Jury convicts Texas financier in $7 billion Ponzi scheme – USA TODAY
USA TODAY Jury convicts Texas financier in $ 7 billion Ponzi schemeUSA TODAYHOUSTON (AP) – Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford, whose financial empire once spanned the Americas, was convicted Tuesday…
EU mulls female quota on corporate boards
The European Union is moving closer to introducing mandatory quotas for the number of women on company boards after businesses failed to make sufficient progress over the past year. CBC…
Why China Is Suddenly Content With 7.5 Percent Growth – BusinessWeek
BBC News Why China Is Suddenly Content With 7.5 Percent GrowthBusinessWeekBy Bruce Einhorn on March 05, 2012 For years, there's been one constant for people talking about the Chinese economy:…
Wall Street slips as China trims growth target – Reuters
Moneycontrol.com Wall Street slips as China trims growth targetReutersBy Chuck Mikolajczak | NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell on Monday for the second straight session and the third in the…
Greece’s debt deadline looms
Twelve of Greece’s private creditors announced Monday they are backing a deal to give it relief from its debt burden, as questions remained whether enough lenders would get behind the…
Venizelos Says Greece Prepared to Force Bondholders Into $140 Billion Swap – Bloomberg
Bloomberg Venizelos Says Greece Prepared to Force Bondholders Into $ 140 Billion SwapBloombergKostas Tsironis/Bloomberg Evangelos Venizelos, Greece's finance minister, right, at a news conference with Andreas Loverdos, Greece's health minister,…
Tories make good on bank changes
The Conservatives are making good on a two-year-old budget promise by ensuring banks can’t hold personal cheques for more than four business days before freeing up the funds. CBC |…
BP fights on after $7.8bn settlement – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk BP fights on after $ 7.8bn settlementTelegraph.co.ukBP has warned that the $ 7.8bn (£4.9bn) deal it has struck with 110000 business and individuals over the Deepwater Horizon disaster may…
Deepwater Oil Drilling Picks Up Again as BP Disaster Fades – New York Times
New York Times Deepwater Oil Drilling Picks Up Again as BP Disaster FadesNew York TimesHOUSTON — Nearly two years after an explosion on an oil platform killed 11 workers and…
Sears to close 3 Canadian stores
Sears Canada Inc. is closing large stores in three Canadian cities — Vancouver, Calgary and Ottawa. CBC | Business News…
