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- SunAmerica Launches Innovative Global Trends Fund Sub-Advised by Wellington Management Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:36PMJERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SunAmerica Asset Management Corp. announced the recent launch of its SunAmerica Global Trends Fund. The Fund allocates assets across 10 global asset classes, including global equity and fixed income markets, currencies and commodities, by using an innovative, rules-based strategy that seeks to move the Fund in and out of changing markets. Exposures to each ...
- NXOI: Shareholder Update Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:30AMNext One Interactive, Inc. , Â
- Wells Fargo Reports Record Quarterly Net Income of $3.9 Billion Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:00AMWells Fargo & Company :
- Rugby Discovers Gold Mineralization at Mabuhay Project, Philippines Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:30AMVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Rugby Mining Limited is pleased to report the results from 2 drillholes of the initial drilling program at its Mabuhay gold copper project located near Surigao, Philippines, which have intersected gold mineralization in both the epithermal and porphyry targets.
- Novartis delivers strong financial results and four major approvals in second quarter of 2011 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:23AMNovartis International AG / Novartis delivers strong financial results and four major approvals in second quarter of 2011 . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. * …
- Company ‘Red Flags’ Send Bond Spreads to Records: China Credit Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:23PMBorrowing costs have risen to record levels for Chinese companies marked with “red flags” by ratings firms for unclear financial reporting and high levels of private ownership.
- Loss of contract will be widespread - LETTER Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:31PMThe recent decision by Metrolinx to award their refurbishment of GO Transit cars to a Quebec company has angered residents, businesses and organizations in Northeastern Ontario. The impact of the potential job loss in this region is more acute than in more populated areas of the province.[...]
- Loss of contract will be widespread — LETTER Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:31PMThe recent decision by Metrolinx to award their refurbishment of GO Transit cars to a Quebec company has angered residents, businesses and organizations in Northeastern Ontario. The impact of the potential job loss in this region is more acute than in more populated areas of the province.[...]
- Lincare Holdings Inc. Announces Second Quarter and First Half 2011 Financial Results Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:30PMCLEARWATER, Fla. -- Lincare Holdings Inc. today announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011.
- Regulation flares Indonesian coal prices Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:34PMInexpensive low-grade Indonesian coal, the linchpin of numerous independent power projects in India, is slated to become a rarer commodity. A combination of government regulations, rising domestic and regional demand, along with possible sectoral challenges, will support higher prices for Indonesian coal going ahead.
- Is The Pentagon Trying To Hijack Companies’ Private R&D? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:42AMOne of the most powerful tools in the government’s arsenal for shaping and even controlling individuals, organizations and corporations is the power to write the regulations that implement laws....
- Insolvency and TUPE Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:43AMBusiness solicitors , Mayo Wynne Baxter, specialise in employment law advice . Head of Employment, Martin Williams, discusses the issues surrounding TUPE regulations. A pre-pack administration occurs when a business facing financial difficulty...
- Essar Energy PLC - Essar Energy Stanlow General Meeting Poll Result Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:14AMEssar Energy PLC - Essar Energy Stanlow General Meeting Poll Result
- Improved research ordered of insurers Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:39AMWill your insurance company know when you die? It’s an important question, particularly for the beneficiaries of your life insurance policy.
- A federal culture Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:58PMPRIME Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani appropriately declared July 1, 2011 as Provincial Autonomy Day. But it is also a red-letter day in the history of the federal movement, because it marked a historically unprecedented act of a federal centre transferring important powers to the federating units, affecting as many as 17 federal ministries.
- Airport Body Scans Can Continue While U.S. Seeks Comments Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:19PMAirport body scanners that create unclothed images of passengers were improperly adopted by the U.S. as a primary screening tool, a federal appeals court ruled, while allowing their use to continue.
- DoT opposes Tata Comm move to hike public holding Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:51PMThe Department of Telecom has raised objections to a proposal from Tata Communications Ltd (formerly VSNL) to increase public holding in the company from 16.85 per cent at present to over 25 per cent.
