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Merrill CEO: No Need to Raise More Capital: Report: SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co Inc MER sees no need for more capital as the subprime crisis nears an end, but expects U.S. banks with large exposure to consumers to be the next problem area, its chief executive told a Singapore...; Tags: Investment, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., common stock, stock buyback, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., stock; News items 2008-05-05
Volume Not Price 'fuels Bank Fee Growth': Bank fee revenues last financial year rose faster than in the previous year because of strong demand for services rather than increased prices, the Reserve bank of Australia RBAsaid on Thursday.The value of banks' fee revenue rose by 7.5 per cent to $10.5 billion in the year to June...; Tags: Bank, Fee, Credit Card, Fee Revenue, Financial Services, Sales Channel, Sales, AAP; News items 2008-05-15
Mubadala to Turn Abu Dhabi Island Into Business Zone: ABU DHABI (Reuters UK) - Mubadala Development, an Abu Dhabi investment arm which manages over $10 billion (5.1 billion pounds) in assets, said on Sunday it will develop an offshore island into a new business district that would house the stock exchange. Suwa Island, off...; Tags: Abu Dhabi, Mubadala Development, Real Estate, Financial Services, Investment, Business Operations, Finance, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-11
Mubadala to Turn Abu Dhabi Island Into Business Zone: ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Mubadala Development Co, an Abu Dhabi investment arm which manages over $10 billion in assets, said on Sunday it will develop an offshore island into a new business district that would house the stock exchange. Suwa Island, off Abu...; Tags: Asset management, Investment, Financial services, Abu Dhabi, stock exchange, equity, commercial real estate, asset, stock, real estate, Thomson Reuters Corp., financial; News items 2008-05-11
Hearings Planned on Energy Market Speculation: Report: NEW YORK (Reuters) - A House committee has started investigating speculation in energy markets, with plans to hold hearings in May and June, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday, citing a Democratic aide and several other people invited as witnesses....; Tags: aide, hearing, hedge fund, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp.; News items 2008-05-11

Why You Should Use a Credit Card for Airplane Tickets: If you routinely charge plane tickets to a debit card, stop. The New York Times explains why you should always use a credit card for your flight purchases: Under the federal Fair Credit Billing Act, a credit card company is required to return your money for a service not...; Tags: Credit Card, Credit Card Company, Debit Card, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Rick Broida; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Banks Blamed For Debt Crisis: Survey: Three-quarters of Australians believe financial institutions are to blame for the current debt crisis, research shows.Seventy-four per cent of participants in the Australia Institute survey agreed banks are too willing to lend money to those who can't afford payments."Our results point to a strong community belief that lenders and...; Tags: Bank, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Survey, Debt Problem, Financial Services, Sales Channel, Marketing Research, Sales, Marketing, AAP; News items 2008-05-08
Long Slump May Follow Crunch: JPMorgan CEO: By Joseph A. Giannone NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co JPM Chairman and Chief Executive Jamie Dimon on Monday told bank investors that while the current credit market crunch may soon be over, the U.S. economy could still face a deep...; Tags: Mortgages, Financial services, mortgage, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., bank, bond, LBO, receivables, New York, asset, Thomson Reuters Corp.; News items 2008-05-12
Clear Channel Banks to Fund Buyout: Report: NEW YORK (Reuters) - The banks that had been trying to pull out of the funding for the $20 billion buyout of Clear Channel Communications CCU have reached a settlement with the private equity firms that had sued them, the Wall Street ...; Tags: Financial services, Litigation, Clear Channel Communications Inc., private equity company, private equity, settlement, bank, New York, Thomson Reuters Corp., Web site, Web; News items 2008-05-12
China Fund Sees Opportunity in Global Instability: By Zhou Xin SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Global economic instability has created huge investment opportunities for China Investment Corp CIC, but the sovereign wealth fund will be careful not to destabilize countries where it operates, its head said on Friday. CIC paid...; Tags: Financial services, Financial accounting, investment opportunity, instability, Shanghai, IMF, hedge fund, financial company, pre-IPO, best practice, investment, China, private equity, allocation, financial, IPO, Thomson Reuters Corp., credit card, bank, shareholder, industry; News items 2008-05-09
