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Euro Woes Could Revive Bout of Market Volatility

NYT > Business  Mon, 01/16/2012 - 18:20

Renewed gloom about the debt crisis in Europe threatens to end the calm that has prevailed on Wall Street in recent weeks.


 

U.S. Firms See Europe Woes as Opportunities

NYT > Business  Mon, 12/26/2011 - 08:00

European regulators have ordered banks to raise capital and shrink their balance sheets, leading to the sale of assets to American businesses and financial firms.


 

Ratings Firms Misread Signs of Greek Woes

NYT > Business  Wed, 11/30/2011 - 00:03

Critics say Moody’s Investors Service and other ratings agencies missed signs of trouble in Greece, now the center of the crisis in the euro zone.


 

Atwood Says Illinois Pension Woes Brewing for Decades

Topix - Business News  Fri, 11/18/2011 - 23:39

Nov. 18 -- William Atwood, executive director of the Illinois State Board of Investment, talks about the state's pension funds.


 

Berlusconi faces future of legal, business woes

Newsvine - business  Sat, 11/12/2011 - 15:07

His legacy tarnished and his hopes of clinging to power dashed, Silvio Berlusconi faces daunting legal and financial challenges and the prospect of life outside the international spotlight now that he has left office.


 

Righthaven Ordered to Pay Huge Fine

WebProNews - Financial  Thu, 10/27/2011 - 10:04

The woes continue for Righthaven, the company designed to sue bloggers and others on the web for allegedly infringing upon the copyrights of its clients/partners.

You can see our past coverage of the Righthaven saga here. The last time we …


 

China’s Treasury Holdings Make U.S. Woes Its Own

NYT > Business  Mon, 07/18/2011 - 18:50

Beijing has too much invested in American debt to do much more but continue to buy and grumble.


 

China railway ministry vows to fix high-speed woes

Newsvine - business  Thu, 07/14/2011 - 22:18

China's railways ministry has promised to fix problems with power outages and other malfunctions that have plagued the showcase new high-speed line between Beijing and Shanghai since it opened last month.


 

Toyota recalls 1.7 million vehicles

Newsvine - business  Tue, 01/25/2011 - 23:55

Toyota is recalling 1.7 million vehicles, the bulk of them in Japan, for various defects that may cause fuel leakage — the latest in quality control woes for the world's No. 1 automaker.


 

Payback Time: For Denver Schools, a Financing Deal Takes a Bad T...

NYT > Business  Thu, 08/05/2010 - 22:16

Denver is now confronted with budgetary woes aggravated by esoteric financial deals that Wall Street peddled in the years before the credit crisis.