Australia’s Commonwealth Bank eyeing BankWest: report (Reuters)
August 18th, 2008Reuters - Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) , the country's No. 2 bank by assets, may offer over A$6 billion ($5.2 billion) to British bank HBOS for its Australian ...
GM won’t buy advertising time for 2009 Oscars: report (Reuters)
August 18th, 2008Reuters - U.S. automaker General Motors Corp. has pulled out of its longtime sponsorship of the Academy Awards, one of the biggest annual events on broadcast television, the Wall ...
Analysts expecting large loss from Lehman: report (Reuters)
August 18th, 2008Reuters - Some analysts are girding for a third-quarter loss of $1.8 billion or more from U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc , instead of the modest profit they ...
American Eagle could be investor bargain: report (Reuters)
August 18th, 2008Reuters - Apparel retailer American Eagle Outfitters prices and concentration on jeans and T-shirts, both back-to-school staples, should help give it a boost among cost-conscious teens during a challenging ...
Questions and answers on hiring an appraiser (AP)
August 18th, 2008AP - Questions and answers on how consumers can ensure they are getting an honest appraisal when buying or selling a home, refinancing an existing mortgage or taking out a ...
Morgan Stanley sees more finance crisis pain: paper (Reuters)
August 18th, 2008Reuters - The financial crisis will probably not end until next year or even 2010, Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper quoted Morgan Stanley co-President Walid Chammah as saying in a preview ...
European shares climb further (AFP)
August 18th, 2008AFP - Europe's main stock markets extended gains on Friday after an overnight rally on Wall Street which also helped to lift Japanese share prices, dealers said. Read More …
UBS to split wealth management and investment bank (Reuters)
August 12th, 2008Reuters - Swiss bank UBS AG will separate its business into three autonomous units after it identified weaknesses in its integrated one-bank strategy, it said, after posting a worse-than-expected ...
Tesco to open grocery stores in India, supply goods to Tata (AFP)
August 12th, 2008AFP - Tesco, the biggest British retailer, announced Tuesday plans to open wholesale grocery stores in India that will supply goods to hypermarkets owned by Indian conglomerate Tata Group. Read More ...



