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Smash EDO is launching its campaign against the arms trade’s number one UK financial backer Barclays Bank this Saturday (26th). Not only did Barclays invest £7.3 billion pounds in the arms trade last year, they also act as a...
Print this article The CRB Commodity Index is close to a one-year high. Copper prices have doubled over the past 12 months and exceeded $7,000 a tonne for the first time since September 2008. Nickel is up by more than 50% over...
China sells a 50-year government bond, the first time it has issued such long-duration debt, as part of efforts to develop its domestic bond market and help meet demand among China’s institutional investors for longer-dated...
morning+ (AP) - TOKYO, Nov. 27 (Kyodo)—The U.S. dollar continued its decline Friday morning in Tokyo, briefly touching a new 14-year low in the 84 yen range, as selling of the euro for the yen due to debt woes in Dubai weakened...
On Dubai's Default, CRE Loans and Frugal U.S. Consumers 1 comment by: Craig Brown November 27, 2009 | about: It seems that Dubai World seeking to restructure its $59 billion in debt came as a big surprise, especially to those...
Thai star Thongchai Jaidee and China's Liang Wen-chong, the top-two ranked golfers on the Asian Tour, will headline the King's Cup in Thailand next week. Thongchai, who has already wrapped up a record third Asian Tour's Order...
Bob Diamond, the president of Barclays, has turned down the opportunity to try out for one of America’s biggest banking jobs, after he was approached by the board of Bank of America (BoA) to replace Kenneth Lewis, its retiring...
By MARGOT PATRICK LONDON -- Qatar's sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday it is cashing out about half of the warrants it holds in Barclays PLC, resulting in a gain of about £750 million ($1.23 billion) for the U.K. bank while...
Two Brokers Drop Fund as Redemption Requests Hit $1 Billion; a Moody's Mole BY SUSAN PULLIAM AND GREGORY ZUCKERMAN Hedge-fund giant Galleon Group, facing heavy investor withdrawal requests after Friday's arrest of co-founder...
Morgan Stanley said Tuesday it will sell its retail asset management business, including the Van Kampen division, to money manager Invesco Ltd. for $1.5 billion in a move to focus on institutional clients.
