July 17th, 2011 § 0
Bargain Hunting
A seller waits for customers in Janpath Market. PHOTO BY JOFELLE TESORIO/ANN You go to Asia to get your money worth and more. From hotel accommodation to cheap knick-knacks, not to mention exotic destinations, many Asian cities are worth the trip.
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Hopes and fears
Rome residents divided on how to solve Italy’s debt problems
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July 13th, 2011 § 1
Osborne’s plans will be derailed by sluggish growth warns think tank
BRITAIN will suffer from “sluggish” growth until the start of 2015, causing the government to miss its goal of eliminating the bulk of the Budget deficit within the cu
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TABB Says Options Traders Are Embracing Technology to Support Rising Levels of Trading and Complexity of Strategies
NEW YORK & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Options traders are driving more order flow to low-touch channels in 2011 with direct market access and options algorithms accounting for 66% of total buy-side order flow, up from 64% in 2010.
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July 9th, 2011 § 0
County Inspector General: No fraud tied to accounting blunder
It may have been a big blunder, but there was nothing nefarious going on when Cook County double counted $90 million in revenue during the last fiscal year under former County Board President Todd Stroger.That’s according to Cook County Inspector General Patrick Blanchard who released a report on his investigation in to the matter Wednesday stating: “The evidence developed during the course of …
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Princess Priv Equity – Transaction in Own Shares
Princess Priv Equity – Transaction in Own Shares
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July 5th, 2011 § 0
Borders to remain open ‘for the foreseeable future’
It appears it won’t be the final chapter for the Borders bookstore at The River. But the story isn’t over just yet.
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Court restricts newspapers’ founder from directorships
THE HIGH Court has made an order restricting the founder of a group of regional newspapers from holding directorships of companies for five years unless certain capital requirements are met.
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July 1st, 2011 § 0
Mortgage securities will cost Bank of America $14B
LOS ANGELES – Bank of America, which bought Countrywide Financial in 2008 for stock then worth $2.5 billion, said in a statement Wednesday that settling claims by holders of Countrywide mortgage securities would cost it an additional $14 billion.
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Innosight Announces Leadership Changes
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Innosight, an innovation and growth consulting firm, announced today that Matthew Eyring has been elected the firm’s first Managing Partner.
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June 27th, 2011 § 0
Comets in Gold, Contemporary Art and Junk Bonds
Post the Volcker purge, gold backed down to $400 where it zigged and zagged for almost 15 years. Wi
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How Peter Lynch Finds the Perfect Company
Peter Lynch — perhaps the greatest mutual fund manager of all-time — brought the concept of Value Investing to the masses with his books One Up On Wall Street and Beating the Street .
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June 23rd, 2011 § 0
De Blasio, Stringer are ‘providers for a day’
Byline: Micah Landau Content date: June 23, 2011 – 12:29pm Few New Yorkers know just how hard the city’s family child care providers work. Two of those who do know, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, highlighted providers’ hard work for all to see when they lent a hand as part of the UFT’s “Provider for a Day” event on June 9. Few New Yorkers know …
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Broadridge Launches Gloss Prime Broker Solution to Meet Industry Demand for Operational Efficiency and Process …
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. today announced the launch of its post-execution processing solution for prime brokers and investment banks. Based on the market leading multi-currency trade processing and settlement platform, Gloss, the new solution offers international transaction settlement and real-time custody and financing services, enabling firms to boost reporting transparency and …
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June 19th, 2011 § 0
Tentative deal reached in Air Canada strike amid back-to-work legislation tabling
Air Canada and its striking union Thursday announced their tentative deal to end a three-day strike, just minutes after the Canadian government tabled a bill in parliament ordering the airline’s ticket agents and baggage handlers to return to work.
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Khodorkovsky Says Corruption Means Russia Economy Needs $200 Oil
Russia’s failure to stop corruption and diversify the economy means it needs $200 a barrel oil to match the economic growth of China and India, said Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former billionaire jailed since 2003.
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June 19th, 2011 § 0
IRCE 2011 Report: How does Amazon do it?
Selection, customer experience, lower prices and a gatekeeper role are the answers.
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Investment Strategy Levered To Global Growth Provides Canadian Portfolio Picks
67 WALL STREET, New York – June 13, 2011 – The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Large Cap Growth and Other Investing Strategies Report offering a timely review of this investing philosophy. The full issue is available by calling (212) 952-7433 or via The Wall Street Transcript Online .
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June 19th, 2011 § 0
Broker Scrutiny, Credit-Rater Oversight, JPMorgan: Compliance
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed expanding scrutiny of how brokerages handle trillions of dollars in client assets in a measure that reflects the enduring regulatory impact of Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
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Financial woes trail Senate candidate who probed economic crash
WASHINGTON — In any race for public office, candidates usually have to account for two things: their pasts as private individuals, and their positions on the issues.
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