NEW YORK/LONDON, Dec. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. economy hemorrhaged more than half a million jobs in November, data showed on Friday, underscoring the depth of a global recession that this week prompted historic interest rates worldwide. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is seeking as much as $30 billion from investors to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, boosting shares of the Web search engine by 7 percent. ... > full story
NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) — Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group Inc , is seeking more information from the company on its agreement with the U.S. government over assets that have cost the giant insurer dearly. ... > full story
LONDON, Nov. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday he was crafting a two-year plan to fight an economic crisis of "historic proportions" and Chinese leader Hu Jintao said his country was ready to play a big role in the global effort. ... > full story
NEWTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — General Electric Co said on Thursday it has no intention of raising additional capital from sovereign-wealth funds. ... > full story
FRANKFURT, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — General Electric Co is holding talks with sovereign wealth funds to win them over as anchor shareholders, the Financial Times Deutschland reported on Thursday, quoting GE's head of international operations. ... > full story
LONDON, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — British bank Barclays moved to head off a revolt by shareholders on Tuesday by offering them a slice of a 5.8 billion-pound ($8.7 billion) capital injection from Middle East investors and scrapping this year's executive bonuses. ... > full story
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Barclays Buckles (Like A Belt) Nov. 18, 2008 (Trader Daily, UK) — Barclays on Tuesday bowed to pressure from some of its largest institutional shareholders by changing the terms of its £7bn capital raising so that ...
Barclays yields to pressure from investors Nov. 18, 2008 (International Herald Tribune) — Barclays, the British banking giant, gave way to a storm of protest over its controversial equity sale by offering terms to institutional investors ...
Barclays amends share sale plan - Update Nov. 18, 2008 (RTTNews) — UK bank Barclays (BCS: News ,BARC.L: News ) Tuesday said its investors Qatar Holding LLC and entities representing the beneficial interests of HH ...
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