The New York Times After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms | SHANGHAI - Flush with cash despite the global economic downturn, China's sovereign wealth fund quietly snapped up more than $9 billion worth of shares last year in some of the biggest American corpo... (photo: creative commons/ mreid0183)
Khaleej Times UAE equities seen steady as investors stay cautious DUBAI ' UAE stocks are expected to maintain a steady trend this week, with investors seeking trading clues from corporate results from blue chip companies. | Full-year and fourth-quarter result... (photo: AP / Ana Bianca Marin)
The Times Santander readies £15bn float of British banks | SANTANDER, the Spanish banking giant, is examining plans to list its expanding British business on the London Stock Exchange in a deal that could value the operation at more than £15 billion. | The ... (photo: AP / Juan Manuel Serrano) BanksBritainEconomyPhotosSpain
The Hindu UAE investment house sells 13 % in SpiceJet | NEW DELHI: The UAE-based investment house Istithmar PJSC has sold most of its entire 13.39 per cent holding worth Rs. 169 crore in no-frill carrier SpiceJet to domestic funds and a foreign instituti... (photo: WN / Geeta) AirlinesIndiaInvestmentPhotosUAE
Asia Times Bernanke who? | By Julian Delasantellis | The cliche expressing the experience of being "the canary in the coal mine" may be famous, but that doesn't mean it's all glory and accolade f... (photo: AP / Stephan Savoia) BusinessEconomyMarketPhotosUS
Wall Street Journal Dodd Blasts Bank Proposal By DAMIAN PALETTA | Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd criticized the White House on Tuesday for complicating the effort to overhaul financial-market rule... (photo: AP/Cheryl Senter) BankDemocratsDoddFinancialPhotos
Malaya BPI posts 33% income growth in '09 BY JIMMY CALAPATI | Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) yesterday reported a 33 percent growth in profits last year on the back of higher interest and non-interest earni... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) BankBpiPhilippinesPhotosProfit
The News & Observer China races for clean energy domination | TIANJIN, China -- China vaulted past competitors in Denmark, Germany, Spain and the United States last year to become the world's largest maker of wind turbines and is ... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) ChinaClimateEnergyPhotosPollution
Irish Times IMF head calls for financial reform | The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has said that coordinating global financial reform was crucial but that this was not happening. | S... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite) CrucialFinancialFundMonetaryPhotos
