(AP) -- Facebook is about to find out just how much status updates, puppy photos and billions of "likes" are worth on Wall Street.
Business
May 17, 2012
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When the Icelandic banking system was privatised in 2003, it inaugurated a period of furious expansion of both loans and risky investments. The bubble burst in 2008. At that time, the nominal assets of the three largest banks ...
Economics & Business
Feb 28, 2012
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Wall Street is about to get Facebook fever. The social networking giant with nearly 1 billion users is expected to file papers any day now to sell stock to the public. The timing stems partly from federal rules that would ...
Business
Jan 27, 2012
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China's official Xinhua news agency plans to list its website by year-end, a report said Wednesday, as the government ushers more state media giants to the stock market.
Business
Jan 11, 2012
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Groupon shares soared on Wall Street on Friday after the online daily deals sensation raised $700 million in the biggest initial public offering by an Internet company since Google.
Business
Nov 4, 2011
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(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard is beefing up its defenses in an effort to fend off activist investors who, with enough shares, could demand drastic changes at the company, according to a published report.
Business
Sep 29, 2011
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Banks that received federal bailout money ended up approving riskier loans and shifting capital toward risky investments after getting government help, say University of Michigan researchers.
Economics & Business
Sep 15, 2011
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After the 2008 financial crisis hit, many people were startled to learn that the leaders of some investment banks knew little about the risks their firms had taken.
Economics & Business
Sep 6, 2011
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Obvious conflicts of interest and poor performance are among the reasons why a Kansas State University economist says the way the leading credit rating agencies are funded should be changed.
Economics & Business
Aug 16, 2011
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The Journal of Financial Economics recently published a paper by Andrew Ang, Chair, Ann F. Kaplan Professor of Business and Chair, Finance and Economics Division at Columbia Business School; Sergiy Gorovyy, PhD candidate, ...
Economics & Business
Jul 28, 2011
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