Posts Tagged ‘Financial Times’

US jobless claims add to recovery fears

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
New claims for jobless benefits in the US fell last week but still remain above the level economists say is necessary to create jobs. Read More »

Capgemini taps into Brazil IT market

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
Europe’s largest IT services company has placed a bet on Latin America, announcing on Thursday a deal to buy a majority stake in CPM Braxis, Brazil’s largest information technology services group Read More »

ECB leaves cost of borrowing unchanged

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
Official borrowing costs in the eurozone have been left at a record lows for the 16th consecutive month as the European Central Bank sticks to its cautious stance on the region’s economic prospects Read More »

RBS cuts further 3,500 jobs

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
Royal Bank of Scotland is axing another 3,500 jobs, taking to almost 27,000 the number of staff cut since Stephen Hester took over as chief executive of the troubled UK bank Read More »

RIM faces battle over content in Indonesia

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
Indonesia’s technology minister has taken his battle against pornography to the maker of BlackBerry smart phones, ordering the Canadian company to block digital content in one of its key Asian markets Read More »

Rally pauses as investors revisit mixed data

{ Posted on Sep 02 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
European bourses are set to open about 0.4 per cent lower as traders take a more critical view of the previous session’s “melt up”, which saw better-than-expected US and China factory data power a move into risk. Read More »

Meat price surge fuels fears of food inflation

{ Posted on Sep 01 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
Global meat prices have hit a 20-year high as robust demand from emerging countries has coincided with a drop in production Read More »

Apple raises stakes in TV battle

{ Posted on Sep 01 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
Apple made its most serious bid yet for the internet-connected television market, slashing the price and size of its AppleTV product by more than half and providing it with movies and television shows to rent. Read More »

Apple raises stakes in TV battle

{ Posted on Sep 01 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
Apple made its most serious bid yet for the internet-connected television market, slashing the price and size of its AppleTV product by more than half and providing it with movies and television shows to rent. Read More »

SEC charges fund manager with insider trading

{ Posted on Sep 01 2010 by Financial Times - US homepage }
A former hedge fund manager was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with making a $14m profit based on inside information allegedly passed to him by a pharmaceutical executive ahead of a takeover in 2007 Read More »