Palestinians To Set New Date For Elections
CBS News
(AP) RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the ...
Goldman Sachs Shareholders Ask Bank To Cut Down HUGE Bonuses
Huffingtonpost.com
Think of it as an atypical example of "shareholder activism." Several of the biggest shareholders of Goldman Sachs -- which, it should be noted, has morphed into the most profitable securities firm in history -- are pushing the bank to shri...
Volkswagen May Leave Euro Stoxx 50 in February, DZ Bank Says
Bloomberg
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Volkswagen AG may be replaced by Unibail-Rodamco SE in Europe’s Dow Jones Stoxx 50 Index in February 2010 if the German carmaker’s free-float market value declines, according to DZ Bank AG.
Deutsche Bank analyst raises rating for Dillard's on cost-cutting and ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
NEW YORK - Shares of department store retailer Dillard's Inc. rose on Friday after an analyst upgraded the stock to "Buy" and said efforts to cut costs and improve merchandise are paying off. The stock added $1.23, or 8.6 percent, at $15.51...
DNB Financial Corporation Declares Quarterly Dividend
MSN Money
DOWNINGTOWN, Pa., Nov. 20, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of DNB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq:DNBF), parent of DNB First, N.A., the oldest independent bank in Chester County, have declared a cash dividend of $0.03 per shar...
ICICI Bank to Price $750 Million 2015 Bonds Early New York Time
Bloomberg
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- ICICI Bank Ltd ., India’s second- biggest lender, will price $750 million of 2015 bonds to yield between 337.5 basis points to 350 basis points more than similar-maturity U.S. government debt, according to an e-mail s...
Bank Indonesia’s Bill Limits May Benefit Bonds, Waluyanto Says
Bloomberg
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Foreign investors will probably shift to Indonesia’s bonds after the central bank said it was “seriously” studying the option of limiting foreign investment in its short-term bills, a finance ministry official said.
Man sentenced to 25 years prison in robbery of armed guards outside Hudson bank
Pioneer Press
Zachary Wiegand, the man who shot a woman in Lake Elmo before robbing armed guards outside a Hudson, Wis., bank in 2003, was sentenced to 25 years in prison today for the Wisconsin portion of the crime spree.
Suspected St. Pete bank robber arrested
10Connects.com
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (AP) -- Authorities have apprehended a man they believe robbed a St. Petersburg bank. Authorities have charged 53-year-old Thomas John Castro with armed robbery in connection to the incident. Online records state tha...
Bank of Japan Keeps Rate at 0.1% as Kan Urges Deflation Fight
Bloomberg
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Japan kept interest rates near zero and raised its economic assessment even as government pressure for it to fight deflation intensified.
Deutsche Bank’s Ackermann Reiterates Call for Bank Rescue Fund
Bloomberg
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Josef Ackermann reiterated his call for a bank rescue fund, saying it could incorporate elements from plans in Sweden and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the U.S.