 | News: S&P boosts Ameriprise outlook to 'stable'
S&P boosts Ameriprise outlook to 'stable' BusinessWeek - Jul 29, 2010 Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Thursday revised its outlook on the credit ratings of Ameriprise Financial Inc. to 'stable' from 'negative,' citing | | | | |
| News: * On track for expected full-year slight sales decline
* On track for expected full-year slight sales decline Reuters - Georgina Prodhan, Erica Billingham - Jul 30, 2010 Asked what the company's expectations were, Chief Financial Officer Robert Gray told Reuters that full-year revenue should be down "somewhat" as UBM slowly | | | | |
| News: Telefonica Net Profit Up On Latin American Growth
Telefonica Net Profit Up On Latin American Growth Wall Street Journal - Jason Sinclair - Jul 29, 2010 Telefonica's earnings are solid, said ING analyst Georgios Ierodiaconou, especially outside its home Spanish market in Latin America and Europe. | | | | |
| News: UPI NewsTrack Business
UPI NewsTrack Business UPI.com - 18 hours ago Even a lack of jobs is normal for a recovery, said Scott Davis, an equity analyst at Morgan Stanley. "Investors and board(s) of directors don't want to see | | | | |
| News: Entertainment chief's exit ends a stormy era at ABC
Entertainment chief's exit ends a stormy era at ABC Los Angeles Times - Jul 28, 2010 McPherson complained to talent agents that he was under tighter financial restraints and had to seek budget approval from the company's chief financial | | | | |
| News: Northrop, Raytheon and Goodrich benefit from cutting costs
Northrop, Raytheon and Goodrich benefit from cutting costs MarketWatch - Christopher Hinton - Jul 29, 2010 "Operating margin, coupled with higher sales, lower net pension, and a reduction in the share count was the biggest growth driver," said Chief Financial | | | | |
| News: Alaska business people
Alaska business people Anchorage Daily News - Jul 28, 2010 Kent Thompson has been hired as a project manager and senior analyst. Thompson is an expert financial analyst with two years' experience in local government | | | | |
| News: Telecom gets $75m for AAPT consumer sale
Telecom gets $75m for AAPT consumer sale New Zealand Herald - Helen Twose - 17 hours ago First NZ Capital analyst Greg Main said while Telecom would have liked to have sold the whole business as a package it had been able to engineer a deal to | | | | |
| News: 'Free Stimulus' via Refinancing, Debate Grows
'Free Stimulus' via Refinancing, Debate Grows Wall Street Journal (blog) - Nick Timiraos - 16 hours ago It might, but it would represent a big turn in direction,” writes Jim Vogel, an analyst for FTN Financial. Second, the stimulus would come at the expense of | | | | |
| News: Sprint Posts 2Q Loss, But Customer Growth Returns
Sprint Posts 2Q Loss, But Customer Growth Returns Wall Street Journal - Roger Cheng - Jul 28, 2010 Hesse said he remains supportive of the company's network deployment plans this year, but he said would hold off discussing further financial options and | | | | |
| News: Risk Appetite Fuels Dividends Led by Warner Chilcott
Risk Appetite Fuels Dividends Led by Warner Chilcott BusinessWeek - Emre Peker - 15 hours ago The rating “reflects the combination of the company's vulnerable business risk profile and aggressive financial risk profile,” Austin wrote. | | | | |
| News: MetLife rallies as analysts boost estimates
MetLife rallies as analysts boost estimates MarketWatch - April H. Lee - 15 hours ago FBR Capital Markets analyst Randy Binner said MetLife's quarterly results showed the success of the firm's diversification, with results from its US | | | | |
| News: Siemens Raises Outlook After Profit Beats Estimates
Siemens Raises Outlook After Profit Beats Estimates BusinessWeek - Richard Weiss - Jul 28, 2010 The results mark “another first-class quarter” for Siemens, Morgan Stanley analyst Ben Uglow wrote in a note to clients. He rates the shares “equal-weight” | | | | |
| News: DeMorning DeBonis: July 30, 2010
DeMorning DeBonis: July 30, 2010 Washington Post (blog) - 22 hours ago NOTA BENE -- Tune in to The Politics Hour With Kojo Nnamdi and Tom Sherwood, featuring yours truly as guest analyst with special guests Del. | | | | |
| News: United Execs Lose Out in Merger
United Execs Lose Out in Merger TheStreet.com - Ted Reed - Jul 27, 2010 Mikells, a University of Chicago MBA, joined United in 1994 as a financial analyst and worked her way up, becoming CFO in 2008. Like Tague, she played a key | | | | |
| News: TV Channel 6's parent company files for receivership
TV Channel 6's parent company files for receivership Providence Journal - Paul Davis - Jul 29, 2010 “It gives a business breathing room to restructure and reorganize its financial and business affairs” while under court protection. | | | | |
| News: The Morning Leverage: Private Equity And Schmucks
The Morning Leverage: Private Equity And Schmucks Wall Street Journal (blog) - Jennifer Rossa - Jul 29, 2010 Tyco International Ltd. has agreed to sell its European Waterworks business to PE firm Triton for $245 million. The press release is here. Analysis: Banks | | | | |
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