en-us Reuters) - London Stock Exchange LSE has agreed a deal to take a 60 percent stake in loss-making trading platform rival Turquoise and will merge it with its own "dark pool" platform, Baikal, to create a new pan-Europe venture.In a statement on Tuesday, the LSE said it agreed to...]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:15:19 -0800 BAC C GS LSE MS BAC,C,GS,LSE,MS Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:34:46 -0800 LSE LSE Reuters UK) - London Stock Exchange LSE has agreed a deal to take a 60 percent stake in loss-making trading platform rival Turquoise and will merge it with its own "dark pool" platform, Baikal, to create a new pan-Europe venture.In a statement on Tuesday, the LSE said it agreed...]]> Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:18 -0800 BAC C GS LSE MS BAC,C,GS,LSE,MS Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:49:35 -0800 AIG AIG Reuters UK) - The London Stock Exchange LSE is close to agreeing a deal to take control of loss-making trading platform rival Turquoise, The Sunday Telegraph reported, citing sources close to the deal.It is understood LSE, which declined to comment, will take a stake close to 60 percent in...]]> Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:00:11 -0800 BAC C GS LSE MS BAC,C,GS,LSE,MS Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:10:10 -0800 Reuters) - World's No. 2 memory chip maker Hynix Semiconductor Inc is seen capable of spending a higher-than-expected 2.3 trillion won ($2 billion) in capital expenditures next year, its top shareholder KEB said on Sunday.Korea Exchange Bank KEB said in a statement that Hynix should be able to fund...]]> Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:45:07 -0800 660 660 Reuters) - The U.S. brokerage watchdog is probing how Wall Street firms, including JP Morgan Chase JPM and Citigroup Inc C, offer stock research, two people familiar with the probe said on Friday.The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which supervises nearly 4,800 brokerage firms, sent letters to more than...]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:45:26 -0800 C GS JPM MS C,GS,JPM,MS Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:34:06 -0800 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:38:32 -0800 Reuters) - In the lucrative business of underwriting and selling a company's stock, J.P. Morgan led the world's banks this year, earning an estimated $2.2 billion in fees, or nearly double what it hauled from the deals last year.Across the investment banking...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:15:21 -0800 BAC C GS JPM BAC,C,GS,JPM Reuters) - In the lucrative business of underwriting and selling company stock, J.P. Morgan led the world's banks this year, earning an estimated $2.2 billion in fees, or nearly double what it hauled from the deals last year.Across the investment banking industry, equity capital market ECM...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:15:20 -0800 BAC C GS JPM MS V BAC,C,GS,JPM,MS,V Reuters) - Barclays Capital, one of the banks providing $9.2 billion of loans to help fund Kraft Foods Inc's KFT hostile bid for Britain's Cadbury Plc CBRY, has suspended coverage of Cadbury because of its role. "Barclays Capital is acting as financial advisor to Kraft Foods...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:42:37 -0800 BCS CSG COF KFT BCS,CSG,COF,KFT Reuters UK) - Investment bank Barclays Capital has suspended coverage of British chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY due to its work with Kraft Foods Inc KFT on a hostile bid for Cadbury."Barclays Capital is acting as financial advisor to Kraft Foods in connection with a potential takeover offer for Cadbury...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:17:34 -0800 BCS CSG KFT BCS,CSG,KFT Reuters) - Barclays Capital, one of the banks providing $9.2 billion of loans to help fund Kraft Foods Inc's KFT hostile bid for Britain's Cadbury Plc CBRY, has suspended coverage of Cadbury because of its role."Barclays Capital is acting as financial advisor to Kraft Foods in connection...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:16:06 -0800 BCS CSG C KFT BCS,CSG,C,KFT Reuters UK) - Sempra Energy SRE may join Royal Bank of Scotland Group RBS in selling off their entire joint commodities business, offering quick entry into a lucrative market with a diverse, global trading book. RBS said in November it was selling its...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:05:22 -0800 SRE SRE Reuters) - Discover Financial Services DFS, the sixth-largest U.S. credit card issuer, posted lower-than-expected quarterly earnings as bad loans grew and the value of transactions with its cards declined, sending its shares down more than 8 percent.The company, which received a $1.2 billion government bailout, said...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:15:29 -0800 BAC COF C DFS JPM MA V BAC,COF,C,DFS,JPM,MA,V Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:42:16 -0800 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:16:38 -0800 C C Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:07:50 -0800