Bank of America (BofA) has selected a battery of top-end law firms to represent their legal interests but being on the legal panel comes at a price.
Gold was set for its largest one-day rise in a week, aided by a weaker dollar and Chinese inflation data that soothed some concern over the prospect of rapid rate rises in the world's second-largest bullion consumer.
Companies are spending much less on sandwiches in the business meetings due to recession, according to a recent survey conducted by UK's office design company Maris Interiors LLP.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Limelight Networks, Insight Enterprises, Mercer International, Perry Ellis International, and Corinthian Colleges. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Anika Therapeutics, Carmike Cinemas, Ultra Clean Holdings, Nasdaq OMX Group, and First Business Financial Services.
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: Marriot International, PMI Group, Aspen Insurance Holdings, Sandridge Energy and United Microelectronics. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Gray Television, Masco, DCT Industrial Trust, Mack-Cali Realty and Titanium Metals.
We believe that the worst is now over for emerging market equities. Moreover, we believe that the resignation of Hosni Mubarak as Egypt’s President will not only
ease tensions in the region but will also restore confidence towards investing in emerging markets again
The following is a White House Transcript of President Barack Obama's remarks on the unveiling of his proposal for the U.S. 2012 fiscal year federal budget as delivered at Parkville Middle School and Center for Technology in Baltimore, Maryland on February 14, 2011.
Egypt's military delivered an ultimatum on Monday to dozens of committed protesters in Tahrir Square, nerve centre of a movement that toppled Hosni Mubarak, to leave and let life return to normal or face arrest.
The Egyptian stock market, which has been closed since January 28 amidst civil unrest in the country, will not re-open until at least Sunday, February 20, state-controlled television reported.
Inflation is likely to rise further in Mauritius, central bank governor Rundheersing Bheenick said on Saturday, reinforcing speculation that the central bank may raise rates at its March meeting.
The Chinese Cabinet has announced that it will constitute a panel to look into foreign acquisitions of local companies.
Larry Ellison, an American business magnate, co-founder and chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation, has bought the 249-acre estate that once belonged to Yellowstone Club founders Tim and Edra Blixseth called Porcupine Creek in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Liu Zhijun, China's Minister of Railways, has been placed under investigation for serious disciplinary violations, according to the state-controlled Xinhua news agency
The United States plans to build high-speed 4G wireless services network and make it available to at least 98 percent of Americans households by 2016, President Barrack Obama said during a speech at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan.
Quebec and Quebec City are embarking on new municipal building project: a $400 million hockey arena, to be completed by 2015.
The United States has incited Brazil and India to criticise China's currency policy, but Beijing need not worry too much because it can defuse the tension through talks, a series of Chinese government advisers told Reuters.
China must speed up resource tax reforms to fight heavy pollution and also make a priority of energy-saving to stave off risky dependence on foreign supplies, the nation's Vice Premier Li Keqiang said in remarks published on Friday.
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Friday are: Big Lots, Tyco International, Tesoro, Ford Motor, Oracle, Expedia, Cephalon, Dean Foods and Kraft Foods.
Qualcomm said it will showcase some of the latest innovations and ideas that are enabling access, control and interaction with the digital world during the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2011 during Feb. 14 to 17 in Barcelona.
According to reports in the Daily Express, the Glazer family, owners of Manchester United Football Club, have closed in on a deal to sell the club to Qatar Holdings for £1.6 billion, double what they paid when they brought the club in May 2005.
President Obama announced his latest wireless Internet initiative, which aims to cover 98 percent of Americans.
A government panel may urge President Barack Obama to veto Huawei Technologies Co Ltd's acquisition of 3Leaf Systems, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
