Graham Mackay, Who Built Beer Empire, Dies at 64 New York Times Graham Mackay, who anticipated the global consolidation of the beer industry and helped transform his South African brewing company into SABMiller, the world's second-largest behind Anheuser-Busch InBev, died on Wednesday in Hampshire, England. | |
Bernanke Pulls the Trigger Wall Street Journal Well, that wasn't so hard. Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC) finally announced that it is tapering monthly bond purchases, and markets did not collapse and the Eccles Building was not torn asunder. Perhaps that's ... | |
Yellen's To-Do List Shortens Wall Street Journal The Federal Reserve's decision Wednesday to begin reducing its signature bond-buying program removes one big item on Janet Yellen's to-do list when she likely takes the reins in February, but she is still inheriting a job with numerous challenges. | |
Target victim of major credit card breach Chicago Tribune (Reuters) - Payment card data was stolen from an unknown number of Target Corp customers starting on the busy Black Friday weekend in a major breach at the U.S. retailer, according to a person familiar with matter. Investigators believe the data was ... | |
Goldman-funded plan serves 1500 jailed NYC teens Washington Post NEW YORK — A Goldman Sachs-funded effort to reduce recidivism among New York City teens has served about 1,500 jailed young people in its first year. Nonprofit research group MDRC released its review of the nation's first-ever social impact bond ... | |
Fed Decision on Pace of Bond Purchases Is Awaited ABC News Investors are waiting to see whether one of Ben Bernanke's final acts as chairman of the Federal Reserve will be to announce a pullback in the Fed's bond purchases. The purchases have been intended to keep long-term loan rates low to spur economic ... | |
Dollar Ticks Above 5-Year Peak Versus Yen on Fed Decision Fox Business The dollar was hoisted to a more than five-year high against the yen on Thursday after the Federal Reserve started to dial back its massive bond-buying stimulus, giving markets a strong signal that the U.S. economy was growing at a healthy clip. The euro ... | |
China Bitcoin Exchange Ends Third-Party Yuan Cooperation Wall Street Journal SHANGHAI—The world's largest bitcoin exchange has stopped accepting deposits in Chinese yuan because of worries the government will prevent third-party payment services working with bitcoin exchanges. Shanghai-based BTC China "has no choice but ... | |
AMC Entertainment IPO at $18 a Share Bloomberg Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) –- Bloomberg's Paul Sweeney reports on the price per share of AMC Entertainment's stock, raising $331M in its public offering and the challenges the company faces. He speaks to Mark Crumpton on Bloomberg Television's "Bottom Line. | |
JP Morgan Chase Sues FDIC Over Washington Mutual Claims Wall Street Journal The lawsuit, filed in a U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., sets up a battle between the largest U.S. bank and a key U.S. regulator over what exactly was included in J.P. Morgan's frantic purchase of Washington Mutual banking operations on Sept. 25, 2008. | |
Ben Bernanke says bold action key in Fed's 100 years Boston Globe WASHINGTON — Joined by his two predecessors, Ben Bernanke marked the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve by reflecting on the bold actions past chairmen have had to take in the best interest of the US economy. To make his point, Bernanke ... | |
Commodities Drop With US Stocks Before Fed as Treasuries Climb Businessweek New Zealand's dollar, known as the kiwi, gained 0.2 percent to 82.78 U.S. cents and added 0.2 percent versus its Australian counterpart to NZ$1.0814, the strongest level on a closing basis since January 2006. Photographer: Mark Coote/Bloomberg. | |
Insurers wary of new Obamacare fix for January health plans Reuters Dec 18 (Reuters) - Insurance companies are struggling with a new request by the Obama administration to make sure people receive medical benefits under healthcare reform come Jan. 1, even if they miss a sign-up deadline set for next Monday. | |
Pizzerias Try to Apply the Chipotle Formula Wall Street Journal Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has quietly joined a growing group of restaurants aiming to change how we eat pizza. The ascendant Mexican-food chain known for its mix of healthy-enough, fast-enough food, has the blueprint from its burritos: Make pizza fast, ... | |
How markets may react to the Fed's next move Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reactions in financial markets to any step the Federal Reserve may take on Wednesday to start reducing its massive stimulus program will likely be less dramatic than market convulsions seen when the prospect of a so-called taper ... | |
EU Parliament Sets Up Bank-Failure Battle With Ministers Bloomberg The European Parliament fired the first volley in a skirmish with finance ministers over plans to centralize the handling of failing euro-area banks. The assembly's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee approved a negotiating position today that gave ... | |
