Top women on Wall Street: Equal-opportunity axing?
By Reuters
The financial crisis and its aftermath have been brutal for Wall Street's richest and most powerful women. The latest casualty: Ina Drew, the head of JPMorgan Chase's chief investment office, who departed last week after the bank suffered mammoth trading losses. (11:00 pm)
MORE TOPICS: CITIGROUP, BANK OF AMERICA, JPMORGAN CHASE, LEHMAN BROTHERS, U.S. BANCORP, WELLS FARGO
Bankia to ask Spain for over 15 billion euros - source
By Reuters UK
Spanish lender Bankia <BKIA.MC> will ask the state for more than 15 billion euros (12 billion pounds) to bail it out when its new management team presents a restructuring plan on Friday, a financial sector source said late on Thursday. (10:28 pm)
Icahn buys stake in Chesapeake - report
By Reuters UK
Billionaire hedge fund manager Carl Icahn has purchased a stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp <CHK.N>, according to Bloomberg, which sourced the information to a person with knowledge of the matter. (10:21 pm)
MORE TOPICS: CARL ICAHN, INVESTMENT
Make Friends with Companion Diagnostics to Bolster Your Biotech Portfolio: Stephen Brozak
By Street Wise Reports
Hitting just the right target and engineering cells to perform certain tasks will unlock the deep secrets of biology and change the entire paradigm of medicine, says WBB Securities President and Managing Partner Stephen Brozak. (9:56 pm)
MORE TOPICS: NYSE, EUROPEAN UNION, ADVERTISING, NEW YORK, ANTIBIOTIC, INFECTION
Spain's Bankia to ask state for over 15 billion euros
By Reuters UK
Troubled Spanish lender Bankia <BKIA.MC> will ask the state to bail it out for more than 15 billion euros (12 billion pounds) when its new management team presents a restructuring plan on Friday, a financial sector source said late on Thursday. (9:42 pm)
Kate Upton Is Back With Sexy Beach Bunny Swimwear Video
By IBTimes
Kate Upton, a Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition cover girl and one of the most promising young models in America, is back with a Beach Bunny swimwear video after surviving a controversy over a sexy YouTube clip was taken down by the site. (8:59 pm)
USD/CHF Slowing Its Bull Run at the 2012 High
By FX Times
The 1H chart does show the type of bearish divergence I consider valid. A break below 0.9530 can start the topping process. Again, the maximum bearish target here is 0.94. traders might want to consider early trade management to lock in profit even b... (6:21 pm)
MORE TOPICS: INVESTMENT
Call My Bluff: Greece Dares EU As It Edges Closer To 'Drachmageddon'
By IBTimes
Greece, a country that accounts for less than 2 percent of the union's GDP, continues to wreak havoc among EU leaders as they plead and threaten the Mediterranean basket case to abide by a harsh medicine of tax rises, welfare cuts and liberalization. (5:56 pm)
MORE TOPICS: GERMANY, EUROPEAN UNION, GDP
Exclusive: Fidelity facing "thousands" hit by Facebook woes
By Reuters
Fidelity Investments said it was working with "thousands" of brokerage clients affected by trading issues that have engulfed Facebook Inc's much-anticipated initial public offering, according to a source familiar with the situation. (5:49 pm)
MORE TOPICS: FACEBOOK
$114,000 Debt Paid In Cash By Canadian Lawyer Alex Kenjeev
By IBTimes
A Canadian law school graduate thought it would get "a few laughs" if he paid his $114,000 law school debt in cash. The story of Alex Kenjeev, from Montreal, first surfaced when a Reddit user reposted a photo of the $114,000 receipt Kenjee... (5:42 pm)
MORE TOPICS: FACEBOOK, STUDENT LOAN, LAWYER, LAW SCHOOL
