Archive for March, 2009

Nasdaq OMX Europe offers share options in return for trading (Finextra)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Multilateral trading facility Nasdaq OMX Europe is inviting market participants to take a stake in the business in an effort to boost share trading …

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GFI Considers Selling Its Canadian Business, CEO Rouaix Says (Bloomberg)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

March 31 (Bloomberg) — GFI Informatique SA , the French computer-services company that made its latest acquisition in Canada last week, is considering the sale of its Canadian business to focus on its European operations.

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Yen Declines on Speculation Japan’s Business Confidence Slumped (Bloomberg)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

March 31 (Bloomberg) — The yen fell against the dollar, heading for its biggest quarterly loss since 2001, on concern a Bank of Japan report tomorrow will show business confidence slumped to a 30-year low.

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Orange Business Services Connects to Chi-X Europe (Finance Technology Network)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Adds new liquidity pools to help customers meet best execution requirements under MiFID.

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Sara Lee may divest household business (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Sara Lee Corp is considering the sale of its international household and personal care business after receiving some expressions of interest from potential suitors.

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Nasdaq OMX Europe offers equity investment programme (Finextra)

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Multilateral trading facility Nasdaq OMX Europe is inviting market participants to take a stake in the business in an effort to boost share trading …

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Cable Mounts a Drive for Broadband in Europe (New York Times)

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Cable companies in Europe, minor players in the initial wave of broadband Internet, are catching up.

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Centenary College student studies at China Europe International Business School (The Warren Reporter)

Monday, March 30th, 2009

COURTESY CENTENARY COLLEGECOURTESY CENTENARY COLLEGE Centenary College student Vijay Tiwari, who spent two months of study at the prestigious China Europe International Business School, is pictured in front of the Shanghai World Financial Center. HACKETTSTOWN — A Centenary College graduate…

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From Edinburgh to Paris to Kiev, Europe is revolting (Manning River Times)

Monday, March 30th, 2009

THE signs are everywhere, from smashed windows in the mansion of a British banker to the thousands who took to the streets of Kiev to decry pay cuts: Europe is rebelling.

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Cable mounts a drive for broadband in Europe (International Herald Tribune)

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Cable television companies in Europe are catching up quickly with new, super-fast networks that are siphoning customers from some of the Continent’s largest phone operators.

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