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UPDATE 1-India's Reliance shares up on value in Lyondell deal

Reuters | 5 hours 38 minutes ago

MUMBAI, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Shares in energy major Reliance Industries (RELI.BO) rose to one-month highs on Monday as traders said its offer for bankrupt petrochemicals company LyondellBasell Industries [ACCEIN.UL] was well timed and would help its core businesses.... (more)


U.S. lawmakers urged to drop clearinghouse owner cap

Yahoo! | 6 hours 12 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) ? NYSE Euronext (NYX.N), LCH.Clearnet, BATS Global Markets and other firms partnered with banks have urged two U.S. legislators to drop a proposed "rigid" cap on dealer ownership of clearinghouses, according to a letter sent this week.... (more)


BBVA to invest further in China Citic Bank -FT

Reuters | 11 hours 16 minutes ago

LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - BBVA (BBVA.MC), Spain's second-largest bank, is to invest a further 1.1 billion euros to increase its stake in China Citic Bank (0998.HK), the Financial Times said.... (more)


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

Reuters | 12 hours 25 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)


PricewaterhouseCoopers may be one of the Big Four, but it is planning to get bigger

Times (London), The | 13 hours 36 minutes ago

Ian Powell sees Britain?s recession-ravaged landscape as a land of opportunity for the professional services firm... (more)


Julius Baer hires senior relationship managers in Singapore

FinanceAsia.com | 14 hours 15 minutes ago

Julius Baer hires Lawrence Lua and Frances Lee in Singapore.... (more)


HDFC Securities strengthens team

FinanceAsia.com | 14 hours 15 minutes ago

HDFC Securities hires Vinod Sharma to head private broking and wealth management shortly after it appoints Manish Dabir to head its institutional desk.... (more)


Mauboussin sees abundant 'expectation gaps'

AsianInvestor.net | 14 hours 27 minutes ago

Value investors suffered particularly badly during the crisis but are in better shape now, says Michael Mauboussin of Legg Mason Capital Management.... (more)


Taiwanese investors don't fully grasp bond fund risks

AsianInvestor.net | 14 hours 28 minutes ago

There is a clear mismatch between the goals of Taiwanese bond-fund investors and their allocation to these assets, according to research by Janus Capital.... (more)


OppenheimerFunds settlement is welcome

Oregonian (Portland), The | 17 hours 34 minutes ago

Also welcome: efforts to prevent a recurrence of the debacle Oregon is the first of a handful of states to extract a settlement from OppenheimerFunds, the wayward, soon-to-be-ex-manager of its 529 college loan program. The settlement payment of $20 million avoids protracted litigation and gives timely relief to the Oregon families that were victims of the company?s flawed handling of their college savings accounts.... (more)


Canadian banks to cap 2009 with decent quarter

Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 17 hours 37 minutes ago

Profit expected, but barely above year-ago levels... (more)


Goldmans Non-Apology

New York Times, The | 17 hours 38 minutes ago

?Certainly, our industry is responsible for things. We?re a leader in our industry, and we participated in things that were clearly wrong and we have reasons to regret and apologize for.? Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and chief executive, Goldman Sachs, Nov. 17, 2009.... (more)




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