, BUT IT'S HEALINGWASHINGTON (AP) -- The American economy may not be truly healthy yet, but it's healing.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:02:05 ESTDOW SLIPS TO FIRST LOSING WEEK OF 2012NEW YORK (AP) -- The stock market closed mostly lower Friday, capping its first losing week of 2012, after the government reported that economic growth was slower at the end of last year than economists expected.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 17:11:15 ESTPRIVATE SECTOR UNIONS ADD MEMBERS AS JOBS RETURNWASHINGTON (AP) -- Union membership grew slightly last year, giving labor leaders hope that a period of steep declines has finally bottomed out.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:54:57 ESTTWITTER'S NEW CENSORSHIP PLAN ROUSES GLOBAL FURORNEW YORK (AP) -- Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:54:56 ESTFITCH DOWNGRADES 5 EUROZONE NATIONSFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Fitch Ratings downgraded the debt of Italy, Spain and three other countries that use the euro on Friday, a setback as European leaders work on several fronts to contain the continent's government-debt crisis.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:37:12 ESTJUSTICE UNIT TO PROBE MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIESWASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal and state law enforcement officials announced Friday they have launched a fraud-fighting unit, starting with 55 prosecutors and investigators, to root out wrongdoing in the market for residential mortgage-backed securities.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 15:46:35 ESTDOW SLIPS AFTER US ECONOMIC GROWTH DISAPPOINTSNEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks drifted lower late Friday on news the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than economists had expected in the fourth quarter.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 15:46:33 ESTCRUISE SHIP VICTIMS MULL $14,460 COMPENSATION DEALROME (AP) -- How much is it worth to suffer through a terrifying cruise ship grounding?......Date: 27 Jan 2012 15:13:58 ESTCHINA EX-IM BANK LENDS $41M FOR BAHAMAS PROJECTNASSAU, Bahamas (AP) -- The Bahamian government has approved a plan to build a bridge and port on Abaco island with a $41 million loan from China's state-owned Export-Import Bank.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 14:55:07 ESTREPORT: FACEBOOK IPO FILING COULD COME NEXT WEEKLOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Wall Street Journal says Facebook could file regulatory papers for its initial public offering of stock as early as next week.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 14:38:02 ESTCALIFORNIA PASSES NEW AUTO EMISSION RULESSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California air regulators passed Friday sweeping auto emission standards that include a mandate to have 1.4 million electric and hybrid vehicles on state roads by 2025.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 14:38:01 ESTCRUISE DISASTER LAWSUITS FACE CHOPPY SEAS IN USMIAMI (AP) -- While the parent company of the owner of the stricken Costa Concordia is based in Miami, passengers who want to file a lawsuit in U.S. courts over the cruise ship disaster will likely face choppy seas.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 14:38:01 ESTFITCH DOWNGRADES CREDIT RATINGS FOR 5 EU NATIONSLONDON (AP) -- U.S. ratings agency Fitch says it is downgrading the credit ratings for five European nations including leading economic heavyweights Italy and Spain.......Date: 27 Jan 2012 14:21:24 EST -
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GEITHNER LAUDS EURO PROGRESSU.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner praised Europe's progress in getting its debt crisis under control, but urged the euro zone to do more to put in place effective financial backstops to protect its struggling members....Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:02:03 ESTBIDDERS FOR LOS ANGELES DODGERS NARROWEDThe Los Angeles Dodgers said its advisers have approved about 10 groups of bidders who will be asked to move on to a second round of offers for the team....Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:51:08 ESTU.S. RAPS 'DAMAGING' CHINA POLICIESU.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sharply criticized China's state-led economic system, the latest salvo in an escalating trade conflict between the two countries....Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:51:08 ESTAS ECONOMY POSTS GROWTH, WORRY LINGERSThe U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 18 months in the fourth quarter, but underlying weak demand pointed to slower growth in coming months....Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:51:07 ESTATHENS, CREDITORS CLOSE IN ON DEBT DEAL—Greece and its private-sector creditors appeared to edge closer Friday to an agreement over a €100 billion ($131 billion) debt writedown on government bonds....Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:51:07 ESTST. JOE PARES BACK FLORIDA VISIONSt. Joe signaled that it is again scaling back its development plans in Florida, an indication that efforts to turn the state's Northern Gulf Coast into a cluster of luxury second-home communities have been a flop....Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:43:11 ESTNEW RIM CHIEF PLOTS OVERHAULRIM's newly appointed CEO said he has embarked on a wide-ranging turnaround of the BlackBerry maker's operations that involves putting founder Mike Lazaridis in a more "visionary" role....Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:35:03 ESTDELTA WEIGHS A US AIR DEALDelta Air Lines is studying US Airways Group as a possible acquisition target as U.S. carriers prepare for a new round of consolidation....Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:35:02 ESTHOME-AID PROGRAM EXPANDEDThe Obama administration said it would give troubled homeowners another year to enroll in its signature mortgage-assistance program and increase payments to banks....Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:35:02 ESTEASTMAN CHEMICAL TO BUY SOLUTIAEastman Chemical said Friday it has agreed to buy specialty-chemical maker Solutia Inc. for about $3.4 billion in a move that executives see paying off as auto, construction and consumer-electronics markets recover....Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:44:15 ESTTWITTER'S CENSORS PROVOKE BACKLASHAfter years of touting itself as a champion of free expression, Twitter touched off a torrent of criticism after it announced it can remove messages from the online service within specific countries if asked to do so....Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:44:10 ESTVIACOM PAID CEO $43 MILLION LAST YEARViacom's three top executives received $46 million dollars in cash bonuses in the company's 2011 fiscal year....Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:44:10 ESTFITCH DOWNGRADES 5 EURO-ZONE MEMBERSFitch Ratings has downgraded euro-zone members Italy, Spain, Belgium, Cyprus and Slovenia, while affirming Ireland's credit rating....Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:27:08 ESTDELTA WEIGHING US AIRWAYS DEALDelta Air Lines is studying US Airways Group as a possible acquisition target....Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:27:08 ESTST. JOE PARES BACK ITS FLORIDA VISIONSt. Joe signaled that it is again scaling back its development plans in Florida, an indication that efforts to turn the state's Northern Gulf Coast into a cluster of luxury second-home communities have been a flop....Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:10:13 ESTCATTLE HERD SHRINKS TO SMALLEST IN 60 YEARSA drought in the southern Plains has forced ranchers to cull hundreds of thousands of cattle, resulting in higher beef prices....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:02:11 ESTNEWS CORP. IN TALKS TO HIRE BLOOMBERG EXECUTIVENews Corp. is in serious talks to hire former Bloomberg chief executive Lex Fenwick to be the new chief of Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:02:09 ESTGEITHNER: CHINA'S SYSTEM 'DAMAGING' TO TRADE PARTNERSU.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sharply criticized China's state-led economic system, the latest salvo in an escalating trade conflict between the two countries....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:02:09 ESTDOW SNAPS 3-WEEK WIN STREAKBlue-chip stocks finished in the red, pushing the Dow to its first losing week this year, after a reading on domestic economic growth fell short of expectations....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:02:08 ESTBLUE CHIPS CLOSE DOWN 74 POINTSBlue-chip stocks finished in the red after a reading on domestic economic growth fell short of expectations....Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:20:24 EST
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FINANCIAL TIMES