SocGen Net Profit Falls 23 Pct, Beats Consensus: By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale SOGN, the French bank hit by the world's worst rogue trader scandal, reported a 23.4 percent fall in first quarter net profit although earnings came in above the average market forecast. Net profit fell to...; Tags: rogue, trader, Paris, bank, radio, Thomson Reuters Corp.; News items 2008-05-13
C.Agricole Cash Call as Europe's Banks Bleed Again: By Steve Slater LONDON (Reuters UK) - French bank Credit Agricole joined the growing list of lenders asking shareholders for billions of euros in extra cash while a trio of other European banks also revealed new scars from the credit crunch on Tuesday. Agricole CAGR, France's...; Tags: Bank, Agricole, Financial Services, HBOS Plc., Oukbs, SocGen; News items 2008-05-13
Mortgage Lenders Tightened Credit in April: LONDON (Reuters UK) - Mortgage lenders tightened credit terms last month despite a cut in official interest rates, Bank of England data showed on Monday. Figures from the central bank show the typical rate on a new two-year 95 percent loan-to-value fixed mortgage rose 34 ...; Tags: Rate, Mortgages, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures, Mortgage Company, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-12
HSBC Profit Up But Bad-debts Jump: By Steve Slater and Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters UK) - Europe's biggest bank, HSBC Holdings HSBA, said its profit in the first quarter beat a year ago as growth in Asia helped counter some $5 billion (2.6 million pounds) in hits from bad debts on U.S....; Tags: Asset, Bank, HSBC Holdings, GBM, Financial Services, Asset Management, Citigroup Inc., US; News items 2008-05-12
SocGen Net Profit Falls 23 Percent: By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters UK) - Societe Generale, the French bank hit by the world's worst rogue trader scandal, reported a 23.4 percent fall in first quarter net profit although earnings came in above the average market forecast. Net profit fell to 1.096 billion euros...; Tags: Bank, Net Profit, Euro, SocGen Net Profit, Financial Services, Oukbs; News items 2008-05-12
Societe Generale Names Didier Valet as New CFO: PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale SOGN, the French bank hit by a rogue trading scandal, said Didier Valet would become its new chief financial officer. Valet, a 40-year old graduate of the prestigious Ecole Polytechnique who has been with SocGen since 2000, will...; Tags: Investment, rogue, trader, lawyer, stock market, Paris, stock, Thomson Reuters Corp., bank; News items 2008-05-09
Westpac Deal Raises Hopes of Australia Bank Shake-out: By Victoria Thieberger MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The largest banking takeover in Australia's corporate history has spurred investors to pile into shares of smaller banks in the hope of a sector shake-out. Westpac Banking Corp Ltd's WBC $17.6 billion all-share bid for smaller rival...; Tags: Bank, St George, Labor Government, Financial Services, Bendigo Bank, Dealtalk, Southwest Georgia Financial Corp., Sunoco Inc.; News items 2008-05-13
UBS to Cut 5,500 Jobs, Has BlackRock Debt Deal: By Thomas Atkins ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS AG will cut 5,500 jobs or almost 7 percent of its workforce as Europe's biggest subprime casualty reverses a rapid expansion into investment banking. The bank also said it has a preliminary deal with U.S. asset...; Tags: Financial services, Investment, Recruitment & Selection, Financial accounting, UBS AG, investment banking, Zurich, bank, financial market, workforce, Europe, restructuring plan, Thomson Reuters Corp., asset, job, analyst, hedge fund, financial, U.S., banking, chip, strategy; News items 2008-05-05
HSBC Rebel Urges Independent Adviser For U.S. Arm: LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC HSBA is underestimating problems at its troubled U.S. consumer finance arm, a rebel shareholder said on Monday and called on the bank to appoint an independent financial advisor to consider options for the unit. Activist hedge fund investor Knight...; Tags: Financial services, Financial accounting, Investment, finance, bank, advisor, asset, shareholder, London, hedge fund, Thomson Reuters Corp., accounting, board; News items 2008-05-12
Commonwealth Undecided on St George Bid: Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd chief executive Ralph Norris says his bank has not ruled in, or ruled out, a takeover move on smaller rival St George Bank Ltd.Australia's third largest bank Westpac Banking Corporation this week made a $19 billion offer for St George and the two banks...; Tags: Bank, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., Financial Services, AAP; News items 2008-05-15