| HeidelbergCement: A company strengthens its foundations (at FT.com) In early 2009, Heidelberg-Cement looked like a high-profile loser in the financial crisis: debt-laden and about to be taken over by banks. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Goldman Sachs spends $690,000 to lobby government (AP) Goldman Sachs Group Inc. spent $690,000 during the fourth quarter to lobby the federal government on issues related to regulating the banking industry. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Financial Stocks: Financials slide on fresh housing worries (at MarketWatch) U.S. financial stocks see early gains evaporate after the Commerce Department says sales of new U.S. homes plunged by about a third last month, exacerbating fears of another leg down in home prices. us.rd.yahoo.com |
[$$] The Earnings Outlook for U.S. Exchanges (at Barron's Online) UBS revises its estimates for NYSE Euronext, CME Group and others. us.rd.yahoo.com |
The world's banks take a holiday from regulation (at Financial Times) August starts this weekend, the month three years ago when the first rumblings of worry over Northern Rock emerged, followed weeks later by a full-blown liquidity crisis. A year after that, Wall Street went into spasm, with the largest banks having to be supported by the US government. us.rd.yahoo.com |