NEWS CORP LOOKS TO BLOOMBERG FOR NEW EXECUTIVEThe group is in talks with Lex Fenwick, a former Bloomberg chief executive, to become chief executive of Dow Jones and fill a position that has been empty for six months...Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:52:04 ESTFACEBOOK TO FILE IPO LISTING DETAILSThe US social networking company is hoping to file details of the listing as early as Wednesday, the first indication it is close to its long-awaited public offering...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:44:18 ESTBARCLAYS INVESTORS WARN ON LAVISH BONUSESThe UK lender’s biggest shareholders say they will not accept higher payouts to its chief executive or its senior investment bankers...Date: 27 Jan 2012 17:11:20 ESTTWITTER BOWS TO PRESSURE OVER CENSORSHIPThe microblogging service adopts a new approach to censorship that will pave the way for long-term expansion into many new countries...Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:54:58 ESTIRAN READY TO CUT EUROPE’S OIL AT ONCEA law to be debated on Sunday could halt exports of oil to the EU as early as next week, the semi-official Fars news agency reports...Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:54:58 ESTSYRIANS PAY PRICE FOR CONFLICTActivists claim government security forces have launched offensives in the protest centres of Homs, Hama and the restive Damascus suburbs...Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:54:58 ESTCALL FOR EU TO CONTROL GREEK BUDGETLeaked German proposal Greece to cede sovereignty over tax and spending decisions to a eurozone ‘budget commissioner’ to secure a second €130bn bail-out...Date: 27 Jan 2012 16:37:17 ESTUS IN MEGA BATTLE TO BRING IN MR DOTCOMCopyright owners are keeping a close eye on the extradition process of the internet file-sharing chief...Date: 27 Jan 2012 15:29:06 ESTINVESTORS CAUGHT OUT BY BANKING RALLYEuropean financials have rebounded strongly but is this the moment to chase the rally or maintain pessimism, asks Richard Milne...Date: 27 Jan 2012 15:14:18 ESTFREEDOM COMES SLOWLY TO CUBAReforms from President Raúl Castro have encouraged small businesses and eroded traditional structures and attitudes in unanticipated ways...Date: 27 Jan 2012 14:21:36 ESTCHINESE TOURISTS FLOOD LAND OF THE RISING SUNDespite the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, the number of Chinese tourists in Japan is soaring, up 30 per cent at the end of last year...Date: 27 Jan 2012 14:21:36 ESTP&G PLANS 1,600 JOB CUTS AMID EARNINGS BLOWConsumer goods maker’s earnings drop by nearly half and fall short of expectations as two of its businesses take big impairment charges...Date: 27 Jan 2012 13:47:15 ESTCLOUDY EUROPE OUTLOOK DEPRESSES P&Consumer goods maker’s earnings drop by nearly half and fall short of expectations as two of its businesses take big impairment charges...Date: 27 Jan 2012 13:30:54 ESTCOSTA CRUISES MAKES COMPENSATION OFFER15 Italian consumer groups agree deal with operator of stricken liner but two reject it with plans instead to pursue class action suits...Date: 27 Jan 2012 12:22:31 ESTEU AVOIDED ‘MAJOR, MAJOR CREDIT CRUNCH’Europe avoided a credit crunch thanks to €489bn of emergency three-year loans to banks by the European Central Bank last month, governor says...Date: 27 Jan 2012 12:22:29 ESTEMERGENCY LOANS HELPED AVERT ‘MAJOR, MAJOR CREDIT CRUNCH’Europe avoided a credit crunch thanks to €489bn of emergency three-year loans to banks by the European Central Bank last month, governor says...Date: 27 Jan 2012 12:05:35 ESTTENSIONS RISE OVER EUROZONE FIREWALLFresh tensions emerge between France and Germany over the eurozone rescue despite expectations a deal to restructure Greece’s debt is imminent...Date: 27 Jan 2012 11:14:05 ESTSYRIAN VIOLENCE INTENSIFIES AS UN MEETSAttacks escalate in Homs leaving four people dead, a day after 33 people including nine children, were killed in the city...Date: 27 Jan 2012 10:40:32 ESTTENSION RISES OVER SIZE OF EUROZONE FIREWALLFresh tensions emerge between France and Germany over the eurozone rescue despite expectations a deal to restructure Greece’s debt is imminent...Date: 27 Jan 2012 10:40:31 ESTUK REVEALS BANK REGULATION OVERHAULChancellor given power to act unilaterally in a crisis, although legislation falls short of MPs’ wishes on regulation of central bank...Date: 27 Jan 2012 10:40:30 EST -
BUSINESS WEEK
TREASURY FIVE-YEAR YIELD FALLS TO RECORD LOW ON FED STRATEGYTreasury five-year note yields fell to the lowest level ever after Federal Reserve officials unexpectedly said their benchmark interest rate will stay low until at least late 2014....Date: 28 Jan 2012 03:18:23 ESTEUROPEAN STOCKS POST FIRST WEEKLY DROP IN SIX; PETROPLUS PLUNGESEuropean stocks declined for the first week in six after a report showed the U.S. economy grew slower that forecast in the fourth quarter and talks continued between Greece and its creditors for a debt-swap deal....Date: 28 Jan 2012 02:27:24 ESTOMNICARE SUED BY U.S. REGULATORS TO BLOCK TAKEOVER OF PHARMERICAU.S. regulators sued Omnicare Inc. to block its $440.8 million takeover of rival drug-supply company PharMerica Corp., a deal they said would increase prices for elderly nursing-home residents covered by Medicare. Omnicare’s acquisition of Louisville, Kentucky-based Ph...Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:53:35 ESTGROWTH TRAILS FORECASTS AS AMERICANS CURB SPENDING: ECONOMYRestrained spending by consumers held growth in the U.S. economy to a 2.8% annual pace in the fourth quarter, slower than economists forecast while still the fastest pace in more than a year....Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:19:31 ESTPERELMAN’S MACANDREWS & FORBES TOLD TO PAY DRAPKIN $16 MILLIONRonald Perelman’s MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. was ordered to pay $16 million to Perelman’s former lieutenant, Donald Drapkin, after a U.S. jury found that the billionaire’s firm breached a separation agreement....Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:02:20 ESTS&P 500 RISES FOR FOURTH WEEK AS FED’S PLEDGE OFFSETS GDP REPORTThe Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose for a fourth week, the longest streak since October, as the Federal Reserve’s plans to keep interest rates low through at least late 2014 offset slower-than-forecast economic growth....Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:02:20 ESTJEFFERIES, CANTOR FITZGERALD OUTLOOKS CUT TO ‘NEGATIVE’ BY S&PJefferies Group Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald LP had their outlooks lowered to “negative” by Standard & Poor’s on the prospect that concern about Europe’s debt crisis will weigh on trading and investment banking....Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:02:20 ESTCALIFORNIA CITIES LOSE BID TO STOP LAW REDIRECTING $1 BILLIONCalifornia’s law dissolving redevelopment agencies as of Feb. 1 and redirecting more than $1 billion of their funds to the state to fill a budget gap won’t be blocked by a judge in Sacramento....Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:02:20 ESTLEHMAN SAYS IT MAY GIVE CREDITORS $8.1 BILLION TO $10.7 BILLIONLehman Brothers Holdings Inc., which has said it’s planning to start paying creditors from its cash holdings, may initially distribute $8.1 billion to $10.7 billion....Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:02:20 ESTOBAMA ADMINISTRATION EXPANDS AID FOR DELINQUENT U.S. HOMEOWNERSThe Obama administration, seeking to help more homeowners lower their interest rates and shed mortgage debt, will relax the rules on a federal loan- modification program and triple its incentives to banks....Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:02:20 ESTTHE ADVENTURES OF SUPERFOOD MANDarin Olien is to maca root and goji berry what Indiana Jones is to lost arks. And the market for his exotic drink mixes is doubling...Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:08:22 ESTSUPERFOOD: WHAT'S IN IT?...Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:08:22 ESTFACEBOOK'S REWARD FOR BUG HUNTERSFind a bug and Facebook will give you a prestigious black Visa debit card, with cash on it...Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:08:22 ESTFACEBOOK IPO FILING AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEKFacebook Inc., the world’s largest social-networking service, is aiming to file for its initial public offering as early as next week, two people with knowledge of the matter said....Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:08:22 ESTONE-ON-ONE WITH SEAN PARKERJan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker talks with Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster, former president of Facebook Inc. and investor in Spotify Ltd....Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:08:22 ESTIN SEARCH OF CREDIT SCORE NIRVANAOverachievers perpetually strive for higher credit scores, with little gain...Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:08:22 ESTONE-PERCENTERS WANT TO BUY THE CORNER BAKERYSmarting from poor returns in the markets, ultrawealthy individuals plan to increase their investments in small businesses...Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:08:22 ESTCALIFORNIA JUDGE REFUSES TO BLOCK REDEVELOPMENT LAWA California law dissolving redevelopment agencies as of Feb. 1 and redirecting more than $1 billion of their funds to the state to fill a budget gap won’t be stopped by a judge in Sacramento....Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:01:15 ESTSOLAR OUTLOOK BOOSTS N.Y. INDEX TO 4-MONTH HIGH: CHINA OVERNIGHTSolar stocks drove Chinese companies traded in the U.S. to a four-month high, after panel manufacturers said the country may double installations this year as the government pushes to consolidate the industry....Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:01:15 ESTLONE STAR’S KOREA EXCHANGE BANK SALE WINS REGULATORY APPROVALLone Star Funds’ sale of Korea Exchange Bank won approval from regulators, clearing the final hurdle for Hana Financial Group Inc.’s 3.9 trillion won ($3.5 billion) purchase....Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:44:12 EST -
