Milton profit up 82 per cent, says economy sound
News.com.au - Milton’s top four holdings are in Westpac Banking Corporation, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank and Bank of Queensland. Total assets under management at December 31 were $2.1 billion. Listed investment companies often like to invest in
MoD admits inquiry into 69 lost laptops
Guardian Unlimited - He stated the data included passport, National Insurance and driver’s licence numbers, family details, and NHS numbers for about 153,000 people who applied to join the armed forces and banking details of around 3,700. He revealed that two further
A year’s stock market gains lost
News.com.au - Supermarket giant Woolworths was one of the few winners, while the major mining and banking stocks dragged the market down. Since the All Ordinaries peaked at a record 6873 on November 1, the index has dropped 18 per cent. In Asia, the major markets
TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Banking and insurance highlights to 15:45 GMT
CNBC - 2008-01-21 13:56:02 UK’s Brown says govt role in Northern Rock to ensure economic stability LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown stated today that the only reason for the government’s involvement in the Northern Rock crisis is to
New Zealand states farewell to Hillary
Miami Herald - Sherpas laid prayer scarves on Sir Edmund Hillary’s coffin as thousands across New Zealand bid farewell to the Mount Everest conqueror Tuesday. An honor guard held ice axes aloft as his casket was carried through their lines. About 500 New Zealand
Sovereign funds to the rescue, maybe
Minneapolis Star Tribune - But it is in banking where they have arrived most spectacularly. They have deftly played the role of savior just when Western banks have been exposed as the Achilles heel of the global financial system. At first sight this is proof that capitalism
Pujols still angry over steroids link
Miami Herald - Albert Pujols, angry his name was incorrectly linked to the Mitchell Report on steroids last month, banned a St. Louis television station from participating in a news conference Monday. Pujols asked Cardinals media relations director Brian Bartow to
Company Profile For Sony Corp
Reuters UK - The Company is focused on electronics, such as audiovisual and information technology products and components; game, such as PlayStation; entertainment, such as motion photos and music; financial services, such as insurance and banking sectors; and
Wi-fi users, beware: Hot spots are weak spots
Baltimore Sun - Don’t go sell your stocks or do any on the internet banking,” says David King, chief executive of AirTight Networks. Do all of your financial transactions at home, he states. •Name your home network. For your home network, don’t use the generic name, called
Warning of more turmoil as investors flee markets
Times On the web - The latest sell-off was sparked in China after the country’s banking regulator sent a deep chill through the nation’s financial sector when it stated that the US sub-prime turmoil could force some of China’s biggest banks to announce big write
Bank of Marin posts higher earnings
MSN MoneyCentral - Our focus on relationship banking has granted us to grow our portfolio at a strong double-digit pace, while maintaining excellent credit quality,” said Russell Colombo, the bank’s president and CEO. The bank’s nonperforming loans totaled $144,000 at
Rudy shock awaits at home
News.com.au - Rudy Giuliani banking on Florida, Super Tuesday But New York switching to John McCain Follow the US presidential election with us NEW York City’s former mayor Rudolph Giuliani has lost the lead in his home say among Republican candidates for the US
UK insurers seen as targets for Ping An
Daily Telegraph - Fortis in November and has HSBC as a 17pc investor, has been seen as increasingly on the cards. But the size of its intended share sale raised eyebrows about the scale of the ambition of the fast-growing company, whose operations also include banking
Banking sector improves on non-performing loans
East African Standard - The banking system is sound and stable, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has stated. In its latest Monthly Economic Review (MER), CBK notes that the sector maintained a strong profitability growth and a general reduction in non-performing loans (NPLs
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