Financial Stocks: Financials show broad-based Friday strength
Gains in a handful of the financial components of the S&P 500 outpace the Friday rally in the equities index itself. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff
By GREGORY KATZ 2010-09-27T17:09:49ZLONDON (AP) -- A wealthy British businessman who owns the company that makes the two-wheeled Segway has been found dead in a river in northern England after apparently falling off a cliff on one of the vehicles, police said Monday.... hosted.ap.org |
AIA’s IPO pricing boosts AIG turnaround plan
Asian life-insurance unit set to start trading in Hong Kong Oct. 29. Offering prices at the top of the estimated range, generating proceeds of $17.8 billion for AIG and U.S. government. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Bankers 'caused credit crisis for kicks'
Forget the thorny problems of risk, regulation and even reward: bankers blew up the financial system for the thrill of it, says a British academic. telegraph.co.uk |
Labour's cuts would have been 'unfair' too
Labour are being seen as more "progressive" on cuts only because they refused to say where the axe would fall in their £44bn cuts plan. telegraph.co.uk |