China’s Buffett-backed BYD shares surge on debut
June 30, 2011
Shares in Chinese auto and battery maker BYD Co. jumped 44 percent in their debut on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange on Thursday, despite news that […]
Monthly Archive June, 2011
Canada
June 27, 2011
A sharp rebound in Calgary helped push the office vacancy rate in Canada down to 8.6 per cent in the second quarter of this year, […]
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Brazil’s Graziano elected chief of UN food agency
June 26, 2011
Jose Graziano da Silva of Brazil has been elected director-general of the Food and Agriculture Organization, the U.N. agency tasked with reducing world hunger at […]
Feds seek life term for mortgage fraud mastermind
June 24, 2011
Federal prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for the man convicted of orchestrating a $3 billion fraud while running what had been one of the […]
Stocks appear headed for fall after jobs report
June 23, 2011
Stocks appear headed for a fall at the opening of trading Thursday after the government reported an unexpectedly sharp jump in unemployment claims.
Weekly unemployment claims […]
Merkel in Greek debt restructuring warning
June 22, 2011
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is warning that a full-scale restructuring of Greek debt would have “completely uncontrollable”consequences on the financial markets.
Merkel said Wednesday that imposing […]
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Ameren Illinois ramps up efficiency spending
June 21, 2011
Ameren Illinois is sharply increasing the amount of energy efficiency incentives available to customers as the utility tries to help reduce energy use across its […]
EU tweaks rescue fund to help struggling states
June 20, 2011
European finance ministers have made an important change to their future rescue fund, which they hope will help already bailed out countries regain access to […]
Business council here seeks to boost minority contracts by $1 billion
June 18, 2011
Several companies have pledged their support in helping to increase by $1 billion the amount of contracts awarded to local minority-owned companies by 2014.
Ameren Corp., […]
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Jurors hear closings at NYC financial expert trial
June 16, 2011
Manhattan prosecutors say there’s overwhelming evidence that a California researcher accepted cash and gifts to feed inside information to hedge funds.
The prosecutors told jurors in […]