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, dollar dip as Fed policy-makers meet Reuters ... slideshows. * Federal Reserve starts meeting, eyes on possible tapering signal * U.S., European shares back off Monday's gains, bonds steady * Euro gains vs dollar after boost on upbeat German data * Bond yields slip; gold, oil fall after recent push By ... | |
US STOCKS-Wall St ends slightly lower on day before Fed statement Reuters ... Print. * Investors looking for clarity on stimulus from Fed meeting. * U.S. budget deal clears crucial vote in U.S. Senate. * KFN shares rally after KKR plans to pay $2.6 billion for firm. * Dow off 0.1 pct, S&P 500 down 0.3 pct, Nasdaq off 0.1 pct. By Ryan ... | |
Homebuilder Sentiment in U.S. Matches Highest Level Since 2005 Bloomberg A worker drills the ceiling of a modular home unit at the Westchester Modular Homes... Read More. A worker drills the ceiling of a modular home unit at the Westchester Modular Homes factory in Wingdale, New York. Close. Close. Open. Photographer: Ron ... | |
India's Rupee Gains Before RBI, Federal Reserve Policy Decisions Businessweek India's rupee strengthened before the central bank's policy review in which economists predict Governor Raghuram Rajan will raise the benchmark rate. The Reserve Bank of India will increase the repurchase rate to 8 percent from 7.75 percent in an ... | |
FedEx's Shares May Have Reached Altitude Wall Street Journal FedEx Corp. has moved from naughty to nice at more than a few brokerages in the past few months. Facing tepid growth in what was once its most profitable business, international express delivery, it has taken a scalpel to costs and made rapid progress. | |
BP Announces Significant Discovery in Deepwater US Gulf of Mexico Wall Street Journal LONDON--Integrated oil and gas company BP PLC (BP.LN), said Wednesday it has made a significant oil discovery at its Gila prospect, which it co-owns with ConocoPhillips (COP), in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Appraisal drilling, including completion ... | |
30-Year Mortgage Rate Up Slightly in Latest Week -- Zillow Wall Street Journal Real-estate website Zillow Inc. (Z) said its real-time rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages edged up in the latest week on positive U.S. economic data, rising for the fourth straight week. The 30-year fixed-mortgage rate on Zillow's Mortgage Marketplace, which ... | |
Business Live: UK unemployment due BBC News The Bank of England has also announced its new process for choosing the people who appear on banknotes. In future it will announce a theme - such as scientific achievement - and then have a two month nomination period. Then the advisory committee, ... | |
Plastic banknotes: the implications for security, dealers and magicians The Guardian The Bank of England will follow in the footsteps of Canada, Australia and Hong Kong today when it announces the move to plastic banknotes starting in 2016. Bank officials have been on a shopping centre roadshow testing the prototype polymer notes among ... | |
November housing permits, starts and completions in the US rise year-on-year SteelOrbis (registration) The US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced Wednesday that privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,007,000, which is ... | |
ObamaCare 'Fix' One Month Later: Are People Still Covered? Fox Business It's been more than a month since President Obama announced an administrative fix to allow people to keep their cancelled health-care plans through 2014, but that doesn't mean all policyholders will get their old plan plans back. The president said ... | |
Ford Shares Up on 2014 Plans, New Tech Zacks.com This page is temporarily not available. Please check later as it should be available shortly. If you have any questions, please email customer support at support@zacks.com or call 800-767-3771 ext. 9339. Share price of Ford Motor Co. (F - Analyst Report) ... | |
Sirius XM Holdings, Delta Air Lines Slump Ahead of Fed Statement DailyFinance Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. Wall Street expressed its ecstatic anticipation over this week's Federal Open ... | |
Oracle Corporation (ORCL): Earnings Preview: Oracle Q2 2014 Seeking Alpha Oracle (ORCL) is scheduled to report 2Q 2014 earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday, December 18. The software giant is expected to report its earnings right at the closing bell and host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EST. Look for a possible ... | |
Risk appetite withstands Fed shift, dollar surges 4-traders (press release) Global markets have reacted surprisingly well to the long-dreaded decision by the Federal Reserve to trim its stimulus, with Wall Street stocks at record heights and the dollar above 104.00 yen for the first time since 2008. After months of agonising, investors ... | |
IRS Issues ACA Tax Credit Guidance For Small-Biz Owners Law360 (subscription) Law360, New York (December 17, 2013, 5:56 PM ET) -- Small-business owners in some Washington and Wisconsin counties will still be eligible for a health insurance tax credit even though their counties don't offer employee health plans in their Affordable ... | |
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