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How Credit Suisse Underwent Painful Bond Surgery – And Survived

In spring 2009, senior Credit Suisse executive Gaël de Boissard told colleagues at a strategy meeting that as the bank reshaped its bond trading business, they needed to remember the five stages of grief outlined decades ago by psychiatrist...

India’s Headline Inflation At 7-Month High, Another Rate Hike Seen

India's headline inflation unexpectedly hit a seven-month high in September, mainly driven by higher food prices, increasing the odds for yet another interest rate hike by the central bank at its policy review later this month. The wholesale price index...

Yahoo CEO Mayer Has Advertisers’ Attention, But Can She Get Their Dollars?

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Three weeks ago, Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer strode into a Manhattan hotel and was greeted like a rock star by hundreds of advertising executives who snapped pictures as she sat down for an interview with journalist Charlie...

UBA Relaunches U-Gold Hybrid Savings Account

SAN FRANCISCO, October 13, (THEWILL) – Customers of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, the Pan African Banking group, now have the privilege  of opening and operating a savings account that gives them many of the privileges usually reserved...

World Top Bankers Warn Of Dire Consequences If U.S. Defaults

Three of the world's most powerful bankers warned of terrible consequences if the United States defaults on its debt, with Deutsche Bank chief executive Anshu Jain claiming default would be "utterly catastrophic." "This would be a very rapidly spreading, fatal...

China’s September Export Growth In Surprise Slide

China's export growth fizzled in September to post a surprise fall as sales to Southeast Asia tumbled, data showed, a disappointing break to a recent run of indicators that had signaled its economy gaining strength. China's exports dropped 0.3 percent...

BMW’s China Sales Up 20 Percent In Jan-Sept, Eyes Record Sales

German luxury car maker BMW (BMWG.DE) said on Saturday its China sales rose more than 20 percent in the first nine months of this year, paving the way for another year of record sales in the world's biggest automobile...

Nissan To Sell Infiniti Brand Cars In Japan Market

Japan's Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) will sell its Infiniti luxury brand autos in its home market, seeking to capture growing demand for upscale cars and to better compete with German rivals such as BMW, the Japanese business daily Nikkei...

U.S. Soon To Overtake Russia As Top Oil Producer

The United States will become the world's largest oil producer next year - overtaking Russia - thanks to its shale oil boom which has transformed the global energy landscape, the West's energy watchdog said on Friday. The prediction comes only...

G20 Hopes Grow For U.S. Deal To Avert Default

Top finance officials from the G20 leading economies looked set to keep their focus on the receding risk of a U.S. default at talks on Friday as hopes grew that Washington could soon clinch a stop-gap deal to ensure...