Mid-Day Minute - July 6 - Industries
Goldman Trade Codes Stolen, Judge OKs Sale to 'New GM,' Rio's Sell-off
High Volume Trading Codes at Goldman Sachs Stolen: FBI
An ex-Goldman Sachs programmer was arrested for stealing secret codes which allow high volume trades that generate millions of dollars for the Wall Street firm, according to a lawsuit filed this weekend. Sergey Aleynikov downloaded the files from the Web site to his home computer, his laptop computer and portable memory devise, Michael McSwain, an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a criminal complaint, according to Bloomberg. He is being held on $750,000 bail.
Judge approves sale to New GM
A Federal bankruptcy judge on Sunday evening has approved a sale to the U.S. government, and some smaller stakeholders that will let Old GM sell only its best assets to New GM, opening up the way for a smaller General Motors Corp. to emerge from bankruptcy. The decision had been opposed by some investors in GM, however the judge said the only other option would have been to liquidate all the assets of the firm.
Rio Tinto sells food packaging division for $1.2 billion
Mining giant Rio Tinto sold its food packaging business to Bemis Co for $1.2 billion, a move which comes just after the miner completed a $15.2 billion rights offering to raise funds to pay off debts. The sale of Alcan Packaging Food Americas comes as Rio Tinto looks to shrink the number of assets it acquired when it bought Alcan Inc. last year. Rio Tinto has announced $3.7 billion in divestments so far this year.
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