Contact Details
Leave your details and we will contact you

Macquarie in push to expand U.S. presence: report

Reuters Business News - 53 min 23 sec ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Macquarie Group Ltd , Australia's largest investment bank, wants to add more bankers in the United States to advise energy, industrial and technology companies, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing an interview with a top company executive.


Categories: Financial Media

GM CEO says U.S. will make money on bailout

Reuters Business News - 1 hour 1 min ago
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - General Motors Co will pay back roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada before June and could go public in a way that would allow taxpayers to make a profit on the bailout, Chief Executive Ed Whitacre said on Wednesday.


Categories: Financial Media

Senate passes $149 bln for jobless aid, tax breaks

Reuters Business News - 1 hour 6 min ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Wednesday passed a $149 billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks, as Democrats continued efforts to lower the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before congressional elections in November.


Categories: Financial Media

Best Buy bets on 3D TV, but no quick payoffs seen

Reuters Business News - 1 hour 52 min ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - While James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic "Avatar" took the box office by storm instantly, the road to success will be much longer for Best Buy Co Inc, which is making a big bet on 3D televisions this year.


Categories: Financial Media

New name tops Forbes rich list

Reuters Business Video - 2 hours 9 min ago
Mar 10 - Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu has edged Bill Gates out of the new top spot on the Forbes billionaire list. Bobbi Rebell reports.
Categories: Financial Media

Geithner urges reform on housing finance market

Reuters Business News - 2 hours 45 min ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday that "fundamental reform" of the government's role in the housing finance market is needed and it will be next year before proposals are ready for Congress.


Categories: Financial Media

Forbes releases billionaires list

Reuters Business Video - 2 hours 50 min ago
Mar. 10 - Reuters Correspondent Michelle Nichols talks about who's making the Forbes billionaire list this year, and who's not.
Categories: Financial Media

BofA under regulatory pressure to shrink: report

Reuters Business News - 2 hours 57 min ago
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Regulators have told Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Brian Moynihan and other executives that the largest U.S. bank by assets must become "much smaller," Fox Business Network's Charlie Gasparino reported on Wednesday.


Categories: Financial Media

Bets on economy lift Wall Street; banks, tech lead

Reuters Business News - 2 hours 59 min ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank and technology shares lifted Wall Street on Wednesday on hopes a revival in business demand will boost corporate profits.


Categories: Financial Media

Walmart returns items to shelves after lost sales

Reuters Business News - Thu, 11/03/2010 - 00:34
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc has put roughly 300 items back on its U.S. store shelves after the retailer said it "disappointed" customers by not stocking certain products.


Categories: Financial Media

Senate passes $149 bln for jobless aid, tax breaks

Reuters Business News - Thu, 11/03/2010 - 00:34
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Wednesday passed a $149 billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks, as Democrats continued efforts to lower the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before congressional elections in November.


Categories: Financial Media

Private sector eyes opportunity in Haiti rebuilding

Reuters Business News - Thu, 11/03/2010 - 00:32
MIAMI (Reuters) - Rebuilding Haiti after its catastrophic earthquake should generate major contracts for private companies specializing in construction, logistics, transport and security, but U.S. executives say they need a clear reconstruction strategy to shape their business plans.


Categories: Financial Media

Cisco has a lot to learn about hype

Reuters Business Video - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 23:44
Mar. 10 - Breakingviews columnist Rolfe Winkler says Cisco -- with CEO John Chambers, left -- has a lot to learn from Steve Jobs and Apple about hyping its new products.
Categories: Financial Media

BofA overdraft fee change will bring lower revenue

Reuters Business News - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 23:27
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said on Wednesday the company's decision to eliminate overdraft fees on debit card transactions will "give up a lot of revenue" for the largest U.S. bank by assets.


Categories: Financial Media

'Golden coffins' irk shareholders

Reuters Business Video - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 23:27
Mar. 10 - Shareholders irate over excessive compensation paid to executives have a new target this proxy season: so-called golden parachutes and golden coffins.
Categories: Financial Media

GM CEO says on track for pre-June loan repayment

Reuters Business News - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 22:58
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - General Motors Co will pay back roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada before June, its chief executive said on Wednesday, more quickly than the automaker had promised.


Categories: Financial Media

U.S. posts record $220.9 billion budget gap in Feb

Reuters Business News - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 22:48
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States posted a record $220.91 billion budget deficit in February, Treasury Department data showed on Wednesday.


Categories: Financial Media

A decade later, lessons in the Nasdaq collapse

Reuters Business News - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 22:32
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ten years ago today, before the dot-com bubble burst, the Nasdaq composite index hit a record 5,132.52 points -- a peak that the technology-heavy market shows no sign of scaling again any time soon.


Categories: Financial Media

Living wall is a breath of fresh air

Reuters Business Video - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 22:17
Mar 10 - U.S. retailer Anthropologie's London store attracts customers with a 1,500 square foot indoor 'Living Wall'. Hayley Platt reports.
Categories: Financial Media

Former NY pension fund exec pleads guilty

Reuters Business News - Wed, 10/03/2010 - 22:07
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former chief investment officer for New York State's comptroller on Wednesday pleaded guilty to helping favored firms gain access to the state's $129 billion pension fund.


Categories: Financial Media