Banks News Updates
UPDATE: US Bank Failures Climb As Industry Problems Persist (Fox News)
29 January 2010
UPDATE: US Bank Failures Climb As Industry Problems Persist...
US Regulators Close American Marine Bank, 15th Of 2010 (Fox News)
29 January 2010
US Regulators Close American Marine Bank, 15th Of 2010...
Argentine Central Bank President Quits Amid Reserves Dispute (Bloomberg)
29 January 2010
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Argentina’s central bank President Martin Redrado resigned last night after a standoff with the government over its plan to use $6.6 billion in reserves to pay debt due this year.
Argentine Central Bank President Quits Amid Reserves Dispute (BusinessWeek)
29 January 2010
Argentina’s central bank President Martin Redrado resigned last night after a standoff with the government over its plan to use $6.6 billion in reserves to pay debt due this year. “I have followed the Constitution, the law and the central bank rules,” Redrado said during a press conference in Buenos Aires. “My cycle has ended at the bank....
Argentina’s Central Bank President Redrado Resigns (Update1) (Bloomberg)
29 January 2010
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Argentina’s central bank President Martin Redrado resigned, saying the government has tried to destroy the bank’s independence and that he has sought to follow the law.
Argentina's central bank chief resigns amid debt row (AFP via Yahoo! News)
29 January 2010
Argentina's embattled central bank chief, Martin Redrado, resigned Friday amid a row with President Cristina Kirchner over her bid to use reserves to pay down government debt.
Argentina's Central Bank president resigns (AP via Yahoo! News)
29 January 2010
Argentina's Central Bank chief resigned Friday, saying he could do no more to protect the nominally independent institution from the president's efforts to control its dollar reserves.
Lebanon's BLOM Bank profit up 16.5% - Maktoob Business
29 January 2010
Lebanon's BLOM Bank profit up 16.5%Maktoob BusinessBEIRUT - BLOM Bank, one of Lebanon's two largest lenders, said Friday its 2009 full-year net profit rose 16.5% from the year earlier ...
Picking the pearl of stocks - Financial Post
29 January 2010
Picking the pearl of stocksFinancial PostIts recent $12-million purchase of a British Columbia linen launderer accomplishes these tasks, according to National Bank Financial analyst Trevor Johnson. ...
Credit Suisse raises Bharti to neutral - Moneycontrol.com
29 January 2010
Credit Suisse raises Bharti to neutralMoneycontrol.com... to neutral from underperform citing recent sharp underperformance of the stock, the investment bank said in a research note seen by Reuters. ...
A rite of protests in the West Bank is growing violent - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
29 January 2010
A rite of protests in the West Bank is growing violentSarasota Herald-TribunePeter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israeli army's Central Command, which controls the West Bank. "These are violent, illegal, dangerous riots. ...
Ex-county worker indicted - Marietta Times
29 January 2010
Ex-county worker indictedMarietta TimesDaniel E. Hendrickson, 55, of 775 Gravel Bank Road, Marietta, was charged with three fourth-degree felony counts of driving under the influence of alcohol ...
Bruins missing the net - Boston Globe
29 January 2010
Boston GlobeBruins missing the netBoston Globe... them from being blanked at the side of Lake Erie, and by the time he nailed in a Marc Savard relay, the Sabres already had a pair of goals in the bank. ...
EBRD: Georgia's economic growth to reach 2 percent - Trend News Agency
29 January 2010
EBRD: Georgia's economic growth to reach 2 percentTrend News AgencyIn 2010, Georgia's economic growth will amount to two percent, experts of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which represented its ...