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Wall Street is full of the young and the jobless - Business Times (subscription)
Recently, Mr Meek and his roommate, another unemployed banker who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he did not want to jeopardise his job search, sat together in the kitchen filing for unemployment and drinking a bottle of champagne.
BOA drops plan for debit card fee - Business Times (subscription)
The revenue the bank expected to raise from the debit fee was not worth the damage to its reputation, the person briefed on the matter said. The bank never disclosed how many of its customers would have been affected by the fee. ...
BOJ cuts Japanese growth forecasts - Business Times (subscription)
But news of progress towards solving the eurozone debt crisis sent Tokyo stock markets up 2 per cent to a two-month high and a senior government official said that Japan would consider buying new bonds that are expected to be issued by the European ...
Indonesia studies tax on capital inflows - Business Times (subscription)
... and also having funds to buy back government bonds in case of a reversal in hot money coming into the country, a government official said yesterday. ...
Big C likely winner of Carrefour's stores in Thailand - Business Times (subscription)
... a Thai department store operator, to buy the Thai Carrefour stores for 35.5 billion baht, a source close to the company told Business Times. ...
Indonesia studies tax on capital inflows - Business Times (subscription)
... and also has funds to buy back government bonds in case of a reversal in strong capital inflows, a government official said on Monday. ...
Chinese consumers feel pinch of inflation - Business Times (subscription)
... they increase prices it can go up by 10 yuan at one time,' said a lawyer working in Shanghai's Lujiazui financial district, who declined to be named. ...
S Korea warns of stern action against improper forex trade - Business Times (subscription)
... is to secure evidence of improper transactions involving non-deliverable forwards,' an FSS investigator told AFP on condition of anonymity. ...
UTAC seeks to relist in US$600m IPO: sources - Business Times (subscription)
They did not want to be identified because the deal is not yet public. 'UTAC's IPO will be in Q1,' one the sources with direct knowledge of the deal told ...
New bank rules ease fears, alter landscape - Business Times (subscription)
... could compete more aggressively with banks here, now that they know they won't need more capital, said a banking analyst, who declined to be named. ...
No sweat for S'pore banks as BaselIII slides into view - Business Times (subscription)
... banks have a decent cushion already, so I don't think any of them are sweating because of this,' said another analyst here, who declined to be named. ...
Carrefour looks to be on shopping list of FairPrice, Dairy Farm - Business Times (subscription)
Meanwhile, sources close to Berli Jucker and Tesco said both companies are interested in bidding for Carrefour's Southeast Asian assets. ...
Wilmar seeks to sweeten profits with sugar - Business Times (subscription)
So if you want to be a long-term sugar player, you have to go to Brazil,' said a source close to Wilmar's Kuo but declined to be named because of the ...
Taiwan economy grows 12.53% in Q2: source - Business Times (subscription)
... per cent and at the top of the range of forecasts. 2011 unadjusted GDP growth was seen at 4.64 per cent and 2010 growth at 8.24 per cent, the source said.
STATS ChipPAC plans US$600m bond sale - Business Times (subscription)
HONG KONG - Singapore's STATS ChipPAC plans to issue US$600 million of 5-year bonds this week after a series of meetings with investors, a source close to ...
Khazanah rubbed the wrong way - Business Times (subscription)
According to the source who declined to be named, Khazanah had been comfortable working with TPG - which instead sold its stake to Fortis in March - and ...
Jakarta may cut bond issuance target - Business Times (subscription)
... be quite large considering the country's healthy fiscal position due to steady tax revenues and slow budget spending, a senior government official said. ...
AIG chairman quits after losing power struggle - Business Times (subscription)
... an initial public offering of the company's big Asian life insurance subsidiary, American International Assurance, a person briefed on the matter said. ...
Thai Commerce Min sees exports up 17% in 2010 - Business Times (subscription)
... growth forecast for this year to 17 per cent from 14 per cent following robust trade in the first five months, a government official said on Monday. ...
Hotel stay to cost more during next F1 season - Business Times (subscription)
'It will definitely impact the market if MBS charges even marginally lower,' said one general manager who declined to be named. Other trackside hotels BT ...
A massive downpour drenching the Orchard Road area on Wednesday causing ... - Business Times (subscription)
... whose jobs and way of life have been damaged by the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, senior administration officials said on Wednesday. ...
Hong Kong's richest go for slice of AgBank - Business Times (subscription)
A source close to the matter told BT that any investment by Temasek in this IPO is likely to stay below half a billion. Middle Eastern sovereign funds Qatar ...
Lippo to sell OUE shares at bottom of price range - Business Times (subscription)
'The company doesn't need cash, but it needs liquidity (for OUE),' said the source, who declined to be named. While Lippo president Stephen Riady 'does not ...
M Stanley, JPMorgan set to lead GM IPO - Business Times (subscription)
Banks were competing fiercely to underwrite an offering that could be US$10 billion to US$20 billion, a person briefed on the matter said. ...
S Korea currency controls likely on Sunday - Business Times (subscription)
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, declined to elaborate. The comments follow remarks by a financial regulatory agency official who told ...