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Big Paydays for Lehman, Bear

Wall Street Journal, The | 4 hours 31 minutes ago

Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. executives cashed out nearly $2.5 billion from their firms between 2000 and 2008 even though the financial crisis hammered the shares they held, according to a study set to be released Monday.... (more)


Industrial Bank Plans to Raise $2.6 Billion From Rights Offer of Shares

Bloomberg | 5 hours 46 minutes ago

Industrial Bank will offer 2.5 shares for every 10 shares held, the Fuzhou-based company said in a statement to the Shanghai stock exchange today. The share sale needs approval from the nation's banking and securities regulators.... (more)


Industrial Bank Plans $2.6 Billion Rights Offering to Support Loan Growth

Bloomberg | 5 hours 48 minutes ago

Industrial Bank will offer 2.5 shares for every 10 shares held, the Fuzhou-based company said in a statement to the Shanghai stock exchange today. The share sale needs approval from the nation's banking and securities regulators.... (more)


Is It Good to Apologize for Greed?

BusinessWeek | 7 hours 39 minutes ago

What would J.P. Morgan have said about regret expressed by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein? History tells us the apology was a savvy investment... (more)


Lehman, Bear Executives Cashed Out Big

Wall Street Journal, The | 7 hours 41 minutes ago

Bear Stearns Cos. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. executives cashed out nearly $2.5 billion from their firms between 2000 and 2008 even though the financial crisis hammered the shares they held, according to a study set to be released Monday.... (more)


RPT-NY Times to Goldman Sachs-Pay up to cut public debt

Reuters | 7 hours 43 minutes ago

NEW YORK, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A New York Times editorial slammed Goldman Sachs (GS.N) for its role in the financial crisis and said that instead of paying big bonuses to its employees it should make a multibillion-dollar gift to help reduce the U.S. national debt.... (more)


Small Talk: Modern Water taps demand in Middle East

Independent (London), The | 7 hours 44 minutes ago

Water, in case anyone hasn't noticed, is becoming a rather scarce commodity.... (more)


Spain's BBVA May Spend $1.6 Bln Boosting Stake in China Citic, FT Reports

Bloomberg | 7 hours 49 minutes ago

BBVA will exercise an option to lift its stake to 15 percent of China Citic, from the current 10 percent, the newspaper said.... (more)


Australia shares rise early, but financials slip

MarketWatch | 9 hours 44 minutes ago

Australian stocks inched upward in early Monday trading despite a negative lead from Wall Street, though financials were mostly weak... (more)


Henderson plans three new hedge funds

Financial News Online (U.K.) | 9 hours 46 minutes ago

Welcome to Financial News Online, the most comprehensive source of news, analysis and commentary in Europe for the investment banking, asset management and securities industry.... (more)


ICICI prices $750 million bond in difficult markets

FinanceAsia.com | 10 hours 17 minutes ago

ICICI, India's biggest private sector bank, defies poor markets and issues a $750 million five-year bond.... (more)


Wealthy dump pensions for high-risk schemes

Times (London), The | 10 hours 30 minutes ago

Venture capital trusts offer investors better tax breaks... (more)


Lloyds plans to muscle in on market with Execution

Times (London), The | 10 hours 32 minutes ago

The banking group aims to take a slice of forthcoming takeover activity with a move into the broking market... (more)


Theft possible in mystery of Mint's missing gold

National Post (Canada) | 13 hours 46 minutes ago

At the Royal Canadian Mint, the big question remains unanswered: What the heck happened to our gold?... (more)




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