Goldman Is Said to Agree to Sell Sanyo Stake for $2.7 Billion to Panasonic

Posted by Financial Service News on December 17th, 2008

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. agreed to sell its stake in Sanyo Electric Co. to Panasonic Corp., ending weeks of resistance after accepting an increase of less than 1 percent, two people familiar with the matter ...

Economic worries bite stocks, dollar

Posted by Financial Market News on December 17th, 2008

Financial markets continued to assess the changing landscape one-day after the Federal Reserve pushed a key lending rate almost to zero.

Obama to Name Brokerage Regulator Mary Schapiro to Head SEC, Replacing Cox

Posted by Financial Service News on December 17th, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama plans to name Mary Schapiro , chief executive officer of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, to be chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, people familiar ...

Major problem halts TSX

Posted by Financial Market News on December 17th, 2008

Canada's main stock markets were paralyzed Wednesday by data transmission problems that halted trading almost immediately after it started, infuriating traders and leaving many looking for alternative ways to ...

NY-based Citibank computers back up

Posted by Financial Service News on December 17th, 2008

Customers of the New York City-based Citibank have regained access to their account information following a computer outage.

South Korea’s wobbly won shows signs of stability

Posted by Financial Market News on December 17th, 2008

Could the worst be over for the South Korean won?

The embattled currency rose to a six-week high Wednesday as local stocks gained modestly following a historic rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

The won has been one of the world's worst performing units this year, falling as much as 38 percent as foreign investors have dumped South Korean shares.

Confidence in the government's ability to fight the effects of the global financial crisis were also questioned as concerns grew that its stash of foreign currency reserves might not be enough to weather the storm.

Fed rate cut causes changes in Asia

Posted by Financial Service News on December 17th, 2008

The U.S. Federal Reserve's radical step of slashing its key interest rate to between zero and 0.25 percent raised expectations the Bank of Japan and other central banks will follow with their own moves to ...

TOPWRAP 1-Shock Fed rate cut puts focus on Bank of Japan

Posted by Financial Market News on December 17th, 2008

The U.S. Federal Reserve's radical step of slashing its key interest rate to between zero and 0.25 percent raised expectations the Bank of Japan and other central banks will follow with their own moves to ...

Fed move puts rates paid by consumers on sale, too

Posted by Financial Service News on December 17th, 2008

The price of money for American consumers went on sale in a spectacular way Tuesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to their lowest level on record and promised to keep them low for a long time.

Fed move inspires market

Posted by Financial Market News on December 17th, 2008

A surprised Wall Street bolted higher Tuesday after the Federal Reserve's historic decision to further slash interest rates and pledge broad support to revive the troubled economy.


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