Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 17, 2012
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy expanded at its weakest pace in 2-1/2 years in the latest quarter, with the sagging real estate and export sectors heralding a sharper slowdown in coming months and fresh pro-growth measures from the government.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on November 25, 2011
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy paid a record 6.5 percent to borrow money over six months on Friday and its longer-term funding costs soared far above levels seen as sustainable for public finances, raising the pressure on Rome’s new emergency government.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on November 9, 2011
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch is going back to his roots, taking up the role of chairman of News Corp’s Australian arm at a time when the publisher is battling a hostile government.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Rupert Murdoch is going back to his roots, taking up the role of chairman of News Corp’s Australian arm with the current local chairman and chief executive stepping down, as the publisher battles a hostile government.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on November 8, 2011
ROME/ATHENS (Reuters) – Financial markets held their breath on Tuesday as Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s reform-shy government teetered on the brink and debt-crippled Greece’s leaders struggled to put together a national unity government.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on September 5, 2011
CERNOBBIO, Italy (Reuters) – Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti promised on Sunday to meet Italy’s budget commitments after the European Central Bank stepped up pressure for action by the struggling center-right government.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 22, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein has hired Reid Weingarten, a high-profile Washington defense attorney whose past clients include a former Enron accounting officer, according to a government source familiar with the matter.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein has hired Reid Weingarten, a high-profile Washington defense attorney whose past clients include a former Enron accounting officer, according to a government source familiar with the matter.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 4, 2011
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Mongolia chose miner Peabody Energy , a venture between China’s Shenhua and Japan’s Mitsui & Co , and a Russian-led consortium as preliminary winners to jointly develop the prized Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit, a senior government source said on Monday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on May 4, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac on Wednesday said it lost just short of a billion dollars last quarter, though it did not ask taxpayers for more aid as the loss stemmed from interest payments to the government.
