The light of experience (at FT.com)
Decades after they graduated from business school, some executives are returning to the ivory towers. Armed with extensive experience and new-found time after retiring from top company positions, these former executives are eager to offer their battlefront advice where professors and career services administrators are lacking. us.rd.yahoo.com |
CME Group February average volume up 17 percent (AP)
Derivatives exchange operator CME Group Inc. said Tuesday its February volume averaged 12.5 million contracts per day, a 17 percent increase from a year ago. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Pimco hot on emerging markets bonds (at Fortune)
Pimco is pitching two new indexes that will give investors more exposure to bonds issued in Wall Street's favorite new hunting grounds overseas. The big bond manager said its PIMCO Global Advantage Government and European Advantage Government bond indexes will be weighted by the size of national economies, rather than the amount of debt they have [...] us.rd.yahoo.com |
Texas Pacific posts higher profit in 2nd quarter (AP)
Real estate management company Texas Pacific Land Trust said Friday that its profit increased in the second quarter on higher revenue from rentals, royalties and land sales. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Regulators close Illinois bank (AP)
Regulators on Friday shut down a bank in Illinois, bringing to 110 the number of U.S. banks failures this year amid mounting loan defaults. us.rd.yahoo.com |