March 2009
Dr. Ben S Bernanke Calls for Increased Financial Market Regulation
Guide Regulatory Revamp, Less Restrictive Money-Fund Rules! Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben S Bernanke urged an overhaul of financial regulatory policies and accounting rules in an effort to smooth out the extreme volatility in financial markets. Bernank...
February 2009
What is State Street's Tangible Common Equity Improvement Plan (to slash dividend)?
State Street to slash dividend, warns on outlook. Boston-based State Street Corp., the world’s largest money manager for institutions, all but eliminated its shareholder dividend and cut bonuses to increase capital depleted by bond losses and costs t...
November 2008
Vivian Schiller Leaves NYT; Joins NPR As New CEO
Vivian Schiller of The New York Times Web site will be the new president and chief executive officer of NPR (National Public Radio), the NPR board of directors announced Tuesday. Schiller, who is currently senior vice president and general manager of N...
October 2008
Neal L. Wolkoff to become CEO to ELX Electronic Liquidity Exchange
ELX Electronic Liquidity Exchange was established by 12 leading financial institutions as a competitive alternative serving global futures market participants. Its mission is to bring enhanced liquidity, cost-effectiveness, and reliability to global fu...
September 2008
A review: why The New York Sun is shutting down?
I often disagreed with the editorial bent of the The New York Sun, but I will say that they had fantastic arts coverage, muckraking exposes, and not infrequently the paper’s confident editorials. There will be a Tuesday issue of the New York Sun...
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