Archive for November 12th, 2008

Exec with Swiss bank UBS indicted in tax probe

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
MIAMI (AP) - A senior executive with Swiss banking giant UBS AG was charged in a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday with conspiring to hide $20 billion in assets from the Internal Revenue Service using secret overseas accounts for thousands of ...
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Anheuser shareholders approve takeover by InBev

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
By Martinne Geller NEW YORK, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc shareholders overwhelmingly approved on Wednesday the proposed $52 billion takeover by Belgian rival InBev NV, leaving the blessing of federal regulators as the only remaining ...
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LCD Makers to Plead Guilty in Price-Fixing Scheme (Update1)

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
By Jeff Bliss Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- LG Display Co., Chunghwa Picture Tubes and Sharp Corp. have agreed to plead guilty and pay $585 million in criminal fines for conspiring to fix prices of liquid crystal display panels, the US Justice Department ...
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Delta to keep hub in Cincinnati, but cut 12% of flights

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
By James Pilcher, The Cincinnati Enquirer Delta Air Lines plans to cut 12% of its flying out of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in January, but says it is restructuring the hub here to make it more profitable and therefore ...
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Morgan Stanley Plans Broad Job Cuts

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
NEW YORK--Morgan Stanley (MS) announced plans to cut 10% of staff in its institutional securities unit, its main business, and 9% in asset management as it copes with a deteriorating economy, disrupted capital markets and falling asset values.
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Economic gloom mounts ahead of finance crisis summit (AFP)

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
AFP - Bleak corporate results worldwide and grim news that Germany and Britain face recession raised pressure on world leaders Wednesday ahead of an economic crisis summit as Washington shifted the focus of its financial rescue.
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CORRECTED: General Growth plunges on viability concerns

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
By Ilaina Jonas NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Growth Properties Inc GGP.N shares fell 64 percent on Tuesday after the second-largest US mall owner expressed doubts it could keep operating due to looming near-term debt.
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Best Buy cuts outlook amid 'seismic' consumer-spending dropoff

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Best Buy Co. Inc. cut its outlook for the rest of fiscal 2009 in the face of what Vice Chairman and CEO Brad Anderson called, “the most difficult climate we’ve ever seen.
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Lawmakers Debate Loan Modification

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
By LOUISE STORY WASHINGTON - It sounds simple in principle: find troubled homeowners, change their mortgages and help them keep their houses.
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Oil Falls on Forecasts of Lower Global Demand, Higher Supply

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
By Mark Shenk Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell to the lowest since March 2007 on speculation that the International Energy Agency will cut its global demand estimate tomorrow and the US will report that stockpiles gained.
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