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London Markets: British shares edge lower as banks pressure

date: 2010-02-08 15:08:00 | London, Markets:, British, shares, edge, lower, banks, pressure

British shares struggled for direction on Monday, with banks losing ground but earnings and deal speculation helped to limit losses.

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Asian shares mostly up; resources, techs gain

date: 2010-02-03 04:32:00 |

American banks: Through FICC and thin

date: 2010-01-21 10:37:36 |

Regulating banks: Garrottes and sticks

date: 2010-01-28 10:40:26 |

Smartphones will shake up paid content debate

date: 2010-03-11 16:45:20

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Media companies longing to bring a paid-for culture to the Internet might just get what they want if they pay more attention to the smartphone revolution that is changing the way people access the Web.

source: feeds.reuters.com

Watches may signal time for dental implant recovery

date: 2010-03-11 16:30:09

ZURICH (Reuters) - Dental implant makers lost their shine as a recession-proof investment during the global crisis, which turned fixing smiles into a luxury for consumers who struggled to pay for non-essential work on their mouths.

source: feeds.reuters.com

Biotech Stocks: BioSante rallies on study; drug stocks slip

date: 2010-03-11 15:46:00

Shares of BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc. soar in early action, powered by a study that shows its GVAX Leukemia vaccine appeared to be effective in battling chronic myeloid leukemia, or CML.

source: www.marketwatch.com

Hedge Funds: Investors start plowing money back into industry

date: 2010-02-11 23:25:00

Investors have started plowing money back into some hedge funds after the industry rebounded strongly from record losses in 2008.

source: www.marketwatch.com

Motorola sets plan for breakup in 2011

date: 2010-02-11 22:55:00

Motorola says it plans to split itself up into two separate companies, which would put its mobile handset and cable set-top box businesses into a new publicly traded company.

source: www.marketwatch.com

Before the Bell: Boston Scientific, Viacom, Credit Suisse in focus

date: 2010-02-11 13:40:00

A roundup of business and financial news breaking before the opening bell on Wall Street Thursday.

source: www.marketwatch.com


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Economics focus: The inflation solution

date: 2010-03-11 10:43:55

The merits of inflation as a solution to the rich world’s problems are easily overstatedIT HAS long been considered a scourge, an obstacle to investment and a tax on the thrifty. It seems strange, then, that ...

source: www.economist.com

Labour markets: Distemper

date: 2010-03-11 10:43:55

Temporary work may dim future employment prospectsIS ANY job better than no job? Some research has suggested that unemployed workers should take up any job they can get, including temporary work, as a bridge to ...

source: www.economist.com

Chinese local-government debt: Shell game

date: 2010-03-11 10:43:55

Beijing signals a crackdown on borrowing by local governmentsENDLESS arcane pronouncements spew forth from China’s bureaucracies. But some matter much more than others. In recent weeks a number of the ...

source: www.economist.com

Correction: Bank administrative costs

date: 2010-03-11 10:43:55

The administrative costs per $1m lent by the World Bank and the International Development Bank during 2009 were $20,600 and $15,314 respectively, not $19,000 and $26,833 (“Cap in hand”, March 6th). And ...

source: www.economist.com

Asia Markets: Indian sugar stocks turn bitter on rise in output

date: 2010-03-11 05:28:00

A swift, painful correction in Indian sugar stocks over the last few weeks may still have some way to go, as the freefall in sugar prices continues amid an increase in global production.

source: www.marketwatch.com

Chances missed at GMAC to protect taxpayers: panel

date: 2010-03-11 05:05:00

The Treasury Department missed valuable opportunities to protect taxpayers as part of its $17.2 billion bailout of auto-lending company GMAC, a congressional watchdog group says in its latest report.

source: www.marketwatch.com

Hedge Funds: Market rebound plumps sovereign-wealth funds

date: 2010-03-10 19:09:00

The strong rebound in global markets in the past year helped sovereign-wealth funds recoup some of the losses they suffered during the financial crisis, a study says.

source: www.marketwatch.com

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