DealBook: Goldman Sachs Cuts a Little Deeper
It isn’t getting better out there. Wall Street, which has been paring its ranks over the last year as it struggles with lackluster markets and new regulations, is cutting deeper as it heads into what...
View ArticleU.S. Is Expected to Extend Google Antitrust Inquiry
The agency’s chairman, Jon Leibowitz, has consistently said that the commission was aiming to finish its inquiry by the end of 2012, and all signs have been pointing to an imminent settlement,...
View ArticleHouse G.O.P. Looks to a Round 2 Obama Hopes to Avoid
“I will not have another debate with this Congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they’ve already racked up through the laws that they passed,” the president said, pausing to repeat...
View ArticleMedia Decoder Blog: Vieira to Leave ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’
Disney is searching for a new host for the syndicated game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” Meredith Vieira, the host since 2002, said Thursday that she had decided to leave the show at the end of...
View ArticleWorld Briefing | Europe: Russia: Ex-Defense Chief Faces Accusers
State investigators on Friday accused the former defense minister, Anatoly E. Serdyukov, of obstructing a corruption investigation into real estate dealings by the Defense Ministry, and suggested that...
View ArticleA Respite in Efforts by Wal-Mart in New York
The company has pulled back after its push to open a store in the East New York section of Brooklyn fell through and after it terminated its contracts with five lobbyist-consultants it had hired to...
View ArticleCommon Sense: Sham Shareholder Democracy
It turns out there are many stronger cases — 41. That’s the number of publicly traded companies where directors actually lost their elections last year, meaning that more than 50 percent of the...
View ArticleBloomberg Admits Terminal Snooping
More than 315,000 Bloomberg subscribers worldwide use the terminals for instant market news, trading information and communication. Reporters at Bloomberg News, a separate division from the terminal...
View ArticleDealBook: British Regulator Looking Into Currency Rates Trades
Andy Rain, via European Pressphoto AgencyBanks at Canary Wharf in London. LONDON – Britain’s financial regulator said on Wednesday that it was examining claims that traders at large banks manipulated...
View ArticleBucks Blog: Why You Can Ignore Those Odd $1 Credit Card Charges
I usually check my credit-card accounts online regularly, to keep on top of spending and to help spot any unauthorized purchases. Recently I noticed something odd I hadn’t seen before — a series of $1...
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