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 Executives receive more at UBS
Liberia News.Net
Current and former members of the UBS executive board received much more in pay and bonuses for 2009 than in the year earlier.
 Reported Prius fault still not known
Liberia News.Net
Faults reported in Toyota’s Prius have not been established by technicians from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
 Fragile nations worry Moodys
Liberia News.Net
A report from Moody's Investors Service has warned that the global economic recovery remains fragile, even in some of the largest economies.
 Lehman executives might see courtroom
Liberia News.Net
A court-appointed examiner in the US has released a document on the collapse of the Lehman Brothers investment bank, suggesting some former executives could face criminal charges.
Asian Stocks Mixed Ahead Of Fed Statement
The Miami Herald
HONG KONG -- Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors held back ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest assessment of the world's largest economy.It marked the region's third consecutiv...
Taiwan Exchange To Lift Trading Limit ‘anytime’
Business Week
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Taiwan’s stock exchange expects the limit for gains and losses for share prices to be raised “anytime” after detailing the proposal in parliament yesterday, C...
Call For 'cadbury's Law' After Kraft Sale
Sky News
Unite 's deputy general secretary, who will give evidence to the committee today, will call for the introduction of a 'Cadbury's Law' aimed at preventing hostile takeovers of British companies which a...
Lehman Fired Whistle Blower In June 2008: Wsj
Fox Business
TOKYO -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ousted a whistle-blower just weeks after he raised red flags about the securities firm's accounting in 2008, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Tu...
Asian Shares Firm, Dollar Holds Ground Before Fed
Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rose modestly on Tuesday, with technology stocks nosing ahead, while the dollar held its ground ahead of a Federal Reserve policy meeting expected to reiterate a pledge ...
China Says Yuan Is Not To Blame For Trade Surplus
Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday again turned a deaf ear to U.S. demands for a stronger yuan, saying the currency is not the cause of its trade surplus and pledging to keep the exchange rate stabl...
Fed Seen Renewing Low Rates, Extended Period Vow
Reuters
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates near zero at a meeting on Tuesday and renew its pledge to keep borrowing costs very low for a long time, but could note a brightening...
Prosecutors Want Nacchio In Court For New Sentence
ABCNews
Federal prosecutors are objecting to former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio's request to not be present in court when he is given a new sentence. The U.S. attorney's office said in a court filing Monday that...
Financial Reform Efforts Pit Us Against Europe
ABCNews
A global consensus? Even harder. Efforts are raging on three continents, with at least as many ideas about the proper fixes. Unless the U.S., Europe and Asia adopt uniformly strict regulations, ban...
Summary Box: Fed Debates How To Signal Rate Hikes
ABCNews
THE GREAT DEBATE: Likely to dominate the Fed's discussion at its meeting Tuesday: how and when to signal higher interest rates are on the way. The challenge: doing so in a way that doesn't confuse or ...
Fed Weighs How And When To Signal Higher Rates
ABCNews
Debate is heating up within the Federal Reserve over how and when to signal that the days of record-low interest rates are numbered. A rate hike isn't imminent. But at their meeting Tuesday, Federa...
Study Rated A J&j Stent Above Medtronic Rival
Star Tribune
Medtronic Inc.'s drug-coated heart stent Endeavor had more deaths and complications than Johnson & Johnson's rival device to prop open clogged arteries, research funded by both companies found. A...
Hecker Keeps Defense Attorney After All
Star Tribune
Friends, not taxpayers, will pay for the criminal defense of former auto giant Denny Hecker, according to his attorney, Bill Mauzy, who told federal prosecutors and the judge Monday that he won't quit...
Financial Reform Efforts Pit Us Against Europe
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
NEW YORK -- U.S. policymakers are struggling to agree on new rules to avoid another financial crisis. A global consensus? Even harder. Efforts are raging on three continents, with at least as many i...
Ba Draws Up Battle Plans As Strike Looms
Sky News
BA during the strike period. An internal memo from BA's chief pilot Doug Brown, obtained by Sky, reveals the airline believes it will be able to fly more aircraft than had been originally planned. T...
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