Major push for dynasty Hong Kong Standard Li Na hailed another major step forward for Chinese tennis after she upset Danish fourth seed Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. | //--> Tuesday, January 26, 2010 | Li Na hailed another major step forward for Chinese tennis after she upset Danish fourth s...
Market Frenzy Over Greece Is Disturbingly Familiar The New York Times | PARIS - The feeding frenzy in bond markets over highly indebted southern euro zone states recalls the runs on European currencies in the 1990s, before the euro was created. | European governments eventually surmounted that challenge with a sustaine...
Euro zone bond frenzy echoes past battles The Guardian By Paul Taylor PARIS, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The feeding frenzy in bond markets over highly-indebted southern euro zone states recalls the runs on European currencies in the 1990s before the euro was created. European governments eventually saw off that c...
Market ponders SAP's direction after CEO leaves The Guardian * Apotheker exits after 7 months, unsettling investors * Customer dissatisfaction seen as catalyst for exit * Shares fall 2.5 percent in firmer German market (Adds chairman comment, updates share price) By Nicola Leske FRANKFURT, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Th...
Denmark's ATP to up hedge funds, private equity -CEO The Guardian * Set to double private equity exposure * To increase forestry allocation By Cecilia Valente LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Pension fund ATP, which manages 609 billion Danish crowns ($112 billion), is set to invest 1 billion crowns a year in hedge funds a...
Challenges facing real sector (3) Business Day Online In the last two weeks, I have been discussing challenges faced by the real sector in the Nigerian economy. I have drawn attention to the importance of manufacturing and stressed the fact that it is a sector that has strong links with all other sector...
Away From the Copenhagen Chill, Climate Debate Heats Up Khaleej Times Some discussions, like coal, generate more heat than light. Global warming glowed feebly into a heated controversy as the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was set in the pillory for having written on the wall that Himalayan glaciers ...
Danish navy rescues crew of merchant ship off Somalia The Star | COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Danish naval ship rescued a Barbados-flagged merchant vessel off Somalia on Friday after it came under attack by pirates, NATO said. | The master of the Ariella had sent out a distress call saying that pirates armed with gu...
Danske Bank Q4 beats consensus, loan losses shrink The Guardian * Swings to pretax profit of 1.29 bln DKK, tops forecast * Loan losses fall more than expected to 4.98 bln DKK * Sees 2010 loan losses high, but lower than in 2009 * Shares rise 4.5 percent (Adds regulatory reform, updates share price) By Anna Ringst...
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Novo Nordisk ups outlook, costs weigh on Q4 The Guardian * Q4 EBIT falls to 3.22 bln DKK, above forecast * Analysts say costs were higher than expected * Raises 2010 outlook, no longer sees neg. currency effect * Announces 7.5 bln share buyback * Shares reverse initial gains to fall 1.3 percent (Adds detai...
New Zealand to sign up to Copenhagen Accord DNA India | WELLINGTON: New Zealand will join the Copenhagen Accord on climate change, maintaining its conditional target of a reduction in emissions of 10 to 20% by 2020 from 1990 levels, the government said on Monday. | While it was disappointing the Copenha...
