| Latest probe of Berlusconi completed (AP) Milan prosecutors on Friday officially completed an investigation of film rights sales by Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's Mediaset empire, prompting the media company to denounce the probe, which also involves the premier's eldest son, as absurd. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Executive pay (at FT.com) Bankers continue to catch flak for the team. Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs , may have picked up a mere $9m bonus rather than the nine-digit one some had expected, but the financial sector's excesses as a whole have allowed bosses in other sectors to escape the populist backlash. us.rd.yahoo.com |
American Capital Announces Extension of Exchange Offers, Public Note Consent Solicitation and Standby Plan Solicitation (PR Newswire) American Capital, Ltd. announced today that it has extended the expiration time of its private offers to exchange its outstanding unsecured public and private notes for cash payments and new secured notes and consent solicitation of its outstanding public notes and the voting deadline of its solicitation of votes to accept a standby plan of reorganization . us.rd.yahoo.com |
Nasdaq OMX Group spends $653,830 on 1Q lobbying (AP) Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. spent $653,830 during the first quarter to lobby the government on issues tied to regulating exchanges. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Morgan Stanley lifted by new business (Reuters) Morgan Stanley reported higher-than-expected second-quarter profit as an expanded stable of traders helped it win new business, sending its shares up 9.4 percent. us.rd.yahoo.com |