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Softscape Continues Expansion Across EMEA Regions on Heels of Impressive Growth

WAYLAND, Mass., and LONDON -- -- Softscape , an innovator powering complete people management solutions , today announced significant growth in its Europe, Middle East and Africa operations.

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Related Topix: Human Resources, Software, Wayland, MA, Business Wire, Startups, Biotech, Medicine, AstraZeneca Group, Healthcare Industry, Banking

Mon Dec 14, 2009

MarketWatch

David Weidner's Writing on the Wall: Bob Diamond: The ex-pat king of Wall Street

Barclays President Bob Diamond chooses his words carefully these days. He doesn't offer a thought or an opinion that hasn't been considered and rehearsed.

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Related Topix: Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services, JP Morgan Chase

Sun Dec 13, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Pre-Budget report: Alistair Darling's crackdown on bonuses will only affect 20,000 bankers

Guaranteed bonuses, the most controversial part of bankers' pay, will be excluded from the Treasury crackdown on excessive bank remuneration.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services

Fri Dec 11, 2009

Forbes.com

Back to PIKS and Tricks

The corporate bond market pulls its boom-time clothes out of the closet. With credit cheap and investors starved for yield, a few of the scarier features from the last credit bubble have reemerged.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Banking

Wed Dec 09, 2009

UTV

City tells Darling: your super-tax is pushing us out of Britain

Union urges chancellor to ignore 'scaremongering' as bankers say super-tax is job creation scheme for Paris and Zurich A "politically motivated" super-tax on bankers' bonuses will drive star City players overseas, Alistair Darling was warned today after he pledged to "claw back" money from banks in return for A 850bn of taxpayer support for the ...

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Related Topix: Greater London County, England, United Kingdom, Banking, Financial Services

MarketWatch

Ex-U.K. financial chief calls for tougher scrutiny

Howard Davies, former chairman of the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority, on Tuesday set out a string of regulatory reforms that he said may be needed to fix the banking industry, including closer scrutiny of new products launched by banks and much faster agreement on international standards.

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Related Topix: Banking, Home, Mortgage

Mon Dec 07, 2009

MarketWatch

London Markets: British shares fall as banks and miners weigh

Shares in London lost ground on Monday, as another tumble for metals futures weighed on mining shares following stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Mining, Metals, Lloyds TSB Group, Financial Services, Banking, Kraft Foods, Food

Sat Dec 05, 2009

Forbes

Quadrangle to sell off 2.1 pct stake in Cinemark

Affiliates of Quadrangle Capital Partners, the media investment arm of Steven Rattner's Quadrangle Group, are selling their entire holdings of 2.3 million shares in theater group Cinemark Holdings Inc.

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Related Topix: Banking

TheStreet.com

Cramer's 'Mad Money' Follow-Up: Dec. 4

Every night on "Mad Money," Jim Cramer offers market commentary and general investment advice, and he makes calls on specific stocks, both of his own choosing and in response to viewer requests.

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Related Topix: Mad Money, Entertainment, Television, Financial Markets, Banking

Fri Dec 04, 2009

AmericanBankingNews.com

JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) Upgrades Barclays Capital (NYSE:BCS) to Neutral Rating

JP Morgana s brokerage unit upgraded Barclays Capital to a a oeneutrala rating from a a oesella rating on Friday.

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Related Topix: Banking, JP Morgan Chase

MarketWatch

London Markets: Banks under pressure in mildly lower FTSE 100

Financials weakened in London on Wednesday, pressuring the top share index, with HSBC Holdings and Barclays moving lower after a brokerage recommended that investors switch out of the sector.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, Lloyds TSB Group, 9

Wed Dec 02, 2009

WEBSPHERE Journal

Ridgewater Equity Undertakes Fundamental Analysis of Stocks in the...

Broad selling pressure undercut the stock market and left it to trade with modest losses.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Banking, HSBC Holding, Real Estate, Hrpt Properties Trust, Manufacturing, Automakers, Massey Energy, Mining

Tue Dec 01, 2009

Bioscience Technology

$3.2 Trillion Managed for Institutional and Retail Clients Globally

BlackRock, Inc. today announced that it has completed its merger with Barclays Global Investors , including the market-leading iShares@ exchange traded funds business.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, BlackRock, Investment Services, Banking

Mon Nov 30, 2009

Seeking Alpha

The Big Banks' Living Wills: Explaining the Unknowable

Thirty giant financial institutions were selected by the FSB for cross-border systemic-risk oversight and will be asked to write "living wills" that outline wind-down plans in the aftermath of a crisis.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Banking, Bank of America, HSBC Holding, Nomura Holding, Aegon NV, Insurance

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Blogging Stocks

Tech IPO comeback: $50 billion in 2010?

Filed under: JPMorgan Chase , Goldman Sachs Group , Morgan Stanley , Texas Instruments , Barclays plc ADS Tech sector IPOs surged by a factor of five in terms of value from 2008 to 2009.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Semiconductors, Electronics, Texas Instruments, Banking, Venture Capital, Emerging Technology

Blogging Stocks

Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: VPRT, EV, HPT, NRG, GTE, BNHNA, VAR, ITRI and FARO

Filed under: Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Analyst initiations , EMC Corp , Barclays plc ADS Analyst upgrades: Citigroup upgraded Vistaprint to buy from hold on valuation following the recent pullback in shares.

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Related Topix: Scientific Instruments, Electronics, FARO Technologies, Computers, EMC, Banking, Real Estate, Hospitality Properties Trust

Sat Nov 28, 2009

MarketWatch

European banks may have $40 bln exposure to Dubai

European banks could have as much as $40 billion of exposure to Dubai after helping to arrange a string of bonds and loans linked to the Middle East city-state, according to analysts at Credit Suisse.

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Related Topix: Banking, Financial Services, ING Group, Insurance, Lloyds TSB Group

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Seeking Alpha

On Dubai's Default, CRE Loans and Frugal U.S. Consumers

It seems that Dubai World seeking to restructure its $59 billion in debt came as a big surprise, especially to those at Barclays Capital who just a few weeks ago recommended investing long in Dubai sovereign credit.

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Related Topix: Banking

Thu Nov 26, 2009

MarketWatch

London Markets: British shares drop as banks, miners slide

U.K. shares traded sharply lower on Thursday, as investors took some profits off the table by selling miners and banks in particular.

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Related Topix: Rio Tinto, Mining, Banking

Wed Nov 25, 2009

MarketWatch

U.K. banks win ruling on overdraft charges

The U.K.'s Supreme Court on Wednesday unexpectedly ruled in favor of the banking sector in a long-running battle over the legality of overdraft fees.

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Related Topix: Banking, HSBC Holding

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