Citigroup’s Mexico bank head denies sale reports

Posted by Financial Service News on February 16th, 2009

MEXICO CITY The head of Citigroup's Mexican bank on Monday denied reports that the troubled U.S. institution plans to sell Banamex to streamline operations and pare losses at home.

Wall Street: What’s next?

Posted by Financial Market News on February 16th, 2009

NEW YORK -- The stock market doesn't have much to hang its hat on.With the stream of corporate earnings reports waning and President Barack Obama preparing to sign the $787 billion stimulus package, investors ...

Crisis leaves rare flaws in Goldman’s reputation

Posted by Financial Service News on February 16th, 2009

For years, you were golden if you hired from Goldman Sachs. Alumni of the Wall Street firm have advised presidents from both parties, taken high-profile Cabinet posts, run big businesses and been involved in ...

Canadian investors repatriate funds in December

Posted by Financial Market News on February 16th, 2009

Canadian investors continued to repatriate funds in December, with significantly reduced holdings of foreign debt instruments.

500,000 see video of hysterical Hong Kong air passenger

Posted by Financial Service News on February 16th, 2009

A video of a middle-aged passenger throwing herself to the floor in a hysterical fit when she misses her flight has been watched by nearly 500,000 people Monday after being posted online.

Stocks drop for eighth session

Posted by Financial Market News on February 16th, 2009

Australian stocks ended down 1.2%, with sentiment hurt by Friday's drop on Wall Street, ongoing financial sector worries and some weak company earnings reports.

Crisis tops G7 agenda as rates head for zero

Posted by Financial Service News on February 16th, 2009

European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet holds his head in his hands at a news conference during a meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors in Rome Monday February 16 2009 Group of ...

Administration pushing ahead with bank rescue

Posted by Financial Market News on February 16th, 2009

The Obama administration is not letting widespread criticism of the rollout of its revamped bank bailout plan slow down its efforts to address the worst financial crisis in seven decades.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner spent the weekend explaining the plan to America's allies at a meeting of the Group of Seven major industrial countries, where he got a much better response than the initial reaction on Wall Street.

Investors sent stocks plunging last week after the plan was announced because of their unhappiness over aspects of the program that were left out and a lack of details over a major initiative to attract up to $1 trillion in public and private financing to get toxic assets off banks' books.

Brown on rack over Lloyds deal: Fears grow that HBOS will ‘drag down’ bank

Posted by Financial Service News on February 16th, 2009

Gordon Brown was facing mounting criticism last night for pushing Lloyds TSB and HBOS into a 'shotgun marriage' in a bid to ease the banking crisis.

Asian stocks fall as Japan’s recession deepens

Posted by Financial Market News on February 16th, 2009

Most Asian stock markets fell Monday, as new figures showed Japan's economy contracted the most in 35 years and Group of Seven finance ministers warned the global slump will drag on through most of the year.

The fourth quarter GDP numbers out of Japan, worse than many forecasts, were a sobering reminder of the toll on Asia's export-driven economies as world demand collapses amid the worst slump in decades. The world's second-biggest economy shrank 3.3 percent from the previous quarter, or at an annual pace of 12.7 percent.


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