- Still Waiting for Financial Transparency Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:19AMOn the one year anniversary of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the SEC has yet to issue a final ruling to implement the landmark oil and mining financial transparency law, and the oil industry is fighting to weaken it.
- Eyes on the spies: The murky world of the private investigators Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:23PMWhether any self-respecting private detective would be proud to proclaim holding the rather naff-sounding Edexcel Btec in advanced private investigation level-3 diploma – taught by the Academy of Professional Investigation in West Sussex – is debatable.
- Mesa Power Group Files Legal Action Against Canadian Government for NAFTA Infractions Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:19AMMesa Power Group LLC, a Texas-based renewable energy development company, has initiated the first step in a legal claim against the Canadian government for violations of the North American Free Trade Agreement while the company was pursuing 565 megawatts of wind energy projects in western Ontario.
- CONSOL Energy Announces Operations Update; Coal Division Produces 15.4 Million tons, Increases Guidance; Gas Division ... Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:00AMCONSOL Energy Inc. , the leading diversified fuel producer in the Eastern U.S., is providing an operational update for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.
- DGCX Sets New Daily Volume Record Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:30AMDubai, July 14, 2011: Trading on the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange ( DGCX DGCX ) surged to a new daily volume high of 19,819 contracts, valued at US $ 967.68 million on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. The new record surpasses the previous best of 19,255 contracts set on March 1, 2010.
- Renaissance Russ Inf - Publication of Prospectus Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:30AMRenaissance Russ Inf - Publication of Prospectus
- Remarks by Assistant Secretary Mary Miller, Ex. T. Rowe Price Executive, at SIMFA Regulatory Reform Summit Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:00PMNew York, NYAs Prepared for DeliveryThank you, it is a real pleasure to be here today. I want to th...
- The Open Government Partnership – a new direction for US foreign policy? Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:47PMThe new US- and Brazil-led initiative to encourage government transparency could provide the US another means to promote democracy and free trade.
- Value Investing Seminar - Oliver Mihaljevic on Magic Formula Education Stocks Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:06PMBy Jacob Wolinsky. Note: I attended the Value Investing Seminar in Italy, which took place over the past two days. The event is organized by Ciccio Azzollini (CEO of Cattolica Partecipazioni, SpA) and Whitney Tilson. The event includes top value managers from both the US, Europe and abroad. Read more » »
- Brazil Said to Consider Applying Tax on Foreign Buying of Currency Futures Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 12:43PMBrazil is considering introducing a tax on foreigners’ purchases of local currency futures contracts in a bid to contain a rally by the real, a government official with knowledge of the plans said. The currency strengthened, as traders reduced bets on more severe measures.
- AT&T to Sponsor Kindle 3G Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:56AMNASDAQ:AMZNWith Kindle 3G, theres no wireless set up, and no paying for or hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots. ...
- Bruton rejects emergency legislation Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:29AMMinister for Enterprise Richard Bruton will not be introducing emergency legislation for temporary protection of workers in the wake of last week’s High Court ruling in relation to joint labour committees (JLCs).
- KBC Group formally applies to European Commission to amend its 2009 strategic plan Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:23AMRegulated information* - 13 July 2011 (08.10 a.m. CEST)KBC Group confirms that, after careful and thorough consideration, it and the Belgian authorities yesterday formally applied to the European Commission to amend the strategic plan which was …
- Ryall: Marmot Symposium Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:27AMGood afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to open your symposium this afternoon. I expect there will be a lot of interest.
- Marmot Symposium – NZMA and the University of Otago Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:58PMThank you for the opportunity to open your symposium this afternoon. I expect there will be a lot of interest. Not the least of which follows a call by the symposium organisers for higher taxes, significantly more regulation and lifting the age of ...
- Shared services: Learning the lessons from Queensland and WA Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:24PMReally, they should have seen it coming. All the signs were there. Queensland Health, a state government department responsible for paying its 78,000 staff some $210 million in salaries fortnightly, was in dire need for a replacement to its existing payroll system.
