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February 4, 2011
Lawmakers are already trying to find ways around the early stages of President Obama's corporate tax rate changes.
February 4, 2011
A number of significant errors on the SEC's audited statements since 2004 have been found by the Government Accountability office.
February 4, 2011
The Citadel School of Business Administration, in partnership with the Research Triangle Chapter of NACD, will be holding a seminar March 17-18 to discuss corporate governance best practices and risk management.
February 4, 2011
Elliott Advisors has recommended that Actelion's chairman and CEO step down from the board, apparently in order to sell the company.
February 4, 2011
The acquisition will enable Newmont to expand its gold-mining operations in Nevada.
February 4, 2011
Stephen A. Schwarzman, the Blackstone Group's chairman and chief executive, spoke about the firm's strong fourth-quarter earnings from his new temporary home in Paris.
February 4, 2011
Nearly a year after taking over as chief executive, Jon Corzine is set to announce a series of moves that could turn the firm into a mini-Goldman.
February 4, 2011
Saxo Bank, in ads aimed at frustrated British bankers, says customers can use up to 75 percent of the value of their shares for margin trading on its platform.
February 4, 2011
To hear congressional Republicans tell it, the Obama administration is much like the harried white rabbit that mutters, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!" in Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
February 4, 2011
NEW YORK - American International Group's mortgage insurer does more business in Republican-leaning states, where it signs up more reliable customers than those in "more liberal" areas, AIG chief executive Robert Benmosche said.
February 4, 2011
Reuters - Health insurer Aetna Inc forecast 2011 earnings well ahead of Wall Street's target on Friday and dramatically increased its dividend payout, sending shares up more than 8 percent.
February 4, 2011
Reuters - European Union leaders will discuss strengthening the euro zone's 440 billion euro bailout fund at a summit on Friday and try to agree how best to insulate the region from the year-long debt crisis.
February 4, 2011
A flurry of developments on Thursday underscores just how much the private equity business has emerged from the financial crisis in a position of strength.
February 4, 2011
Investment firm Elliott Advisors called for a boardroom overhaul at Actelion, launching a battle that could lead to the sale of Europe's largest biotech company.
February 4, 2011
TD Ameritrade brokers misled investors about the risks of a mutual fund that foundered at the height of the financial crisis, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Thursday.
February 4, 2011
Timothy F. Geithner can't seem to talk enough these days about corporate tax reform. From D.C. to Davos, the Treasury secretary has chatted up chief executives and academics, bankers and labor groups, Republicans and Democrats, all in the name of fixing a tax code that most everyone agrees could ...
February 3, 2011
Investor's Business Daily - The chipmaker said Q4 EPS rose 16% to 22 cents, topping projections by a penny. Helped by strong demand from automakers for its audio and power management chips, sales grew 17% to $579.2 mil, also beating views. On Semiconductor (NMS:ONNN), which closed its acquisition of a chip unit of Sanyo Electric at year-end, sees Q1 sales of $830 mil-$875 mil, above views for $853 mil. Shares fell 2.9% to 11.16.
February 3, 2011
The final proxy statement filed by Abercrombie as it pushes to move its incorporation to Ohio makes it difficult for shareholders to discern the benefits and the pitfalls.
February 3, 2011
The number of women on the boards at UK FTSE 100 companies has remained at 12 percent, and 53 percent of FTSE 250 companies have all-male boards.
February 3, 2011
Johnson Controls have listened to shareholders' calls for majority voting standards.