I'm sitting here at my desk writing this article on the afternoon of November 24, two days before Thanksgiving. There are certainly many topics we could explore, but I can't stop thinking about giving and gratitude. I was reminded today... (Continue reading)
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, owned by private equity funds controlled by The Blackstone Group (BX), said Thursday that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire frozen-vegetable and meals company Birds Eye Foods, Inc. from a holding company controlled by Vestar... (Continue reading)
Friday, the policy board of the Bank of Japan unanimously decided to retain the overnight call rate at 0.1%, in line with the expectations of economists. The last change in the rate was a 0.1% cut in interest rates at... (Continue reading)
QuinStreet, Inc., in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, revealed its intention for initial public offering of common stock. The company said it expects the proposed maximum aggregate offering price of the offering to be $250 million.... (Continue reading)
Alpharetta, Georgia-based HealthPort Inc., announced that it is postponing its planned initial public offering of common stock due to market conditions.... (Continue reading)
Malaysia's leading index, which measures economic performance for the next few months, fell 0.5% month-on-month in September, the Department of Statistics reported on Thursday. The six-month smoothed growth rate declined to 6.6% from 8.4% in the previous month.... (Continue reading)
Thursday, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey lowered its borrowing rate to 6.50% from 6.75% as expected, and slashed the lending rate to 9.00% from 9.25%.... (Continue reading)
Digital television entertainment service provider DirecTV Group Inc. (DTV) announced Thursday that it has successfully completed the merger of DirecTv Group and Liberty Entertainment, Inc. or LEI, a company split-off from Liberty Media Corp. (LCAPA, LCAPB, LINTA, LINTB, LSTZA, LSTZB).... (Continue reading)
Total credit card billings in New Zealand fell a seasonally adjusted 0.4% year-on-year in October after the 2.3% decrease in the previous month, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand reported on Friday. This is the eleventh annual decline recorded in... (Continue reading)
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