- Special report: New Mexican TV probe hits embattled Slim Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:15PMMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - First they handed him a record fine. Then they denied him a television license. Now Mexican regulators are investigating whether business tycoon Carlos Slim has already snuck into the TV market by the back door.
- No compromise from either party Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:58PMI know that a lot of money has been spent since Obama took office. There is also lots of talk that it was the fault of Bush, and others say it’s Obama’s fault.
- Altegris Advisors Launches Macro Strategy Fund Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:38AMAltegris Advisors is pleased to announce the launch of the Altegris Macro Strategy Fund . The Fund offers simple, convenient access for individual and professional investors to participate in the global macro approach to investing through an actively managed mutual fund.
- PEMEX Signs With DigitalGlobe for Global Basemap Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 8:16AMThe Fourth Largest Crude Oil Producer in the World, Petroleos Mexicanos to Use On Demand Delivery of Satellite Imagery to Make Faster Business Decisions
- New system to register residential units in Abu Dhabi Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:30AMAbu Dhabi By the end of this year, residents across the emirate of Abu Dhabi should begin to ensure that any residential unit they choose to occupy is registered under the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City’s Tawtheeq system, a senior municipality official said in the capital yesterday.
- Is Greece privatizing too fast? Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:21PMThe lessons of the post-Communist era in Eastern Europe are that Greece would be wise to assure competitive auctions for assets and to carefully weigh sequential shifts to private ownership.
- This is a Commentary On Legal Issues Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:53PMWith this the final week in the White House for President Obama’s Counsel Bob Bauer, the Democratic Party’s top campaign finance lawyer, the question remains whether the President will sign the draft Executive Order (EO) on disclosure of political contributions by government contractors that was revealed two months ago. There is no question that Bauer’s advice on this issue must have been ...
- Prohibition vs. Private Solutions at the Electric Daisy Carnival Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:54PMThe ability to find cities to host their events lies largely on the ability to minimize drug-related problems.
- Are Chinese Small Caps The Greatest Investment Opportunity Ever, Or Are They All Fraudulent Con Operations? Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:03AMI have a new venture, the PitchingWell, that provides a forum for small cap companies and investors.
- Uganda: Why Should Procurement Slow Service? Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:03AMGovernment institutions can improve efficiency with ease if they start using the existing systems intelligibly.
- Russian Press - Behind the Headlines, July 11 Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 9:23AMGovernment may regulate petrochemicals market / European Parliament demands free and fair elections in Russia / Moscow: No price rises
- AeroMechanical Services Signs European AFIRS 228 ACARS over Iridium Contract Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:15AMCALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AeroMechanical Services Ltd. (TSX-V: AMA) (the "Company" or "AMA") has signed a contract with a French charter airline to install AMA’s next generation product, the Automated Flight Information Reporting System ("AFIRSTM") 228, including its first Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (“ACARS”) over Iridium implementation on the Boeing 737 ...
- Essar Energy PLC - ESSAR OIL LTD: RESULTS QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30 2011 Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 7:05AMEssar Energy PLC - ESSAR OIL LTD: RESULTS QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30 2011
- Namibia: Points of Consensus Reached at Education Conference Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 5:18PMWITH strong emphasis on do-able outcomes for the national education conference, a slew of recommendations were reached.
- Iraqi parliament launches investigation into KEC land deal Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 6:01AMKUWAIT: The Iraqi Parliament has launched an investigation into a deal in which Iraqi land estimated to measure more than 280,000 dunams (one dunam = approximately 2,500 m�) in the Southern Seeba area to the south of Basra was sold to a Kuwaiti company.
- Death is a $2.5b-a-year business Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 1:24PMYuan Cheng-yi, 44, is a make-up artist. But her clients are neither celebrities nor models and her workplace is not a fancy make-up studio - but a morgue. The soft-spoken mother of two sons belongs t .....
- Saudisation likely to drive Filipinos to Qatar: Envoy Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 3:30AMDOHA: Philippine Ambassador to Crescente Relacion said that thousands of Filipinos who will be displaced by "Saudisation" policy are likely to seek jobs in Qatar.
