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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Cyber Terrorism Is Now Seen as a Real Threat


Quaint details such as letters written in invisible ink, rendezvous in parks and buried stashes of cash...

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Monday, June 28, 2010

Where to Stash Your Cash Now


With the volatility shaking the market, investors once again are looking for a safe place to stash their cash...

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Judge in Spill Case Sold Stock This Week


The federal judge who struck down the Obama administration's moratorium on deepwater drilling sold stock...

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Friday, June 25, 2010

Commodities Star Trader Hall Absorbs Loss


In what may serve as a cautionary tale for traders who bolt for hedge funds, legendary energy trader Andrew Hall, formerly of Citigroup..

Thursday, June 24, 2010

New Fronts Open Up in Smartphone Turf War


Consumers around the globe will wait on long lines Thursday to get their hands on the newest iPhone, but far from the sidewalk frenzy, Apple Inc.'s smartphone..

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Judge Overturns Drilling Ban


A federal judge overturned the White House's six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling. Interior Secretary Salazar said he would issue an order to effectively reinstate the moratorium..

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Monday, June 21, 2010

Jackson Estate Steers to Next Crisis: Loan Repayment


Nearly a year after Michael Jackson's death, the managers overseeing his estate have stabilized its precarious financial situation, but at least one major liability still looms: a $300 million loan due at the end of this year.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Toyota, Supplier Settle


A Toyota parts supplier reached an agreement with striking workers in a dispute that had idled one of the auto maker's plants in China...

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Hedge Funds Whipsawed by Gas Bets


The rally in natural-gas prices has caught many hedge funds flatfooted, sparking a string of unexpected losses for top-name players.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Jobs Bill Fails Again In Senate


Deficit concerns once again trumped jobless aid in the Senate as Republicans, a lone Democrat and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) on Thursday evening defeated an urgent bill to reauthorize expired several expired domestic aid programs...

Thursday, June 17, 2010

End Is Seen to Free Checking


Bank of America and other banks are preparing new fees on basic banking services as they try to replace revenue lost to regulatory rules..

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Administrators for Lehman Aim to Return $22 Billion


Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s European administrators, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, will unveil on Wednesday a proposal to expedite the return of as much as $22 billion of assets to the failed bank's unsecured creditors...

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Obama's Political Oil Fund


The BP oil spill is already a calamity for the Gulf Coast ecosystem and economy, but now that Washington is looking to deflect all political blame it could also became a disaster for the rule of law...

Monday, June 14, 2010

Consumer Sentiment Rises In June


U.S. consumer sentiment rose in early June, hitting the highest level since January 2008, according to media reports on Friday of the Reuters/University of Michigan index. The consumer sentiment index increased to 75.5 in June from 73.6 in May...

Sunday, June 13, 2010

U.S. Companies Holding Record $1.8T Cash


FBN’s Liz MacDonald on the record amount of cash many companies are holding to protect them from potential taxes and regulations...

Saturday, June 12, 2010

iPad muscles into corporate Asia


Apple's iPad, initially viewed as a Web entertainment gadget for consumers, is quickly making inroads across businesses in Asia…

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Citic Securities tops brokerages in net profits


Citic Securities earned the most net profits, managed the largest assets and brought in the second-most revenues in 2009 among 106 members of the Securities Association of China (SAC), .

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Another hit to Goldman's image


It’s hard to imagine that Goldman Sachs & Co. would want to give the government another opportunity to paint the firm as an enemy of the state...

Monday, June 7, 2010

The Fed: Easy Money to Stick Around


Investors spent much of early 2010 wondering when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would start to tighten financial conditions to rein in the substantial support to the U.S. economy...