| Risk Metrics Group Issues Recommendations for Safeguard Scientifics Annual Meeting to Be Held on August 28 (Business Wire) WAYNE, Pa.----Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. , a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, announced that Risk Metrics Group , an advisor to institutional investors on corporate governance and risk management issues, issued recommendations to its institutional clients regarding proposals to be considered at Safeguard’s annual meeting of shareholders. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Businesses look to alternative sources of financing While stories about the credit crunch and banks pulling bank on lending have dominated news headlines during the recession, perhaps getting less ink are alternative funding options for business owners. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Quarterly Changes to the NASDAQ OMX European Government Relief Index (GlobeNewswire) STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- NASDAQ OMX Nordic, part of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. , announced today the results of the quarterly review of the NASDAQ OMX European Government Relief Index which will become effective with the market open today. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Morgan Stanleys ex-president starts a hedge fund (at Fortune) by Patricia Sellers Maybe it’s a sign of recovery in the financial services industry: Wall Street’s two most renowned women dropouts have settled on what to do next. Yesterday on Postcards, you read Sallie Krawcheck’s bizarre tale of her bumpy road on the way to Bank of America . us.rd.yahoo.com |
Making Brics without straw (at FT.com) Once upon a time they used to be called "emerging markets". But that was before Goldman Sachs packaged four of the largest - Brazil, Russia, India and China - in a presentation box and labelled it with the snappy acronym "Bric". us.rd.yahoo.com |