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Topics  News & Markets Austrian finance minister says no to eurobonds, doesn't want to pay for neighbours' debts By The Associated Press  | May 26, 2012 VIENNA - Austria's finance minister is rejecting the idea of introducing jointly issued eurobonds any time soon and says that running up new debts to finance growth is "nonsense." New French President Francois Hollande has revived talk of eurobonds, which could reduce troubled...
Spain's lender Bankia says it won't need more aid after it receives $24B in state supportBankia's president, Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri, looks to his side during a press conference at the bank's headquarters , in Madrid, Saturday, May 26, 2012. Spain's troubled bank, Bankia, has asked the Spanish government for 19 billion euro ($23.8 billion) in financial support just as a leading credit rating agency downgraded it to junk status. The request came as Standard & Poor's downgraded Bankia and four other Spanish banks to junk status because of uncertainty over restructuring and recapitalization plans. (AP Photo/Antonio Heredia)
Topics  News & Markets Spain's lender Bankia says it won't need more aid after it receives $24B in state support By Harold Heckle, The Associated Press  | May 26, 2012 MADRID - The president of troubled Bankia tried Saturday to calm fears about the future of the bank, saying Spain's second largest mortgage lender will emerge as a solid financial entity after it receives €19 billion ($23.8 billion) in state aid in the country's biggest ever bank...
IMF's Christine Lagarde: more sympathy for poor African children than austerity-hit GreeksA European Union flag flies outside the Stock Exchange in Athens on Friday, May 25, 2012. Uncertainty over Greece's future in the eurozone has hammered markets ahead of June 17 general elections in the crisis-hit country. The Greek share index touched new 22-year lows, dipping below 500 points. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Topics  News & Markets IMF's Christine Lagarde: more sympathy for poor African children than austerity-hit Greeks By Meera Selva, The Associated Press  | May 26, 2012 LONDON - International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has more sympathy for poor African children than Greeks suffering under the country's economic problems and austerity measures. Making clear that the IMF has no plans to relent on its austerity requirements for the...
Topics  News & Markets Germany's Merkel presses for faster progress on revamping power network amid nuclear shutdown By The Associated Press  | May 26, 2012 BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing for faster progress on revamping Germany's electricity network to support the country's transition to renewable energy sources as it switches off its nuclear plants. Merkel's government decided last year to accelerate the shutdown of...
Spain's troubled nationalized lender Bankia asks for $24BN in state fundsFILE - In this Friday, April 20, 2012 file photo Spanish Government spokeswoman and Deputy Premier Soraya Saenz de Santamaria points her pen during a press conference following the conservative government's weekly Cabinet meeting at the Moncloa Palace, in Madrid. Spain's market regulator suspended trading of shares in bailed-out Bankia on Friday May 25, 2012, ahead of a key board meeting at which the lender is expected to decide how much more rescue money it needs from the government. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, file)
Topics  News & Markets Spain's troubled nationalized lender Bankia asks for $24BN in state funds By Ciaran Giles,Harold Heckle, The Associated Press  | May 25, 2012 MADRID - Spain's troubled bank, Bankia, has asked the Spanish government for €19 billion ($23.8 billion) in financial support just as a leading credit rating agency downgraded it to junk status. Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri, the bank's president, said late Friday that the bailout would...
Topics  News & Markets Softchoice wins purchase agreement with U.S. Navy worth up to US$700 million By The Canadian Press  | May 25, 2012 TORONTO - IT manager Softchoice Corp. (TSX:SO) says it has been awarded a purchase agreement with the U.S. Department of the Navy worth a maximum of US$700 million. The Toronto-based company — which works with organizations to select, acquire and manage their software and hardware...
Finley says employment insurance data a victim of technical glitchesHuman Resources Minister Diane Finley announces changes to Employment Insurance in Ottawa, Thursday May 24, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Topics  News & Markets Finley says employment insurance data a victim of technical glitches By The Canadian Press  | May 25, 2012 OTTAWA - A government spokeswoman says public access to some key employment insurance data was cut off because of technical glitches that may soon be resolved. Alyson Queen, spokeswoman for Human Resources Minister Diane Finley, says part of the raw data flow to Statistics Canada was...
Canadian Pacific says striking workers have more generous pensions than mostCanadian Pacific Rail locomotives sit idle at the company's Port Coquitlam yard east of Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Topics  News & Markets Canadian Pacific says striking workers have more generous pensions than most By Sunny Freeman, The Canadian Press  | May 25, 2012 The pension offer being made to the union representing some 4,800 striking Canadian Pacific Railway employees is better than the industry standard, the company said Friday as contract negotiations continued ahead of looming back-to-work legislation. The railway operator said the...
Yahoo scraps recently introduced digital magazine designed for iPad as part of housecleaningThis file photo taken June 7, 2010, shows a sign for Yahoo! in New York. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Mark Lennihan
Topics  News & Markets Yahoo scraps recently introduced digital magazine designed for iPad as part of housecleaning By The Associated Press  | May 25, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo has killed Livestand, a tablet magazine, just six months after its debut on the iPad. The decision announced Friday is part of the struggling Internet company's latest turnaround effort. Last month, Yahoo Inc. told analysts it would close or combine about 50...
CEO pay up 6 per cent last year, AP study finds; shareholder activists see progressFILE - In this Sept. 16, 2010 file photo, David Simon, CEO of Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group speaks at the Economic Club of Indiana's speaker series luncheon at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Simon is the highest paid CEO at a publicly held company in America in 2011, according to calculations by Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, and The Associated Press. The Associated Press formula calculates an executive's total compensation during the last fiscal year by adding salary, bonuses, perks, above-market interest the company pays on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock and stock options awarded during the year. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Charlie Nye, File)
Topics  News & Markets CEO pay up 6 per cent last year, AP study finds; shareholder activists see progress By Bernard Condon,Christina Rexrode, The Associated Press  | May 25, 2012 NEW YORK, N.Y. - Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm. That was up more...
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