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Yesterday I received a call that should alarm for even the most “comatose in La La Land”. A pastor known to the gentleman who called me had been called...
BREAKINGVIEWS-JPMorgan shows Congress can be an easy target too
By James Pethokoukis WASHINGTON, May 4 – A senior economist at the bank slammed the ‘unnerving ignorance’ of lawmakers at the Goldman hearings....
I may as well retire
Gosh, people send me stuff. Today I discovered a huge windfall. My friend and volunteer moderator DB Stealey sent me 100 TRILLION dollars in the mail today. Here’s...
Hilltop Community Bancorp, Inc. (HTBC) Reports Stronger Net Income in the First Quarter of 2010
Hilltop Community Bancorp, Inc. reported net income of $173,000, or $0.04 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2010. In the same quarter of 2009, the bank...
Swiss bank UBS sees profits rise
Swiss banking giant UBS has said it expects to report a net profit of 2.5bn Swiss francs ($2.4bn; Ł1.5bn) for the first three months of the year.The announcement...
Citibank (NYSE:C) Reaches Agreement with Spain
Clients who lost money because of investments in Citibank (NYSE:C) will be compensated, as the bank agreed to pay about $80 million to the alleged victims.This is...
C:NYSE: Citigroup Wins $85.7 Million Ruling Against Billionaire Solow
Citigroup Inc (C:NYSE)., the bank 27 percent-owned by the U.S. government, won a judgment allowing it to collect $85.7 million from billionaire real-estate developer...
China GDP ‘to grow 9.5%’
The World Bank has raised its 2010 economic growth forecast for China to 9.5% from 9%.It said consumption by both businesses and households would grow strongly,...
Stocks Gain on Economic Optimism as Citigroup Financial Companies Rally
U.S. stocks rose as a drop inwholesale inventories and improvement in the corporate bondmarket added to signs the economy is strengthening,overshadowing concern...
C:NYSE: Citigroup to Sell TruPS After Repaying Bailout Funds
Citigroup Inc (C:NYSE). plans to sell 30-year trust preferred securities as the bank seeks to bolster capital after repaying bailout funds provided by the U.S. government....
Egypt/Sudan – Feb 21
This diary is updated daily. New listings or amendments are marked *. All events/times provisional and in GMT . COMING EVENTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 CAIRO –...
Bahrains GFH posts $607 mln loss in Q4
MANAMA, Feb 14 – Bahrain’s Gulf Finance House posted on Sunday a $607 million fourth-quarter loss as the bank cleaned the legacy of a regional real estate...
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