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07/04/2008 10:38 AM
Fed values Bear Stearns assets at $29bn
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York confirmed the estimated fair value of assets that were formerly held by Bear Stearns at about $29bn, about $1bn less than they were worth when the investment bank was sold to JPMorgan in March
07/03/2008 07:54 PM
Google told to hand over YouTube users' data
Google has run into a fresh storm over online privacy after a US judge ordered YouTube, its popular online video site, to hand over records detailing the viewing habits of its millions of users.
07/03/2008 03:58 PM
VeriSign parts company with CEO
VeriSign, the world's leading provider of the electronic certificates that help secure internet traffic, announced the departure of its chief executive
07/03/2008 02:51 PM
Wall Street shrugs off US jobs data
US equity markets made tentative gains and pared losses for the week, shrugging off data showing that the US shed jobs for a sixth straight month in June and the services sector contracted unexpectedly
07/03/2008 02:03 PM
Continental faces trial over Concorde crash
Continental Airlines and five individuals have been ordered to stand trial over the crash of an Air France Concorde near Paris that killed 113 people in July 2000
07/03/2008 09:55 AM
American, Iberia and BA plan joint deal
American Airlines, British Airways and Spain's Iberia are close to applying for antitrust immunity to form a joint venture that would be one of the most powerful forces in the transatlantic aviation market
07/02/2008 08:46 PM
Sharp fall in US private sector jobs
The US suffered the largest drop in employment in nearly six years in June in a sign of the deteriorating economic environment, says the monthly ADP survey
07/02/2008 07:25 PM
Limbaugh signs radio contract worth $400m
Rush Limbaugh, the conservative talk radio host, has signed an eight-year contract extension said to be worth as much as $400m
07/02/2008 07:03 PM
Lehman issues shares to all its employees
Lehman Brothers has issued shares to all employees representing about 20 per cent of their equity compensation for the year, a person close to the matter said
07/02/2008 06:33 PM
Moody's to check on accuracy
Moody's is moving to re-examine the accuracy of all its computer models and place them under a centralised monitoring system after it formally acknowledged earlier this week that a glitch had appeared in a model used to rate complex products
07/02/2008 04:38 PM
US blue chips buckle under latest oil blow
Surging oil prices sent US stocks into a tailspin, knocking the S&P 500 below its March lows for the first time and sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average scuttling into bear market territory - down 20 per cent from its recent peak
07/02/2008 03:05 PM
Starbucks goes skinny as froth withers
When Starbucks announced plans this week to cut back its planned new stores and to close some 600 existing outlets, the world's largest coffee retailer bade farewell to the era of growth that has made Starbucks' green and white sign a symbol of urban America
07/02/2008 02:30 PM
Talbot Group buys 19% stake in US miner
Talbot Group, Ken Talbot's private investment company, has paid $190m for a 19.9 per cent stake in PBS Coals, a privately-held Pennsylvania coal miner
07/02/2008 02:09 PM
Detroit's Big Three keep eyes on cash
General Motors' shares, already at their lowest level in half a century, fell by almost 10 per cent by midday after Merrill Lynch downgraded its recommendation for the stock to "underperform" from "buy" and said that "bankruptcy is not impossible"
07/02/2008 08:25 AM
Morgan Stanley to sell half of MSCI shares
Morgan Stanley, hammered by credit crunch losses, plans to sell half its remaining stake in MSCI, the portfolio analytics and equity indices company, for about $850m