SKY NEWS
OSBORNE: EUROZONE MUST SHOW COLOUR OF MONEYGeorge Osborne is expected to reinforce his message to the eurozone that Britain is "ready" to help boost IMF resources to bail out struggling economies - but only if strict criteria are met....Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:09:16 ESTUK FOOD PRODUCERS PROMISED EXPORT HELPBritish food producers are being promised more help to export their goods to lucrative overseas markets such as India and China....Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:09:16 ESTTREASURY TO GET ULTIMATE BANK BAILOUT POWERSThe Treasury is to be given sole power over when to bail out banks in the event of another financial crisis, under new plans announced by Chancellor George Osborne....Date: 27 Jan 2012 12:39:22 ESTTREASURY TO GET ULTIMATE BANK BAIL OUT POWERSThe Treasury is to be given sole power over when to bail out banks in the event of another financial crisis under new plans announced by Chancellor George Osborne....Date: 27 Jan 2012 11:14:06 ESTOSBORNE CALLS ON EURO LEADERS TO ACT QUICKLYThe Chancellor, George Osborne, has called on leaders of eurozone countries to act quickly, using their own resources, to boost a financial firewall and end the uncertainty over the debt crisis....Date: 27 Jan 2012 10:23:22 ESTBIZ BULLETIN: POOR CHRISTMAS SALES HIT HORNBYToymaker Hornby has warned its profits will be hit because of poor UK sales over the Christmas period....Date: 27 Jan 2012 07:16:07 ESTRBS BOSS UNDER PRESSURE TO FORGO £1M BONUSThe CEO of taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland has come under pressure not to accept his bonus for this year of almost £1m....Date: 27 Jan 2012 05:34:19 ESTCOURT RULES BP MUST PAY DEEPWATER RIG CLAIMSA court has ruled that oil giant BP will have to cover the cost of compensation claims made to Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean over the 2010 explosion that killed 11 people and caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history....Date: 27 Jan 2012 04:26:07 ESTFSA CHIEF: BIG BONUSES 'NOT GOOD FOR SOCIETY'The head of the UK's financial watchdog has told Sky News he believes excessive executive bonuses are "not good for society"....Date: 27 Jan 2012 02:44:06 ESTRBS BOSS STEPHEN HESTER GETS BONUS OF UNDER £1MThe chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland is to get a bonus of almost £1m, a figure which has drawn criticism of pay deals at the taxpayer-funded institution....Date: 26 Jan 2012 17:11:24 ESTRBS BOSS HESTER GETS BONUS OF £963,000The chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland is to get an annual bonus of almost £1m, intensifying the row over pay deals at the taxpayer-funded institution....Date: 26 Jan 2012 16:37:15 ESTRBS BOSS HESTER GETS BONUS OF ALMOST £1MThe chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland is to get an annual bonus of almost £1m, intensifying the row over pay deals at the taxpayer-funded institution....Date: 26 Jan 2012 16:20:19 ESTSKY SOURCES: RBS BOSS BONUS TO BE UNDER £1MThe chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, Stephen Hester, is in line for an annual bonus of less than £1m, a decision that the bank and ministers hope will defuse the intensifying row over his pay....Date: 26 Jan 2012 13:30:18 ESTPM: EU TRANSACTION TAX IDEA 'MADNESS'David Cameron has described European Union plans for a financial transactions tax as "madness" in a speech in Davos....Date: 26 Jan 2012 10:57:18 ESTNOKIA LOSES SMARTPHONE WAR AMID £1BN LOSSNokia has reported a billion pound loss for last year as the world's largest mobile phone maker struggles to maintain its market position....Date: 26 Jan 2012 09:15:07 ESTRBS PROPOSES ALMOST £1M BONUS FOR CEOThe chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Stephen Hester, is set to receive an annual bonus of less than £1m, a decision that the bank and ministers hope will defuse the intensifying row over his pay....Date: 26 Jan 2012 08:41:06 ESTSUBWAY SANDWICH CHAIN TO CREATE 6,000 JOBSSandwich chain Subway is to expand its presence in the UK and Ireland, creating 6,000 jobs over the next three years....Date: 26 Jan 2012 06:59:14 ESTCLEGG: SPEED UP TAX CUT FOR LOWEST EARNERSNick Clegg is to urge the Government to introduce the £10,000 personal allowance on income tax more quickly than planned to relieve the growing pressure on household budgets....Date: 26 Jan 2012 05:51:17 ESTNINTENDO TO LAUNCH NEW WII AS PROFITS SLUMPAmid a huge fall in profits, the Japanese games giant Nintendo has announced it will launch a successor to its pioneering Wii console later this year....Date: 26 Jan 2012 05:17:05 ESTCORYTON REFINERY RESUMES FUEL DELIVERIESDeliveries of fuel from the Coryton refinery will resume with immediate effect, the company's administrators have said....Date: 26 Jan 2012 05:17:05 EST
