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Reported by Globe and Mail Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:42:38 +0000 Dark three-year stretch of the financial crisis took toll on capital markets divisions
Reported by Globe and Mail Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:42:38 +0000 Quebecor has asked the federal broadcast regulator to oblige cable and satellite networks to carry its proposed all-news channel Sun TV News as part of their basic plans for the first few years after its licence is approved.
Reported by CBC.ca Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 Automakers posted their weakest U.S. August sales in 27 years, underscoring uncertainty about the strength of the recovery in the world's largest economy.
Reported by IBTimes Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 GOOD economic news out of China and Australia combined with bargain-hunting to help regional bourses start September on a positive note.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 THE race to be named the year's top entrepreneur has reached the sharp end, with a shortlist out yesterday that includes a wide variety of go-getters - from a motion control expert to a pioneer of restroom technology.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 NEW YORK: Burger King, the No. 2 hamburger chain in the US, has been considering a possible sale and has held talks with potential buyers, a source familiar with the situation said yesterday.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 BEIJING: China's manufacturing sector regained some momentum last month, but growth in Europe's factories slowed, adding to signs that a sputtering recovery in the United States was cooling global export demand.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 THE way the Monetary Authority of Singapore dealt with New Century Shipbuilding over inaccuracies in its initial public offering (IPO) has inevitably split the business community, as such rulings often do.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 HONG KONG: At least four retailers from Europe and Asia were poised to submit first-round bids for Carrefour's roughly US$1 billion (S$1.36 billion) worth of South-east Asian assets yesterday, sources said, showing robust demand for the retail operations.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 SINGAPORE'S growing importance as a financial hub has been highlighted in a new report that ranks it as the fourth largest trading centre in the world in foreign exchange.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 THE Singapore Accountancy Council (SAC) has been set up to put in place the recommendations of the Committee to Develop the Accountancy Sector (CDAS) unveiled in April.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 INVESTMENT firm JP Morgan Asset Management is now offering products to all investors in Singapore, not just institutional clients and high-net-worth individuals as in the past.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 NEW YORK: The US manufacturing sector grew faster than expected last month, chalking up a 13th straight month of expansion and helping to calm fears that economic growth in the country was stagnating.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 BOSTON: As US companies shed millions of workers during the recession, the CEOs who laid off the most people earned significantly more than their peers, a study has found.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 THE warning issued to New Century Shipbuilding by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has raised concerns in the business community about the wider ramifications for directors.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 WASHINGTON: The outlook for the US economy would have to deteriorate 'appreciably' to spur fresh support from the Federal Reserve, according to the latest minutes of the central bank's last policy meeting.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 NEW rules demanding more exchange of tax information between jurisdictions will require Singapore firms to escalate compliance, according to law firm Baker & McKenzie.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 A NORWEGIAN bank that launched a research portfolio of marine and energy-related shares in Singapore yesterday has some firm ideas about who the winners and losers might be among local stocks.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 SINGAPORE'S rebounding economy may burst through the 15 per cent growth ceiling projected by the Government earlier this year.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 THE collective sale scene is seeing more launches but prices are certainly not going through the roof, as the Melrose Court and Maison Royale cases show.
Reported by Straits Times Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 HOUSTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - PBF Energy, which bought Valero Energy Corp's Delaware City, Delaware, refinery in June, is negotiating to buy Valero's Paulsboro, New Jersey, refinery, according to sources familiar with the talks.
Reported by Reuters Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:40:38 +0000 TUI Travel, owner of Thomson and First Choice Holidays, saw its shares surge as reports suggested its German parent is set to buy the 42.5 per cent of the travel group that it doesn't already own.
Reported by MailOnline Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:04:40 +0000 Chris Loughlin is chief executive of Travelzoo, a New York-listed business with a market value of some 194million.
Reported by MailOnline Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:04:40 +0000 The sudden rebound in the Dow Jones and FTSE100 on the back of the apparent revival in American manufacturing has to be taken with a pinch of salt.
Reported by MailOnline Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:04:39 +0000