PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feedhttp://www.prweb.comPRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releasesenxml@emediawire.comxml@emediawire.comSat, 12 Mar 2011 17:20:38 GMT30Kmart-Sears Merge To Create Retail Gianthttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb179890.htmFri, 19 Nov 2004 13:00:00 GMT Sears, Roebuck & Co., a U.S. department store operator, and discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp. agreed Wednesday to merge in a deal forming the U.S. third-largest retailer.

(PRWeb November 19, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb179890.htmWill Bush’s reform of the retirement system crash the bond market?http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb179885.htmFri, 19 Nov 2004 08:00:00 GMT George W. Bush recently announced his plan to overhaul the Social Security and Medicare systems. Like most industrial countries, US faces the huge gap that will soon open in the funding for its retirement system.

(PRWeb November 19, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb179885.htmInvestment Banking Bonuses Decline as Revenue Fallshttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb177226.htmFri, 12 Nov 2004 13:00:00 GMT Europe investment banking bonuses will probably see no rise with the revenue impacted by rate hikes and stock trading slowdown, economists say.

(PRWeb November 12, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prweb177226.htmNo Worry of the Housing Bubble - Shall We Trust Greenspan and the IMFhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb170851.htmSun, 24 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT The property market continues to be a pillar propping up the US economy considering the fact that the majority of homeowners have more wealth in their homes than in financial assets such as stocks and bonds.

(PRWeb October 24, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb170851.htmChina Removes Some Obstacles From Investment Controlhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb168106.htmSat, 16 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT China said it has an option to impose less control on foreign investment by local companies. It is also going to simplify application approval procedures for it.

(PRWeb October 16, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb168106.htmFinland On Top In Economic Competitionhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb168103.htmSat, 16 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT According to the World Economic Forum’s ranking, for the second straight year the most competitive economy is Finland’s one.

(PRWeb October 16, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb168103.htmUK Pension Funds See Crisis - Reporthttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb167326.htmThu, 14 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT Tuesday’s report is expected to show retirement savings to be reduced within prior estimations, analysts say.

(PRWeb October 14, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb167326.htmLazard partners unanimous about IPOhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb166208.htmSun, 10 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT Bruce Wasserstein, the head of the world biggest bank Lazard, received the company partner’s support to sell bank’s shares on next year’s initial public offering.

(PRWeb October 10, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb166208.htmAirbus row may lead to trade war between US and EUhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb166207.htmSun, 10 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT The U.S. strengthens its firm position on EU possible financing of Airbus. Specialists say the dispute may be both harmful for the U.S. and European Union.

(PRWeb October 10, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb166207.htmTop finance leaders met over weekendhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb164511.htmWed, 06 Oct 2004 12:00:00 GMT On Sunday, world finance officials met within the semi-annual IMF and World Bank meeting to discuss the world’s top issues and find the ways to resolve.

(PRWeb October 06, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb164511.htmFed lifted interest rate by 25 basis pointshttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb160855.htmFri, 24 Sep 2004 12:00:00 GMT On Tuesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve lifted its short-term interest rates by 25 basis points, showing the U.S. economy expands.

(PRWeb September 24, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb160855.htmYUKOS: bankruptcy evident?http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb160851.htmFri, 24 Sep 2004 12:00:00 GMT YUKOS, Russian biggest oil company, is now bewaring of its possible bankruptcy as its bank accounts frozen and it is unable to settle tax bill.

(PRWeb September 24, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb160851.htmDollar rises, bonds fall. Traders expect Fed to lift ratehttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb160006.htmWed, 22 Sep 2004 12:00:00 GMT On Tuesday, U.S. Federal Reserve is said to raise its short-term interest rates to 1.75% point from the previous record of 1.5%. This event will play first fiddle in further market functioning, analysts say.

(PRWeb September 22, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb160006.htmIvan devastation hits U.S.http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb159404.htmSun, 19 Sep 2004 12:00:00 GMT Category 3 hurricane Ivan hit U.S. south-eastern coast on Thursday. The hurricane will strike people’s lives and property with the killing impact on insurers, analysts say.

(PRWeb September 19, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb159404.htmCoca-Cola goes down, chairman smileshttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb159028.htmSat, 18 Sep 2004 12:00:00 GMT Coca-Cola, the world largest soft drink maker, said its trades in North America and Europe declined as wet weather plays first fiddle in the sales. Germany and France are its weakest points.

(PRWeb September 18, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb159028.htmHBOS has no option for Abbeyhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb158654.htmFri, 17 Sep 2004 12:00:00 GMT HBOS, the UK No.4 bank, said it had no option to bid for Abbey National, the second-largest mortgage lender in Britain. Instead, takeover bid for Abbey is expected from Santander Central Hispano of Spain.

(PRWeb September 17, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/09/prweb158654.htmGoogle’s succeeds in market debuthttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb151306.htmSun, 22 Aug 2004 12:00:00 GMT Shares of the No.1 Web engine Google rose 18 per cent in their stock market debut on Thursday having $1.67 billion IPO within 19.6 million shares sold. The shares closed trade at $100.34, up $15.34 (or 18 percent). The company now is valued at $27.2 billion with founders' stakes at $4.35 billion. Trade varied from $104.06 down to $95.96.

