"Wallstreet" Reader |
- Asian Markets Mixed
- GE Elects Ex-Chairman of Vanguard to Board
- Accretive Health Reaches $2.5 Million Settlement With Minnesota
- China Youngman to Buy Stake in Germany's Viseon
- Data Show Fannie, Freddie Savings
- New SNB Chief to Arrive Amid Soaring Reserves
- Dendreon to Cut 41% of Staff
- Regulators Press Muni-Index Probe
- Forex Volumes Slump
- Levinsohn Exits Yahoo
- 'Junk' Loans Gain Leverage
- ICE Melts to Futures
- Biggest Chapter Yet for a Poison Pen
- Washington Post Receives Ford Foundation Grant
- Investor Settles Suit Over Chinese Firm Trading
- Defendant in Insider Case: I Was Just Doing My Job
- Saudi Oil Output Seen at Record Pace
- Money Funds Step Up Fight
- U.S. Plans Antidumping Duties on Washing Machines
- RBS Braces for Its Own Libor Deal
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:48 PM PDT Asian markets were mixed Tuesday as Australia touched an 11-week high on hopes of European policy action, while Japan was down as a stronger currency hurt exporters.
      |
| GE Elects Ex-Chairman of Vanguard to Board Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:37 PM PDT General Electric has named a person affiliated with its biggest shareholder to its board, electing Vanguard Group's chairman emeritus, John Brennan, as a director.
    |
| Accretive Health Reaches $2.5 Million Settlement With Minnesota Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:40 PM PDT Revenue-manager Accretive Health said it reached a $2.5 million settlement with the Minnesota attorney general's office over an ongoing lawsuit and said it voluntarily decided to cease all its operations in Minnesota.
    |
| China Youngman to Buy Stake in Germany's Viseon Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:51 PM PDT China Youngman Automobile Group, a home-grown car maker, plans to acquire a 75% stake in German coach manufacturer Viseon Bus, its latest attempt to expand globally after failing to purchase Saab Automobile last year.
    |
| Data Show Fannie, Freddie Savings Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:07 PM PDT As the regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac nears its decision on whether to approve debt forgiveness for troubled borrowers, a new analysis by the regulator suggests that taxpayers could actually benefit from the move, according to people briefed on the findings.     |
| New SNB Chief to Arrive Amid Soaring Reserves Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:42 PM PDT The Swiss National Bank this week will fill the seat left vacant by the resignation of Philipp Hildebrand in January, with former civil servant Fritz Zurbruegg assuming responsibility for keeping the Swiss franc in check and managing the country's ballooning foreign-exchange reserves.     |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:06 PM PDT Dendreon unveiled restructuring plans that include cutting more than 600 additional jobs, as the cancer-drug developer reported a second-quarter loss.     |
| Regulators Press Muni-Index Probe Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:16 PM PDT Regulators are stepping up their investigation into an interest-rate benchmark used in the $3.7 trillion municipal-bond market.     |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:53 PM PDT The euro's troubles have sent the currency market into its worst slump since the financial crisis, with trading volumes falling world-wide for the first time since 2009.     |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:18 PM PDT Ross Levinsohn said he is leaving Yahoo after the board chose longtime Google executive Marissa Mayer to become chief executive.     |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:01 PM PDT In the market for "junk" debt, some investors say loans are starting to look more appealing than bonds.     |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:14 PM PDT IntercontinentalExchange said it plans to overhaul trading in trillions of dollars of energy contracts starting in January, becoming the first exchange to take such a step ahead of new financial regulations.     |
| Biggest Chapter Yet for a Poison Pen Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:38 PM PDT Daniel Loeb won a big victory in his bet on Yahoo, but the sometimes caustic hedge-fund manager has not yet lifted the stock out of its rut.
    |
| Washington Post Receives Ford Foundation Grant Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:35 PM PDT The Ford Foundation awarded a $500,000 grant to the Washington Post to expand its government-accountability coverage, the foundation's second major grant to a for-profit newspaper this year.     |
| Investor Settles Suit Over Chinese Firm Trading Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:46 PM PDT The SEC lawsuit said Peter Siris, a longtime investor in Chinese stocks and former New York Daily News columnist, profited by trading on inside information on China Yingxia International, a company in which he had invested $1.5 million.     |
| Defendant in Insider Case: I Was Just Doing My Job Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:35 PM PDT Doug Whitman, a former hedge-fund manager, says he sought out nonpublic information, but denies trading on it. His trial starts Tuesday.
    |
| Saudi Oil Output Seen at Record Pace Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:01 PM PDT Saudi Arabia is on track to surpass its record oil output this year, July data showed, offsetting a decline from Iran because of international sanctions, despite pressure from other oil exporters to cut back and help bolster world oil prices.     |
| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:45 PM PDT Four of the largest mutual-fund companies and their industry group have shifted money to a lobbying campaign to fend off tighter regulations for the $2.5 trillion money-market fund industry.     |
| U.S. Plans Antidumping Duties on Washing Machines Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:49 PM PDT The Commerce Department set preliminary antidumping duties on large residential washers from South Korea and Mexico following a complaint from Whirpool.     |
| RBS Braces for Its Own Libor Deal Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:41 PM PDT A settlement in the trans-Atlantic Libor probe could undermine CEO Stephen Hester, who has trimmed the sprawling lender's toxic balance sheet and stemmed losses. A large public outcry could cost him his job.     |
| You are subscribed to email updates from "Wallstreet" via Ernst in Google Reader To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