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LATIN AMERICA SEES OWN PAST IN WEST’S ECONOMIC CRISESA subway station in São Paulo, Brazil, which has a thriving financial sector. Some analysts see the situation in the West as “Latin America, circa 1985.”...Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:42:11 ESTCLOSE TIES TO GOLDMAN ENRICH ROMNEY’S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIVESGoldman Sachs employees have contributed at least $367,000 to Mitt Romney's campaign....Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:42:10 ESTWHEELS BLOG: CALIFORNIA BOARD VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO TOUGHEN ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE MANDATEThe California Air Resources Board approved a recommendation that included the requirement of 1.4 million additional zero-emission and transitional zero-emission vehicles to be on state roads by 2025....Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:34:22 ESTBUSINESS BRIEFING | COMPANY NEWS: PROFIT SLIPS FOR CHEVRON, DISAPPOINTING ANALYSTSChevron’s fourth-quarter profit declined to $5.1 billion, or $2.58 a share, from $5.3 billion, or $2.64, a year earlier....Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:17:12 ESTGROWTH ACCELERATES, BUT U.S. HAS LOTS OF GROUND TO MAKE UPSome U.S. companies closed the year with record order backlogs, signaling solid manufacturing growth going forward. Above, an employee at Alstrom Heat Transfer in New York....Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:43:40 ESTBITS BLOG: TECHNOLOGY AND PHILANTHROPY MERGE AT DAVOSSaying there are a lot of rich people at the World Economic Forum is like noting that there is a lot of water in the ocean. And where there are millionaires and billionaires, there is also talk of philanthropy. Mobile payments and micro-giving were two of the main themes discussed during a panel on...Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:26:10 ESTWHEN TWITTER BLOCKS TWEETS, IT’S #OUTRAGEChecking Twitter on Friday in Cairo. Twitter helped protesters organize in Egypt, but a new policy could alter that dynamic....Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:26:07 ESTFORD POSTS THIRD STRAIGHT ANNUAL PROFITThe automaker’s earnings for 2011 were the largest in 13 years after a one-time gain in the fourth quarter....Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:09:16 ESTDEALBOOK: PERELMAN LOSES COURT BATTLE OVER $16 MILLION SUITRonald O. Perelman, the billionaire financier, lost a bitter legal battle as a federal jury decided that his company must pay $16 million to Donald Drapkin, a former business associate....Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:09:16 ESTDEALBOOK: F.B.I. LOOKS INTO ADVISER ON CHINESE REVERSE MERGERSThe New York Global Group has helped bring Chinese companies public in the United States through reverse mergers, or buying the shell of defunct American companies that had been publicly listed....Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:09:16 ESTOP-ED CONTRIBUTOR: BANKS TAKETH, BUT DON’T GIVETH...Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:18:15 ESTNY JURY: BILLIONAIRE'S FIRM MUST PAY ATTORNEY $16MThe company through which billionaire Ronald Perelman accumulated much of his wealth must pay his former longtime friend and right-hand dealmaking executive $16 million, an acrimonious end to a quarter century friendship that was not lost on a jury mostly shielded from the human drama....Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:44:25 ESTCOMMON SENSE: IN THE TOP 1%, BUT OF TAXPAYERS, NOT INCOME — COMMON SENSEWith all the focus on tax rates, a business columnist for The New York Times sat down with his 2010 returns, calculator in hand. He is still reeling from the results....Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:27:11 ESTNEW FRAUD INVESTIGATION GROUP ISSUES SUBPOENAS TO FINANCIAL COMPANIESInformation is being sought from 11 financial companies related to their actions in the market for residential mortgage-backed securities....Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:27:11 ESTN.Y. AIRPORTS ACCOUNT FOR HALF OF ALL DELAYSDespite changes in procedures and airline schedules, flight delays last year in the New York area were as bad as ever, and rippled across the country....