(PRWeb August 22, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb151306.htmGoogle’s IPO delayedhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb150675.htmFri, 20 Aug 2004 07:00:00 GMT U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission did not approve Google’s request on pricing its initial public offering by Tuesday 4 p.m. This IPO could be the largest U.S. initial public offering of an Internet company.

(PRWeb August 20, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb150675.htmGoogle resolves Yahoo’s shares casehttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb148524.htmThu, 12 Aug 2004 12:00:00 GMT On Monday Google has agreed to hand Yahoo 2.7m of its shares equivalent to about 1 per cent of the company and worth about $330m based on the mid-point of its estimate of what the shares are worth to end the case.

(PRWeb August 12, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb148524.htmOil prices remain high at $44http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb148165.htmWed, 11 Aug 2004 12:00:00 GMT U.S. oil prices remained not far off $44 a barrel. U.S. light crude fell 28 cents to $43.67 a barrel, a little over $1 shy of Friday's record of $44.77, the highest price since the New York Mercantile Exchange launched oil futures in 1983.

(PRWeb August 11, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb148165.htmGoogle will attempt to raise $3 billion in IPO next weekhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb147503.htmSun, 08 Aug 2004 12:00:00 GMT Next week Google Inc. will attempt to raise $3 billion in its offering. As for this week a number of IPOs are either being delayed as U.S. stock markets continued to be hardly pressured by rising oil prices and concerns over corporate profits.

(PRWeb August 08, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb147503.htmGlobal Price War in Banking Sector has begun!http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb146842.htmFri, 06 Aug 2004 07:00:00 GMT Sir John Bond, chairman of HSBC, warned on global price war in the banking sector as the world's largest banks use their growing surplus capital to undercut rivals. He estimated that over the next two years, the world's five largest banks would generate about $60bn of surplus capital, which could be used to launch a price war.

(PRWeb August 06, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/08/prweb146842.htmEuro-zone economic tomorrow http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb145042.htmFri, 30 Jul 2004 12:00:00 GMT On Tuesday the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development announced that the European Central Bank should remain cutting interest rates if there is any evidence of weakening euro-zone economic growth.

(PRWeb July 30, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb145042.htmForeign investments in U.S. government-papers shrieked for more than 25%.http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb145005.htmFri, 30 Jul 2004 07:00:00 GMT In May foreign investors spent on U.S. government-papers $56, 4 billion (26% less than in April) - the lowest result in the last seven months.

(PRWeb July 30, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb145005.htmAbbey agrees on merger with Santanderhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb144684.htmThu, 29 Jul 2004 07:00:00 GMT On Monday Abbey of the UK and Spain's Santander Central Hispano agreed an £8.5bn ($15.6bn) merger to create Europe's largest cross-border retail banking deal.

(PRWeb July 29, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb144684.htmU.S. Housing Bubblehttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb144670.htmThu, 29 Jul 2004 07:00:00 GMT According to the US National Association of Realtors, sales and prices of existing homes hit record highs in June

(PRWeb July 29, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb144670.htmUS adjustable mortgages 'time bomb'http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb144354.htmWed, 28 Jul 2004 07:00:00 GMT Increasing numbers of US homebuyers are facing the challenge with financially stretched mortgages in the present state of hot housing market and higher interest rates.

(PRWeb July 28, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb144354.htmMPC freezes rateshttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb143781.htmSun, 25 Jul 2004 07:00:00 GMT According to the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee's July minutes, MPC’s members voted unanimously against a third successive rate rise.

(PRWeb July 25, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb143781.htmYukos may file for bankruptcyhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb143536.htmSat, 24 Jul 2004 07:00:00 GMT OAO Yukos Oil Co., Russia's biggest oil exporter may file for bankruptcy unless the management board contrives to obtain extra funds to help settle a $3.4 billion tax bill.

(PRWeb July 24, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb143536.htmYukos’ bad debts and high hopeshttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb143266.htmFri, 23 Jul 2004 07:00:00 GMT On Tuesday Russian authorities said on OAO Yukos that they plan to sell its main crude oil-production unit Yuganskneftegaz to pay its tax debt. The statement has raised fears among foreign investors (who hold an estimated 20 per cent of the holding company's shares) and left them wondering whether their investment was finally come to nothing.

(PRWeb July 23, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb143266.htmDeutsche Börse aims at universal importancehttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb143168.htmFri, 23 Jul 2004 07:00:00 GMT Financial world saw a new sign of European bourses consolidation when Deutsche Börse announced it has "invited" the Swiss Stock Exchange to discuss what it called "expanding our existing co-operation".

(PRWeb July 23, 2004)

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]]>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb143168.htmUp or down: chip industry earningshttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/07/prweb142813.htmThu, 22 Jul 2004 07:00:00 GMT Four of the largest semiconductor companies - issued their quarterly earnings this week – it seems that industry heading into a downturn. Forecasts are, at the least, foggy.

(PRWeb July 22, 2004)

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