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Dissident Vivus Inc. (VVUS) shareholder First Manhattan Co. nominated three more director candidates following the drug maker's expansion of its board size.
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European stock markets traded with sharp losses on Thursday, after disappointing data from China and comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve about tapering its stimulus program stoked worries about...
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Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it has fined U.S. bank JPMorgan 3.
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U.K.'s benchmark FTSE 100 stock index retreated from a 13-year high on Thursday, with resource firms adding pressure after disappointing Chinese manufacturing data fueled worries about growth...
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The Petrol Retailers' Association, the body that represents U.K. filling stations, said it has offered its analysis of fuel pricing to the European Commission after it said U.K. authorities didn't...
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Hungary's Budapest Stock Exchange plans to introduce the Xetra trading platform Dec 6, a switch that could provide full international access to this bourse and boost liquidity, Chairman Zsolt...
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Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LLOY.LN) Thursday said 77 million shares of St James's Place PLC (STJ.LN) have been placed at a price of 5.80 pounds per share, giving gross proceeds of GBP450 million.
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American International Group Inc's board is looking for a new director with regulatory experience, as the insurer readies for the government to classify it as big enough to merit greater...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA) wants an independent examiner's report on dealings between mortgage company Residential Capital LLC and its government-owned parent Ally Financial Inc. released.
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Mitsubishi Motors Corp is taking steps toward resuming dividend payments after nearly a decade-long turnaround bankrolled by other Mitsubishi group companies, according to people with direct...
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A Chinese brokerage that raised over a billion dollars in Hong Kong's biggest initial public offering so far this year staged a buoyant debut, raising hopes that the city's IPO drought will soon...
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The central bank has approved Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.'s (MBT.PH) 3-for-10 stock dividend, Metrobank said on Thursday.
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A group of investment firms including Citadel Securities LLC sued the Chicago Board Options Exchange Inc and four other exchanges on Wednesday for improper charges on millions of options trades...
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Hong Kong stocks dropped early Thursday as concerns that the Federal Reserve was considering winding down its bond purchases weighed on sentiment, with investors also cautious ahead of a...
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Delta Air Lines is letting a wave of orders for the newest planes on the market roll by, giving the jets time to prove themselves before buying, its chief executive told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Building products maker CPG International may be sold by its private equity owner, AEA Investors LP, for between $1 billion and $1.5 billion, the Reuters news agency said Wednesday on its website,...
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Title insurer Fidelity National Financial Inc. and buyout shop Thomas H. Lee Partners are in advanced talks to acquire Lender Processing Services Inc. for about $2.9 billion, according to people...
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Morgan Stanley announced in a memo to employees on Wednesday that its head of fixed income, Ken deRegt, is leaving the firm.
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An industry-funded regulator Wednesday agreed to take on oversight of two more U.S. exchanges, a move that will improve its surveillance and expand its coverage to around 90% of daily stock...
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U.S. stocks ended a choppy Wednesday session sharply lower after comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and minutes from the Fed's latest rate-setting meeting signaled the central...
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Treasurys swiftly reacted to comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about the time frame for discussing changes to monetary policy, sending yields to their first day above 2% since...
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Five independent brokerage firms will pay $6 million in restitution to settle with a Massachussets's securities regulator who accused them of improperly selling non-traded real estate investment...
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General Electric Co. (GE) on Wednesday unveiled new targets for pruning GE Capital that could see the big finance arm reduced by the end of 2014 to less than half its size in the run-up to the...
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The city of South Miami was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday with defrauding and misleading investors about the status of municipal bonds it issued.
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Treasurys, which took a dive earlier Wednesday on comments made by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, pared some of their losses after the release of the minutes from the Fed's May meeting.
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U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines will watch the wave of orders for the latest Airbus and Boeing planes roll on by and wait for the jets to prove themselves before ordering any, its chief executive...
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The Oklahoma Insurance Department is putting a preliminary financial cost of more than $2 billion from the tornado that battered the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore and killed 24 people, according...
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While there was no consensus among Federal Reserve officials on when the central bank could begin to slow down asset purchases, a "number" of central bank officials were willing to taper as soon...
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Carrefour , Europe's largest retailer, agreed to sell its remaining 25-percent stake in a Middle East joint venture to local partner Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) for 530 million euros ($682.
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State-backed British lenders Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland have agreed plans to shore up their capital with the financial regulator, removing a barrier to the government...
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U.S. stocks showed solid gains in early-afternoon action Wednesday, recovering a little from a dip on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke saying tapering of the central bank's bond buying could...
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Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday said the country's banks may have to raise capital on the financial markets to meet higher provisioning requirements.
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A board member at Italy's troubled lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena is being investigated over allegations of breaking insider trading rules and has been suspended, a judicial source said on...
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Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LLOY.LN) said Wednesday that it plans to sell a 15% stake in the wealth management company St James's Place PLC (STJ.LN) to raise about 40 million pounds which will help...
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TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (AMTD) hired two former executives of online brokerage rival E*Trade Financial Corp. (ETFC) to fill lead roles within its fixed income business and auditing department.
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Carrefour , Europe's largest retailer, is in advanced talks to divest its remaining 25-percent stake in its Middle Eastern joint venture to local partner Majid Al Futtaim (MAF), two sources...
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U.S. stocks pared gains on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said tapering of the central bank's bond buying could occur in the "next few meetings."
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U.S. stocks shed much of their early gains Wednesday and gold swung lower after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said, in answer to a question from a Congressional committee, the Fed's...
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The secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wednesday said Ameriprise Financial Inc. (AMP), Lincoln National Corp. (LNC) and three other independent brokerage firms will pay a total of...
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U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke calmed worries that the central bank may begin tapering its bond-buying program soon.
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Societe Generale said on Wednesday that the board of its Russian unit, Rosbank, was moving to dismiss its chief executive, Vladimir Golubkov, who was arrested on bribery charges last week.
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WUXI, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Local creditors of Wuxi Suntech, the bankrupt unit of Chinese solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd, on Wednesday claimed the subsidiary owed them a...
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U.S. stocks added to their early gains Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke began testifying before lawmakers and April existing-home sales roughly matched expectations.
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Treasurys took Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's statement to Congress Wednesday as a positive sign, sending prices up and yields down.
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The U.S. dollar extended losses on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said ending quantitative easing right now wouldn't lead to sustainable economic growth.
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Existing-home sales rose 0.6% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.97 million - the highest rate since November 2009, when a buyer tax credit deadline approached -- pointing to a...
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Wednesday that ending its easy policy stance now would not return the economy to sustainable growth.
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