GM executive to be 1st woman to head major car co. – Houston Chronicle
New York Daily News GM executive to be 1st woman to head major car co.Houston ChronicleDETROIT (AP) — Mary Barra has spent the past three years as General Motors' product…
GM names Mary Barra chief executive; Dan Akerson to retire – Los Angeles Times
Business Today GM names Mary Barra chief executive; Dan Akerson to retireLos Angeles TimesGeneral Motors Co. named its first female chief executive Tuesday, elevating Mary Barra, a former intern who…
Why the financial system’s fairness matters: Amanda Lang
People have a hard time identifying with stories about cheating and rigging in financial markets. But if we’ve lost the basic fairness of the system, we’ve lost everything, Amanda Lang…
Bank critic plans to vote for strengthened Volcker rule – Financial Times
Wall Street Journal Bank critic plans to vote for strengthened Volcker ruleFinancial TimesBart Chilton, the regulator and fierce critic of Wall Street banks in the aftermath of the financial crisis,…
U.S. sells all its GM shares taking $10B loss
The U.S. government ended up losing $ 10.5 billion US on its bailout of General Motors, but still says the alternative would have been much worse. CBC | Business News…
Treasury sells rest of GM stock, ends bailout with $10.5-billion loss – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times Treasury sells rest of GM stock, ends bailout with $ 10.5-billion lossLos Angeles TimesWASHINGTON — The federal government on Monday sold its remaining shares of General Motors…
Cashing in on the bitcoin boom – Los Angeles Times
National Post Cashing in on the bitcoin boomLos Angeles TimesNEW YORK — Donald Duhaney brought a wallet full of cash to a Whole Foods in Manhattan's trendy Lower East Side…
Rampant corruption, massive protests. Is Eastern Europe coming undone?
An epidemic of corruption, cronyism and ultra-right nationalism is provoking huge but often futile public protests across former Soviet-bloc countries, Don Murray writes. In Bulgaria, one anti-corruption revolt kept lawmakers…
Japan’s Growth Slows More Than Forecast to 1.1% on Investment – Businessweek
San Francisco Chronicle Japan's Growth Slows More Than Forecast to 1.1% on InvestmentBusinessweekPeople are silhouetted as they look at light-emitting diode (LED) illuminations ahead of Christmas in Tokyo on Dec.…
Huge ZeroAccess botnet disrupted by Microsoft
Microsoft Corp says it has disrupted the world’s largest network of compromised personal computers, involving 2 million machines used to defraud advertisers out of millions each month. CBC | Business…
