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UBS trading probe likely: WSJ - MarketWatch
... its own internal investigations of what happened, but the UK's Financial Services Authority and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority are now investigating the trades, according to people familiar with the matter, the Journal reported.
Goldman group takes stakes in market evolution - MarketWatch
Executives view the PSI portfolio as an option, or educated bet, on how the financial markets will evolve over time, people familiar with the matter said. It is also a way to help shape that evolution. The group was behind some of the splashiest ...
Deutsche Bank mulls asset management unit sale - MarketWatch
... AG /quotes/zigman/207002/quotes/nls/db DB +2.93% has decided to open the books for parts of its asset management division to more than 10 bidders, moving a step closer to a sale process for the unit, a person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones ...
China's city, rural bank at IPO approval door - MarketWatch
A source close to CSRC said the agency has submitted its proposals for changing bank listing requirements to the State Council, which could make a decision soon. Caixin is a Beijing-based media group dedicated to providing high-quality and ...
White House Chief of Staff Daley Resigns - MarketWatch
White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley has resigned his post just a year into his tenure and will be replaced by budget director Jack Lew, senior administration officials said Monday. Laura Meckler has details on The News Hub. Photo: Getty Images This ...
Apple to Hold January Media Event - MarketWatch
According to sources close to the situation, Apple is planning an important but event to be held in New York at the end of this month that will focus on a media-related announcement. AllThingsD co-founder Kara Swisher tells us what we might expect. ...
Key China finance meet to avoid some topics - MarketWatch
Sources close to the conference, who declined to be named, told Caixin that opposition remains strong to establishing a consolidated regulatory body for supervising and managing state-owned assets of financial institutions. Caixin is a Beijing-based ...
China probes illegal futures exchanges - MarketWatch
In late November, a source close to the CSRC said it and local governments had conducted surveys on various types of exchanges. Local governments were told to complete and submit the survey by the end of December. The exchanges include those used as ...
Sumitomo Mitsui to return to India: report - MarketWatch
SMBC, which retreated from India by closing two branches in 2005, will provide financial services for Japanese companies operating in the country and local infrastructure projects, the sources said. Obtaining provisional permission from the Indian ...
India's Reliance in talks to sell tower unit - MarketWatch
The people, who asked not to be named, said both Carlyle and Blackstone could buy substantial stakes in the tower company and a deal may be reached sometime between February and March next year subject to agreements on the valuation of the tower unit. ...
Samsung, Panasonic, others to team on phone chips - MarketWatch
TO) and two other Japanese electronics makers to jointly develop semiconductors for smartphones, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The companies aim to set up a joint venture by the end of March. The partners currently in talks to ...
Sony, Samsung may dissolve LCD joint venture - MarketWatch
By Juro Osawa TOKYO -(MarketWatch)- Samsung Electronics Co. and Sony Corp. have decided to dissolve their liquid crystal display panel joint venture, a person familiar with the matter said Monday. Earlier Monday, the Nikkei reported that Sony will sell ...
Deutsche Boerse, NYSE offer fee cap in merger push - MarketWatch
Another meeting is slated between the exchanges and antitrust regulators Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter. The exchange partners last week offered to spin off all of NYSE Euronext's European single-stock derivatives business ...
First Solar chief technologist said to step down - MarketWatch
based team are leaving the solar panel company as it tightens its focus on its core solar technology amid a decline in the market, according to a person familiar with the situation. Beck joined First Solar in 2008 after serving as chief technologist in ...
Vale to bid for all shares in fertilizer unit - MarketWatch
"The market's in favor," said a Sao Paulo-based analyst who declined to be identified. "Vale's fertilizers strategy won't change with this, but its fertilizers business should gain more value." Vale Fertilizantes was formed to group together the ...
Sources say TEPCO mulls 10% rise in electric bills - MarketWatch
... is considering temporarily raising electricity charges by 10% beginning next fall and restarting in the spring of 2013 nuclear reactors in Niigata Prefecture suspended for checkups, Kyodo News reported Thursday, citing sources close to the matter. ...
Gut-check time for NYSE-Deutsche Boerse deal - MarketWatch
Executives remain committed to the deal but in recent weeks have given more thought to the prospect of backing out, given regulators' continued reservations, according to one person briefed on the matter. Deutsche Boerse remains committed to the deal ...
U.S. demand for Russian ESPO crude falls in Nov. - MarketWatch
... of a new carbon law in California, which will make processing ESPO uneconomical compared to Middle Eastern crudes," said an employee in sales, trading and logistics at Anglo-Russian oil joint venture TNK-BP Ltd., who asked not to be named. ...
BATS plans market-maker incentive to draw listings - MarketWatch
... BATS Global Markets is planning to reward trading firms for putting up more competitive prices in the securities of companies that choose to list shares or other investments on BATS's electronic market, according to people familiar with the matter. ...
How Goldman played key role in Solyndra's rise - MarketWatch
In 2008, Goldman even considered investing its own money in Solyndra, but decided against the move, according to a person familiar with the matter. Goldman spokesman Michael Duvally declined to comment on most aspects of Goldman's work for Solyndra, ...
Olympus' investigation panel to release report - MarketWatch
TO, OCPNY) to investigate the company's coverup of investment losses since the 1990s is set to release a final report on the probe on Tuesday, Kyodo News reported Saturday, citing sources close to the matter. Lawyer Tatsuo Kainaka, chairman of the ...
Japan's Asahi to buy Australia's Mountain H2O - MarketWatch
TO) has decided to acquire Australian mineral water company Mountain H2O, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Details such as the amount of the purchase were not immediately available, the person said. The move shows how the company is ...
Alliance Aviation pulls IPO amid weak market - MarketWatch
... (MarketWatch) -- Alliance Aviation Services, a company that provides fly-in fly-out transportation for resources workers in Australia, pulled its initial public offering, or IPO, due to weak markets, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday. ...
Japan insurers said not to renew Fukushima policy - MarketWatch
15 on the utility's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, source of the nation's worst-ever nuclear accident, sources close to the matter said Monday, the Kyodo news service reported. The damaged nuclear plant is expected to face far greater risks than ...
Mongolia's Tavan Tolgoi to list in U.K., Hong Kong - MarketWatch
The company aims to float at least 15% of its shares in London, the newspaper said, citing unnamed sources close to the situation. Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold wants to complete the three-way listing by March next year, but the sources ...