Catégorie - Wall Street Journal
Comcast, GE Talks Heating Up
Comcast Corp (CMCSA) and General Electric’s (GE) NBC Universal are nearing a deal, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Executives from the two companies held a series of serious meetings in...
2009-10-31 -
MalaysiaNews.net
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-10-31 01:53 Feds to seize LA bank in 4th biggest failure -paper
LOS ANGELES, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Regulators are expected to seize Los Angeles-based California National Bank on Friday in what would be the fourth-largest U.S. bank failure this year, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing unnamed sources. The Wall Street Journal reported this month that Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp was eyeing an acquisition of Cal National's parent, FBOP Corp: a private group ...
2009-10-31 -
Interactive Investor
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-11-02 08:00 Nestle boss says company was slow on price cuts-WSJ
ZURICH, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Nestle, the world's biggest food group, should have reacted faster to competitors' price cuts to avoid slowing sales, Chief Executive Paul Bulcke said in an interview With the Wall Street Journal. Bulcke said the group, whose sales growth this year lagged that of competitors such as Unilever, Danone and Kraft Foods, should have seen the danger of losing market share to ...
2009-11-02 -
Interactive Investor
A digital Wired edition confirmed for Apple’s tablet
As Apple is working to save print, major publishers are adapting printed newspapers and magazines for tablet reading. Condé Nast confirmed that it’s working on a digital Wired edition for Apple’s tablet even though the Californian firm refuses to discuss the gizmo, the Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital reported Wednesday. The Wired publisher confirmed it’ll [...]
2009-11-20 -
Geek.com
Battling software giants
ELIZABETHTON — Brandon Wilson never expected to be in a front page story of the Wall Street Journal. Then again, the local software programmer never thought he would be battling with Texas Instruments to defend the right of calculator owners to run their own software on their machines.
2009-11-19 -
Johnson City Press
Delta says SkyTeam could invest more in JAL: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc says the SkyTeam alliance of global carriers would be willing to invest more than its proposed $1.02 billion in Japan Airlines , the Wall Street Journal reported.
2009-11-21 -
Reuters
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-11-21 04:23 Delta says SkyTeam could invest more in JAL - WSJ
NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc says the SkyTeam alliance of global carriers would be willing to invest more than its proposed $1.02 billion in Japan Airlines, the Wall Street Journal reported. The final proposed investment into JAL by the nine-airline SkyTeam alliance could be "greater than what we've stated" thus far, Richard Anderson said in an ...
2009-11-21 -
Interactive Investor
La Fnac et Confo bientôt en vente
Il ne veut conserver que des marques mondiales. Le PDG de PPR a déclaré hier au Wall Street Journal qu'il envisageait de céder ses filiales européennes de distribution, dont ...
2009-11-25 -
20minutes
Investment firm Chieftain Capital to split: media
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chieftain Capital Management, an investment firm with about $3 billion in assets, is breaking up following a rift among its managers, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Sunday.
2009-11-23 -
Reuters
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-11-23 02:59 Investment firm Chieftain Capital to split -WSJ
NEW YORK, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Chieftain Capital Management, an investment firm with about $3 billion in assets, is breaking up following a rift among its managers, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Sunday. Glenn Greenberg, a co-founder, plans to stay at the firm, which will be renamed Brave Warrior Advisors, the paper reported. Co-founder John Shapiro along with two partners ...
2009-11-23 -
Interactive Investor
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-11-25 22:37 GE chief Immelt in Paris for Vivendi talks-WSJ
NEW YORK, Nov 25 (Reuters) - General Electric Co Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt was in Paris on Wednesday in an effort to speed up talks to buy Vivendi SA's stake in NBC Universal, the Wall Street Journal reported. GE is negotiating to buy Vivendi's 20 percent stake in NBC Universal, with the aim of then selling a controlling interest in the media company to Comcast, sources have said ...
2009-11-25 -
Interactive Investor
FAA turned down Boeing 777 warnings
(Reuters) - The U.S. aviation regulator decided to allow over 130 Boeing Co (BA.N) 777 airplanes to continue flying international trips through early 2011, despite warnings about suspect parts that have caused rare shutdowns in midair, the Wall Street Journal reported.
2009-11-30 -
Muzi
Afghanistan contractor numbers expected to increase
Even as U.S. troops surge to new highs in Afghanistan they are outnumbered by military contractors, according to a Defense Department census due to be distributed to Congress — illustrating how hard it is for the U.S. to wean itself from the large numbers of war-zone contractors that have proved controversial in Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.
2009-12-02 -
Stars and Stripes
SEC eyes 9 deals in insider trading probe: report
(Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators are investigating at least nine mergers, including Pfizer Inc's takeover of Wyeth and Merck & Co Inc's acquisition of Schering-Plough Corp, for possible insider-trading violations, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
2009-12-10 -
Reuters
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-12-10 12:56 U.S. SEC eyes 9 deals in insider trading probe-WSJ
Dec 10 (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators are investigating at least nine mergers, including Pfizer Inc's takeover of Wyeth and Merck & Co Inc's acquisition of Schering-Plough Corp, for possible insider-trading violations, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing whether deal advisers and traders illegally ...
2009-12-10 -
Interactive Investor
AOL : bondit avec la rumeur
AOL gagne 7,8% ce soir à 26,3$ sur le Nyse. La division Internet de Time Warner, tout juste séparée et réintroduite en bourse américaine, pourrait selon le Wall Street Journal ...
2009-12-14 -
AOL France
Tower Ticker: WLS parent plans bankruptcy
Citadel Broadcasting Corp., the nation's third-biggest radio company and parent of Chicago's WLS-AM 890 and WLS-FM 94.7, is preparing to file a prearranged bankruptcy before the end of the year, according to the Wall Street Journal and later the New York Times.
2009-12-11 -
Chicago Tribune
FBI probes cyber attack on Citigroup
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a hacking that targeted Citigroup Inc and resulted in the theft of tens of million of dollars, the Wall Street Journal said, citing US governmen...
2009-12-22 -
MalaysiaNews.net
FBI probes cyber attack on Citigroup: report
(Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a hacking that targeted Citigroup Inc and resulted in the theft of tens of million of dollars, the Wall Street Journal said, citing U.S. government officials.
2009-12-22 -
Reuters
Morgan Stanley to overhaul pay for top execs: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley plans to overhaul pay plans for its top executives, deferring more of their compensation over time and benchmarking pay against rival firms, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
2009-12-29 -
Reuters