Archive for March 1st, 2010
Banking sector faces major makeover
LONDON (AFP) – The retail banking sector is in the midst of a major makeover as lenders post sharply-improved earnings, bosses relinquish bonuses and new players prepare to join a recovering market.
Half-way into the earnings season, analysts are lauding a 114-percent jump in annual profits at Barclays and a narrowing of losses at state-contolled groups [...]
Goldman Sachs board seems OK with huge bonuses, decides not to review shareholder pay complaints
Reuters
Monday, March 1st 2010, 11:06 AM
Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s (GS.N) board has rejected demands from shareholders that the firm investigate recent compensation awards, recoup excessive compensation and reform pay practices.
Wall Street’s dominant bank, criticized for paying billions of dollars in bonuses soon after the taxpayer bailout of the banking industry, reported the board’s decision [...]
SNL SKEWERS McCain and His Sleazy Lies
I went and checked it out. We had a note that had 22 tapes on a list that related to C.I.a.’s audio capture system, called the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS).
It could be that 22 tapes are useful for listening. The total number is unknown, apart from “32 tape” testimony from this POW/MIA Committee investigator [...]
Wolverton: Is dockless iPod/iPhone speaker system worth premium price?
If you’ve got an iPod or an iPhone, chances are you’ve at least thought about getting a speaker system for it.
Such devices are a great way to share music with family and friends or to fill a room — rather than just your ears — with it.
One problem with most iPod speaker systems is [...]
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-01 03:36 UPDATE 1-Barclays hires former Goldman banker Leven
HONG KONG, March 1 (Reuters) – Barclays Plc has hired former Goldman Sachs banker Johan Leven as co-head of corporate finance in Asia-Pacific, as the British bank continues its push as a full-fledged investment bank. Barclays Capital, or BarCap, as the Barclays investment banking division is better known, said in a statement on Monday that [...]
Club cycling team gaining momentum
“The club has been around on and off for years and years and years and was around in the early 90s,” Heine said. “It sort of went into decline between 2005 and 2009. it was sort of iffy.”
With that said, the UNM Cycling Team, a club squad with 30 members, seems to be on [...]
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