Archive for April, 2008

British Energy Nuclear Power Sell Off

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Rothschild, the French M&A firm advising on the sale of British Energy, has set a May 9 date for bidders to submit offers for the nuclear-power-plant operator, people familiar with the matter tell Deal Journal, confirming a report today in the U.K.’s Telegraph newspaper. Another person cautioned that there already have been a number of […]

NEW WEBSITE FOR ONLINE MARKETING AGENCY

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Leading online marketing agency Stickyeyes has launched a new website, designed to be the first port of call for blue chips and SMEs looking to increase targeted traffic to their websites, improve online sales and boost conversion rates.
The new website, www.stickyeyes.com, features a fresh design and simplified navigation, making it easier for customers to find […]

China to auction 28 billion yuan 30-year bonds

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

China’s Ministry of Finance said on Wednesday it would auction 28 billion yuan of 30-year bonds next Wednesday.
The bonds will be issued between May 8 and 13, and begin secondary market trading on May 16.

Emission permit auctions

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Australia should hold weekly auctions of greenhouse gas emission permits to avoid imposing an “impossible” financial burden on petrol companies and undermining efforts to cut fuel prices at the bowser, the Rudd Government has been told.
Petrol companies are likely to be required to buy permits for the millions of tonnes of carbon emitted when motorists […]

Millions of UK Consumers Being Financially Deceived At The Hands Of Many Mortgage Lenders, Banks, Insurers and Mortgage/Financial Advisors

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Latest news released today indicates that millions of consumers over the last 20 years have become unknown victims of large scale breaches of the Consumer Credit laws in relation to how professional parties should have behaved towards them. Consumers have been financially deceived by some Mortgage Lenders, Banks, Insurers and Mortgage/Financial advisors against ordinary consumers […]

Trader charged with Alliance Data market manipulation

Monday, April 28th, 2008

The US Securities and Exchange Commission filed fraud charges against a former trader for spreading false rumors about Blackstone Group’s take-over bid for Alliance Data Systems and then profiting from the ruse.
The case comes as investigators probe whether a combination of false rumors and short-selling last month drove Bear Stearns to collapse.
The SEC is also […]

Finding the Most Useful Sites – Web Site Develops New Ranking Algorithm

Monday, April 28th, 2008

CreditCardAssist.com develops new algorithm to rank the most useful and authoritative sites on the topic.
Search engines are failing miserably to find the most useful, authoritative sources of information for their users, according to CreditCardAssist.com, one of the leading credit card comparison sites online. The site recently announced the completion of a research study that […]

Muni Auction Market Shrinks

Monday, April 28th, 2008

U.S. municipal borrowers from New York to Los Angeles pushed down yields on auction-rate bonds to the lowest since February by moving to eliminate $55.3 billion, or 33 percent, of the debt they had in the market.
Washington, D.C., Miami-Dade County and other local governments disclosed plans to redeem 136 tax-exempt auction issues totaling more than […]

Packer Bids for Extra Motorway Services

Monday, April 28th, 2008

James Packer, the son of the late billionaire media mogul Kerry, and the Australian investment bank Macquarie are front-runners in the £400m chase for Extra, the UK’s fourth-biggest motorways services chain.
Extra, which is owned by developer Swayfields, is being advised by Bank of America and bids for one of the biggest property disposals so far […]

PerTOOLS Announces a New European Reseller

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Today in London, PerTOOLS, the provider of Time Series Analysis and Data Extractor tools announced that they have appointed Aertia SL, the specialist Software Distributor to the Spanish and Portuguese markets, as a distributor of their products. Aertia are a Distributor with over fifteen years’ experience in providing software products such as PerTOOLS to financial […]