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:53:08 ESTFITCH DOWNGRADES RATINGS OF ITALY AND OTHER COUNTRIESThe agency also lowered the credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Slovenia and Spain and indicated there could be further cuts in the next two years....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:36:12 ESTDEALBOOK: BUZZ ON A FACEBOOK I.P.O. GROWS LOUDERFacebook may file a prospectus as early as next week, according to people with knowledge of the matter, who demanded anonymity because discussions are private. But the company is still hammering out a final date....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:19:15 ESTBYDUREON, A DIABETES DRUG FROM AMYLIN, WINS F.D.A. APPROVALThe Food and Drug Administration twice declined to approve Bydureon in 2010, with its most serious concern being that the drug might contribute to heart rhythm abnormalities....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:02:20 ESTUNION MEMBERSHIP RATE FELL AGAIN IN 2011The nation’s union membership rate continued a decades-long slide last year, falling to 11.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced....Date: 27 Jan 2012 17:11:25 ESTDEALBOOK: DAVOS, IN THE STYLE OF OCCUPY WALL STREETThe protestors of Occupy W.E.F., short for World Economic Forum, framed the big issues of the day with the same high-minded conviction as the experts in the Davos conference center....Date: 27 Jan 2012 17:11:25 EST -
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EXCHANGE-TRADED POLITICS ON DISPLAY AT ISHARESOn January 24th, iShares rang the opening bell on the latest round of exchange competition. From its unassuming booth in the exhibitor hall at IndexUniverse?s InsideETFs conference, ?s iShares launched the first primary listing on BATS Exchange with the tongue-tying iShares MSCI Norway Capped Invest...Date: 28 Jan 2012 02:44:18 ESTPROGRESS 46 SUCCESSFULLY DOCKS WITH INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONLate on Friday, the unmanned Russian Progress 46 spacecraft successfully docked with the International Space Station. It launched Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan....Date: 28 Jan 2012 01:36:23 ESTSTUDY: ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN APARTMENTS COULD SAVE $3.4 BILLIONEnergy-efficiency upgrades in U.S. apartment buildings could cut energy bills by almost $3.4 billion annually nationwide, according to a new report this week from think tanks CNT Energy and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy....Date: 27 Jan 2012 23:08:12 ESTGOOD AND BETTER IRS NEWS FOR ABUSE VICTIMSIt is a real tragedy that??someone can escape an abusive marriage, only to find themselves being pursued by the IRS for the abuser?s tax debts.?? How does it happen ? Filing a joint return will usually result in a married couple having a lower federal tax than the total of two??married filing separa...Date: 27 Jan 2012 22:51:18 ESTTWITTER AND THE DICTATOR'S DILEMMAIt's not often you hear free-speech advocates praising a censorship policy—but that's what happened on Thursday, after Twitter announced a new policy of withholding content both on a tweet-by-tweet and a country-by-country basis....Date: 27 Jan 2012 21:43:48 ESTTHE WEEK AHEAD: STOCKS NEED SOME BAD NEWSMarkets are due for a bull-scaring correction that would open more opportunities, but until then investors should stick with lower-risk sectors and good entry levels. MoneyShow.com senior editor Tom Aspray shares his favorite plays. The US stock market finally took a rest Friday. Investors were dis...Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:52:06 ESTHOOKING UP WITH GEN Y - CHALLENGE FOR BUSINESS?? Tim Smith blogs on the "Echo Boom", also known as Generation Y (Americans born between 1980 - 1995). Tim has previously appeared here discussing his generation?s attitude towards homeownership and education. They don't date, they hook up.?? They don't marry, they cohabit.?? They prioritize parent...Date: 27 Jan 2012 20:35:13 ESTTHE FACEBOOKS THAT WEREN'T...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:44:32 ESTWHAT INVESTORS SHOULD LOOK FOR IN FACEBOOK'S IPO FILING NEXT WEEKFacebook will file for its much-anticipated initial public offering as early as next week, according to the Wall Street Journal. A near-term filing isn't much of a surprise, given that the number of private Facebook shareholders apparently rose above 500 by the end of last year. At that point, regul...