Archive for the ‘business’ Category

Analysts-Say-More-Banks-Will-Fail: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

As home prices continue to decline and loan defaults mount, federal regulators are bracing for dozens of American banks to fail over the next year.

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Put a Tyrant in Your Tank

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

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Someone feeling grumpy. It’s sucks not being the big boy on the block anymore…..

for this guy.

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Blue Jersey:: Ashcroft will testify in No-Bid-Contract-Gate Hearings

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft will appear at a federal hearing looking into no-bid contracts he and others received to monitor out-of-court corporate settlements, including a New Jersey deal in which Ashcroft stood to make millions of dollars

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Msnbc.com acquires Newsvine - U.S. Business

Monday, October 8th, 2007

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snbc.com is diving into citizen journalism and social media by acquiring Newsvine.com, a small but innovative player in what is known as “participatory journalism.”

It is msnbc.com’s first acquisition in its 11-year history.

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$100-a-barrel oil may be only a few months away

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

The $100-a-barrel oil that Goldman Sachs Group said would prevail by 2009 may be only a few months away.

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Carlyle Group in Talks to Acquire Virgin Media

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

“The Carlyle Group is in discussions with Virgin Media, the British cable company whose largest investor is Richard Branson, over a potential bid worth around $20 billion, a person familiar with the negotiations said today,” write Michael J. de la Merced and Julia Werdigier of The New York Times.

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