Cloud Packaging buys Toll
Cloud Packaging Solutions, a Cameron Holdings Corp. company, has acquired Toll Packaging Group LLC in Gibson City, Ill. feeds.bizjournals.com |
First Niagara completes deal for National City branches
First Niagara Financial Group, which is scheduled to buy Harleysville National Group early next year, said Tuesday it has completed the acquisition of 57 Western Pennsylvania bank branches from National City Bank. (PNC) (HNBC) (FNFG) feeds.bizjournals.com |
Thomas Cook leads way lower (at FT.com)
Holiday companies led the way lower on Friday as the FTSE 100 slipped for a fourth consecutive day. Tui Travel and Thomas Cook were under pressure as trading and debt concerns caused Morgan Stanley to turn cautious. us.rd.yahoo.com |
It's bubbly all round but really, does anyone care? (at FT.com)
There was something heart-warming about this week's news that US bankers are resuming their carefree habits from the days of the credit boom. In lending to private equity, it seems, they are once more issuing so called covenant-lite and payment-in-kind loans, whereby borrowers are freed from irksome conditions and can pay their annual interest by simply borrowing more. us.rd.yahoo.com |
David Weidner's Writing on the Wall: The ghost of Wall Street future (at MarketWatch)
Sometimes, a little history gives you perspective. That's why as 2010 comes to a close, it's useful remembering what we were worrying about a year ago. us.rd.yahoo.com |