| President Obama's former counsel hired to do battle (at FT.com) Goldman Sachs , which is facing a maelstrom in Washington, is pinning its defence on some of the most prominent legal and public relations experts, including President Barack Obama's former chief counsel and a longtime regulatory reporter for the New York Times. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Morgan Stanley denies knowing of CDO probe (at FT.com) Morgan Stanley MWD's chief executive said on Wednesday that the Wall Street bank had "no knowledge whatsoever" of a US government probe into it, as its shares fell following a report that federal prosecutors were looking at mortgage-related deals. us.rd.yahoo.com |
NYSE Euronext in joint venture on carbon trading [AP] - NYSE Euronext said Tuesday it plans to combine its European carbon trading unit with a U.S. firm to expand its environmental energy business. us.rd.yahoo.com |
TEL Offshore Trust Announces There Will Be No Third Quarter 2010 Distribution [Business Wire] - AUSTIN, Texas----TEL OFFSHORE TRUST announced that there will be no trust distribution for the third quarter of 2010 for unitholders of record on September 30, 2010. The Trust has not been able to make a distribution to unitholders for seven consecutive quarters, or since January 9, 2009. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Starr International Company, Inc. to Purchase 1.5 Million Common Shares from Founders of China MediaExpress [Business Wire] - China MediaExpress Holdings, Inc. , China’s largest television advertising operator on inter-city and airport express buses, today announced that Starr International Company, Inc. , through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Starr Investments Cayman II, Inc. , has agreed to purchase an aggregate of 1.5 million shares of the Company’s common stock in two private transactions. us.rd.yahoo.com |