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JPMorgan CIO Risk Chief Has Trading-Loss History - BusinessWeek (blog)
The Securities and Exchange Commission is reviewing the transactions and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted May 18 to open an investigation, according to two people briefed on the matter. The UK Financial Services Authority, which regulates ...
AIJ Stripped of Registration on Fraud Allegations - BusinessWeek (blog)
The watchdog will today report the latest figures for AIJ's cash holdings, deposits and assets held in Cayman Island-registered investment funds, said the official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity because the information is private.
Facebook Buys 750 IBM Patents to Boost Defenses - BusinessWeek (blog)
The patents cover various technologies such as software and networking, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the deal hasn't been made public. The acquisition would swell the size of Facebook's portfolio, which includes at least 56 ...
Is Linsanity Over? - BusinessWeek (blog)
The merchandise is “just sitting there,” say one employee, who was not authorized to speak to reporters and asked not to be named. “It wasn't worth it for us,” another employee adds. Does this desperate attempt to clear merchandise signal the official ...
Nomura Said to Be Cutting 30 Managers From Fixed-Income Division - BusinessWeek (blog)
By Liam Vaughan on March 13, 2012 Nomura Holdings Inc. (8604), Japan's biggest securities firm, will cut about 30 managers in its fixed income unit, three months after naming Steve Ashley global head of the division, a person briefed on the matter said ...
S&P 500 Caps Biggest Two-Day Advance of the Year - BusinessWeek (blog)
A final result will be released tomorrow at 8 am in Athens, a government official said. Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos will hold a press conference at 1 pm Athens time. With Greece again the focus of the euro-area debt crisis now in its third ...
Bayer Is Said to Consider Bidding for Pfizer's Animal-Health Business - BusinessWeek (blog)
Most of the price differential was to cover the tax hit, which P&G had avoided in the Diamond transaction because it was constructed as a reverse merger, according to a person familiar with the matter. “Our decision about strategic options will be ...
News Corp. Obstruction Evidence Mounts - BusinessWeek (blog)
Klein and Jacobs had already heard about Akers's anger over the removal of Weatherup's possessions, according to two attendees who asked not to be identified. Brooks assured the men that Lewis and Greenberg had put things right with Scotland Yard and ...
Jailed Lawmakers Rule India in Corrupt System - BusinessWeek (blog)
He and Ansari have waged a two-decade battle for control of eastern districts of the state, according to police reports and interviews with two law-enforcement officials, who asked not to be identified because they feared reprisals.
Myanmar Nearing Currency Float in Policy Shift - BusinessWeek (blog)
Officials will then activate an interbank exchange market, in which the central bank will intervene to influence the kyat's value, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks are private. The step would mark President ...
Stoppelman Standing Up to Investors Leads to Yelp IPO - BusinessWeek (blog)
After fielding a takeover offer from Google in 2009, Yelp received a bid from Yahoo (YHOO) for about $750 million, said the people familiar with the matter, who asked to remain anonymous because the talks were private. Yahoo later discussed a price of ...
Life as Libor Traders Knew It Seen as Abusive - BusinessWeek (blog)
The talks became common practice after money markets froze in 2007, making it difficult for individual bankers to gauge the cost of borrowing from other lenders, said the traders, who asked not to be identified because they weren't authorized to speak ...
Four New Patents For Skyhook - BusinessWeek (blog)
The people, who both requested anonymity because they did not have approval from the companies to comment, say they believe Apple will continue to pay ...