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- Nomura CEO to Resign Over Insider Trading Scandal
- Big-Bank Pioneer Now Seeks Breakup
- Zynga Posts Loss, Stock Plunges 39%
- Asian Shares Edge Higher
- How Not to Keep a Secret
- India Tries to Lure Small Investors to Stocks
- Stimulus Hopes Boost Gold
- Muni Blues Worry Investors
- Judge Sanctions Samsung
- Box Is Raising New Financing Round
- United Technologies to Sell Hamilton Units
- Telefonica Suspends Dividend
- EU Eyes Greater Regulation of Financial Benchmarks
- Regulators Seek Outside Audit Advice After Peregrine Collapse
- Plea Ends Bizarre Chapter in Probe
- MGM Studio Considers IPO
- Drought to Hit Food Prices in 2013
- Geithner Defends His Response to Libor Concerns
- Euro-Zone Banks Tighten Loan Criteria
- Short-Selling Declines at NYSE, Nasdaq
| Nomura CEO to Resign Over Insider Trading Scandal Posted: 25 Jul 2012 07:54 PM PDT The chief executive and chief operating officer of Nomura Holdings are stepping down to take responsibility for the bank's involvement in a series of leaks of inside information.
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| Big-Bank Pioneer Now Seeks Breakup Posted: 25 Jul 2012 07:25 PM PDT Sanford Weill, who built Citigroup Inc. through repeated acquisitions, on Wednesday called for the breakup of huge U.S. financial conglomerates.
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| Zynga Posts Loss, Stock Plunges 39% Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:59 PM PDT Zynga posted a second-quarter loss despite rising revenue, and the online-games provider lowered its full-year outlook, driving its share price lower in after-hours trading.     |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2012 06:31 PM PDT Asian markets edged upward early Thursday, following days of heavy selling, as investors focused a slew of earnings reports. The Nikkei was up 0.1%.     |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2012 04:27 PM PDT An Irish pharmaceutical-services company faces a lawsuit for revealing a rival was on the block. The rival alleges the Irish company was bound by a non-disclosure agreement and should not have revealed the information.     |
| India Tries to Lure Small Investors to Stocks Posted: 25 Jul 2012 04:52 PM PDT The Indian government's effort to attract individuals into the stock market faces a big hurdle: Investors are increasingly disillusioned by investing.     |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2012 04:40 PM PDT Gold futures finished above $1,600 an ounce for the first time in more than two weeks as some traders bet that a deteriorating global growth outlook would compel the Fed to try to stimulate economic activity.     |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:45 PM PDT Cash-strapped cities see bankruptcy as a viable option for managing spiraling debts. Bond investors are nervous.     |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2012 06:17 PM PDT A federal judge sanctioned Samsung Electronics for failing to prevent the automatic deletion of email evidence in its patent case with Apple.     |
| Box Is Raising New Financing Round Posted: 25 Jul 2012 04:07 PM PDT Box, a venture-capital-backed company whose software lets workers store and access documents on the Web, is raising a new round of financing that would value the start-up at $1.2 billion.     |
| United Technologies to Sell Hamilton Units Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:00 PM PDT United Technologies agreed to sell three units of its Hamilton Sundstrand subsidiary to a private-equity group for about $3.5 billion, in a deal that will help fund its purchase of aircraft-components maker Goodrich.     |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:27 PM PDT Telefonica is suspending dividend payments and share buybacks for this year, in a move that highlights the dire straits faced by Spanish corporations.     |
| EU Eyes Greater Regulation of Financial Benchmarks Posted: 25 Jul 2012 03:43 PM PDT European authorities proposed the possibility of criminal penalties, including jail time, for manipulating financial benchmarks such as Libor and said the financial industry's role in setting these benchmarks needs stronger public oversight.     |
| Regulators Seek Outside Audit Advice After Peregrine Collapse Posted: 25 Jul 2012 01:25 PM PDT Futures regulators are seeking advice from the organization that oversees the auditors of public companies after coming under attack for missing red flags of an alleged 20-year fraud at Peregrine Financial Group.     |
| Plea Ends Bizarre Chapter in Probe Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:58 PM PDT John Kinnucan ridiculed the prosecutors and federal agents investigating him, and his wife begged him to stop. On Wednesday, he pleaded guilty to illegally passing on confidential information about technology companies to hedge funds and other clients.     |
| Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:29 PM PDT MGM Holdings, the parent of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is planning a possible public stock offering, the company said. It offered few details about what it called a "confidential" filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.     |
| Drought to Hit Food Prices in 2013 Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:27 PM PDT The record-setting drought in the Midwest is set to drive up Americans' food bills, the USDA said, with the biggest impact coming next year.     |
| Geithner Defends His Response to Libor Concerns Posted: 25 Jul 2012 06:16 PM PDT Treasury Secretary Geithner deflected criticism over his handling of an interest-rate manipulation scandal, saying that U.S. officials took appropriate steps and that the Bank of England bore responsibility for repairing the problem.     |
| Euro-Zone Banks Tighten Loan Criteria Posted: 25 Jul 2012 05:12 PM PDT Euro-zone banks tightened their credit standards again in the second quarter, as a slowing economy and spreading debt crisis outweighed the effects of a huge European Central Bank cash injection     |
| Short-Selling Declines at NYSE, Nasdaq Posted: 25 Jul 2012 09:10 AM PDT Short-selling fell at the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market during the first half of July.     |
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