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:44:29 ESTROAD NOT TAKEN: THE UNRECOGNIZED HARM OF EXCESSIVE REGULATIONThe difficulty of creating new and better medicines has been the subject of extensive – at times excessive – soul searching, a process that’s intensified as high-profile patents expire, along with their associated revenue streams, traditionally relied upon to support future R&D. ...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:27:18 ESTREMARKABLE EDITORIAL BIAS ON CLIMATE SCIENCE AT THE WALL STREET JOURNALThe Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has long been understood to be not only antagonistic to the facts of climate science, but hostile. But in a remarkable example of their unabashed bias, on Friday they published an opinion piece that not only repeats many of the flawed and misleading argument...Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:10:29 ESTAMERICA'S MOST OVERPRICED CITIESCalifornia cities dominate this list but Florida hot spots and Texas border towns are pricey too....Date: 27 Jan 2012 19:10:28 ESTLOOKING AT FUNDAMENTALS, LINKEDIN IS A $39 STOCK...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:53:17 ESTWHAT'S WRONG WITH THE BUFFETT RULEIt appears that Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) intends to introduce a “Buffett Rule” bill in the Senate, in line with President Obama’s State of the Union call that anybody making over $1 million should be paying at least a 30 percent tax rate. Essentially, it’s a proposal for a second Alternat...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:53:13 ESTSTOCKS JUMPING, PLEASE DON'T GET TOO OPTIMISTICThe current rally has been underway since October 4. The S&P 500 has gained 21% in the four months since, which would be an impressive gain for a full year. Is it getting a bit ahead of itself?...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:53:10 ESTTWITTER'S REALPOLITIK & THE SOVEREIGN-IZATION OF THE INTERNETImage via CrunchBase Reports that "Twitter Can Censor by Country" is a perfect example of how the world is changing the Internet. Change is a two-way street. Conventional wisdom that only assumes the Internet is changing the world risks being blind-sided by the Internet's underappreciated exa-trend:...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:36:16 ESTWEEKLY MARKET WRAP: JANUARY 27, 2012This fourth trading week of 2012 comes to a close with investors sending stocks lower following [...]...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:36:14 ESTFACEBOOK IPO IS NIGH, SHOULD YOU BUY?...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:19:30 ESTTWITTER'S REALPOLITIK & THE SOVEREIGN-IZATION OF THE INTERNETImage via CrunchBase...Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:19:25 ESTWARREN BUFFETT'S ADVICE TO A BOOMER: BUY YOUR SUNBELT RETIREMENT HOME NOWEmerging from the political muck over how much Warren Buffett’s secretary is paid and what she pays in taxes, is some good financial advice for boomers: If you want to retire to a warm clime in the future, consider swooping up your future home, at a bargain price and a low mortgage rate, now....Date: 27 Jan 2012 18:19:24 EST -
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REPORT: FACEBOOK IPO FILING NEXT WEEKFortuneFacebook may finally be ready to go public....Date: 27 Jan 2012 13:47:42 ESTA GERMAN SOLUTION TO AN AMERICAN JOBS PROBLEM?FortuneFORTUNE -- One common refrain heard at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos: "we need to create more jobs." That's hardly a controversial stance -- after all no one is really against creating jobs. The sense here is that if we can just figure out a way to create more employment the Occupiers wo...Date: 27 Jan 2012 13:31:38 ESTTHIS AIN'T A ONE-TIME RODEOFortuneFORTUNE -- When it comes to executive experience, this is not Jim Haworth's first rodeo. The Professional Bull Riders CEO was an executive vice president at Sears (SHLD), chairman of Chinese retail company Chia Tai Enterprises International Ltd., and spent 20 years at Wal-Mart (WMT) before that. 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Why your "company culture" is a meaningless platitude....Date: 27 Jan 2012 08:41:44 ESTDON'T BLAME ETFS FOR WILD MARKET SWINGSFortuneAre exchange-traded funds a prime culprit in one of the signature afflictions of the markets today -- the tendency of huge swaths of stocks or other assets to swing dramatically up or down at the same time? Critics are pointing their fingers at ETFs. But evidence for their nefarious role is lacking....Date: 27 Jan 2012 05:51:34 ESTTHE GREAT MEDITERRANEAN EXECUTIVE MIGRATIONFortuneGiven the troubles in the eurozone, it's little wonder that the number of executives in Greece and Italy seeking jobs elsewhere in the world is rising. 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