en-us Reuters) - The revised healthcare overhaul in the Senate would cut the federal deficit by $132 billion over 10 years, non-partisan budget analysts said on Saturday.The Congressional Budget Office also said the bill as revised by Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid would have coverage costs of $871 billion over...]]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:15:18 -0800 Reuters UK) - Greece's main labour union will curb its pay demands for next year on condition that employers agree to hefty minimum wage rises, but an opinion poll on Saturday showed the public are less willing to tighten belts.Separately, European Central Bank governing council member Ewald...]]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:00:55 -0800 Reuters UK) - Greece's main labour union will curb its pay demands for next year, on condition that employers agree to hefty minimum wage rises, the union's spokesman said on Saturday.The General Confederation of Greek Workers GSEE, which represents two million private employees, will ask for wage...]]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:00:21 -0800 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:39:48 -0800 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:00:20 -0800 Reuters) - FedEx Corp FDX forecast on Thursday profit for the current quarter below analysts' expectations, raising concerns that the U.S. economy was not recovering as fast as had been expected, and sending its shares down more than 6 percent.The company, a bellwether of U.S. economic...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:01:50 -0800 FDX FDX Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:52:07 -0800 WGO WGO Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:34:00 -0800 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:10:30 -0800 GS RAD GS,RAD Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:36:23 -0800 Reuters UK) - Britain is aware of the rising cost of greater regulation for financial firms and will strike "the right balance" between cost and benefit of reform, Treasury minister Paul Myners said on Wednesday.Myners on Wednesday launched a consultation document on disaster recovery plans that investment banks should...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:12:56 -0800 Reuters UK) - Cadbury CBRY said on Wednesday it had insured 500 million pounds of pension liabilities in a deal allowing it to keep control of the scheme's assets.Cadbury, fighting off a hostile takeover bid from U.S. food group rival Kraft KFT, sealed the insurance deal covering British pension...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:09:25 -0800 CSG KFT CSG,KFT Reuters UK) - Britain's cost-effectiveness watchdog said it was minded not to recommend Roche's new arthritis drug RoActemra on the state health service, but could change its mind if the drugmaker handed over more data.The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence NICE said on Wednesday it wanted a...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:58:21 -0800 Reuters UK) - British Airways' pension deficit more than doubled to 3.7 billion pounds at the end of March, it revealed on Monday, higher than analysts expected but not seen as big enough to derail a merger with Spain's Iberia.Shares in BA were down...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:06:47 -0800 BAB BAB Reuters UK) - Insurers could save Britain's government billions of pounds if they took on more of its risk, though they would need a significant amount of extra capital to do so, Legal & General's LGEN chief executive told the Sunday Telegraph."Through state pensions, unemployment benefits and the National...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:42:29 -0800 Reuters UK) - Five senior executives at American International Group AIG told the insurer last week they may quit if their compensation was cut significantly by the U.S. pay czar, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.The five senior AIG executives indicated on December 1, in written notices,...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:14:05 -0800 AIG AIG Reuters UK) - Pension liabilities are increasingly stopping companies from pursuing mergers or restructurings, a survey showed on Monday.The number of companies which see their pension liabilities as an obstacle to such activities has nearly doubled in the last two years to 33 percent, according to the survey conducted...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:12:46 -0800 Reuters) - Cuts in 2009 pay and bonuses for Citigroup's top 100 executives ordered by the Obama administration's pay czar will remain in place despite the bank's deal to exit the government's bailout program, a Treasury official said on Monday.Citi agreed as part of the payback of $20 billion...]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:54:27 -0800 C C Reuters) - Bank of New York Mellon Corp BK Chief Executive Robert Kelly is the front-runner to succeed retiring Bank of America Corp BAC CEO Kenneth Lewis, but compensation issues could get in the way of a deal, the Wall Street Journal said on Sunday, citing people familiar...]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:29:14 -0800 BAC BAC Reuters) - A U.S. court last year secretly froze more than $2 billion allegedly held for Iran in Citigroup Inc C accounts, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing legal documents.The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, acting in part on information provided by...]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:16:16 -0800 C C