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Norman Pearlstine Joins Bloomberg
The former editor in chief of Time and an adviser for the Carlyle Group, the private equity group, was named chief content officer of Bloomberg on Monday.
New York Times – 43 minutes ago ¦ comment?
The former editor in chief of Time and an adviser for the Carlyle Group, the private equity group, was named chief content officer of Bloomberg on Monday.
New York Times – 43 minutes ago ¦ comment?
New BlackBerry Bold doubles screen resolution
Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday is introducingits first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold,a high-end model that further demonstrates the company's desire tomake tools for both work and play.
Newsday.com – 45 minutes ago ¦ comment?
Research In Motion Ltd. on Monday is introducingits first major new BlackBerry model in more than a year: the Bold,a high-end model that further demonstrates the company's desire tomake tools for both work and play.
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MBIA slides to huge 1Q loss on hefty charges
NEW YORK (AP) -- MBIA Inc. swung to a $2.41 billion loss during the first quarter as the bond insurer faced ongoing deterioration in the credit markets and recorded billions in write-downs....
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NEW YORK (AP) -- MBIA Inc. swung to a $2.41 billion loss during the first quarter as the bond insurer faced ongoing deterioration in the credit markets and recorded billions in write-downs....
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Cablevision and Tribune seal Newsday dealReuters - Cablevision Systems Corp sealed a $650 million deal to buy 97 percent of Newsday Media Group from Tribune Co, the companies said on Monday, after Rupert Murdoch's News Corp (NWSa.N) withdrew its bid.
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DealBook: MBIA Posts $2.4 Billion Loss for 1st Quarter
The loss, amid a credit crisis that has roiled the subprime-based instruments that MBIA had insured, is a stark reversal from the $198.6 million it earned at the same time last year.
New York Times – 1 hour, 3 minutes ago ¦ comment?
The loss, amid a credit crisis that has roiled the subprime-based instruments that MBIA had insured, is a stark reversal from the $198.6 million it earned at the same time last year.
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For HSBC, Asia Offsets Bad U.S. Loans
Europe’s biggest bank put aside $3.2 billion for bad loans in the United States in the first quarter, in line with its expectations.
New York Times – 1 hour, 5 minutes ago ¦ comment?
Europe’s biggest bank put aside $3.2 billion for bad loans in the United States in the first quarter, in line with its expectations.
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Profit up in first quarter, HSBC says
HSBC said its growing Asian business had more than offset declining earnings in the United States.
International Herald Tribune – 1 hour, 15 minutes ago ¦ comment?
HSBC said its growing Asian business had more than offset declining earnings in the United States.
International Herald Tribune – 1 hour, 15 minutes ago ¦ comment?
Westpac seeks deal to create largest Australian bank
Westpac Banking said Monday that it was in talks to merge with St. George Bank, a deal that would rank as one of the largest corporate mergers in Australia and create the largest Australian financial institution.
International Herald Tribune – 1 hour, 15 minutes ago ¦ comment?
Westpac Banking said Monday that it was in talks to merge with St. George Bank, a deal that would rank as one of the largest corporate mergers in Australia and create the largest Australian financial institution.
International Herald Tribune – 1 hour, 15 minutes ago ¦ comment?
Big reserves come with a catch
Money can't buy you love, sang the Beatles. Nor, as Asia is discovering, can $4 trillion in foreign exchange reserves pave a swift path out of poverty.
International Herald Tribune – 1 hour, 15 minutes ago ¦ comment?
Money can't buy you love, sang the Beatles. Nor, as Asia is discovering, can $4 trillion in foreign exchange reserves pave a swift path out of poverty.
International Herald Tribune – 1 hour, 15 minutes ago ¦ comment?
Talking about an 'evergreen revolution'
Forty years after he helped rescue the world from growing famine, and with a deepening gloom over the future of food supplies, Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is once again agitating for an agricultural revolution - this time a perpetual one.
International Herald Tribune – 1 hour, 15 minutes ago ¦ comment?
Forty years after he helped rescue the world from growing famine, and with a deepening gloom over the future of food supplies, Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan is once again agitating for an agricultural revolution - this time a perpetual one.
International Herald Tribune – 1 hour, 15 minutes ago ¦ comment?
