Monthly Archives: September 2003
San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Dan Gillmor Column
Sep. 10–PROSECUTOR, SEC CHIEF HELPING SAVE CAPITALISM: New York’s corporate crime-fighting attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, has taken another crack at the sleaze permeating Wall Street. Moreamazingly, the head of the federal Securities and Exchange Commission has shown some overdue gumption, […]
TenFold Expands UK Distribution Relationship With YouDevise
<body.content> <block> <p>SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — TenFold(R) Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: TENF) , provider of the Universal Application(TM) platform forbuilding and implementing enterprise applications, today announced an agreement to expand its relationship with YouDevise Limited, its exclusive United […]
Bank threat to scupper Telewest rescue ; Lenders furious at attempt by US bondholder to dictate restructuring terms at debt-laden cable group
TELEWEST’S BANKS were yesterday threatening to block the company’s proposed rescue restructuring – a move that could tip the cable company into administration – after a key bondholder demandedfurther changes to the plan. The banks are said to be furious […]
Squitieri & Fearon, LLP Files Breach of Fiduciary Duty Action for Improper Trading Practices at Janus Mutual Funds — JAMRX
Squitieri & Fearon, LLP Files Breach of Fiduciary Duty Action for Improper Trading Practices at Janus Mutual Funds — JAMRX NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) — Squitieri & Fearon, LLP has filed a lawsuit charging improper trading practices at […]
Evening Standard, London, Anthony Hilton Column
Sep. 9–Eyes tend to glaze over in this country when New York state attorney general Eliot Spitzer takes the stage because he is, after all, a man not without his own agenda and political ambitions.That said, he has an uncanny […]
National Inquiry Cites Two Firms in Oregon College Savings Plans
Sep. 9–The names of two mutual fund companies in Oregon’s college savings plans have surfaced in a national investigation into possible mutual fund trading violations. Strong Capital Management and MFS Investment Management are among possible targets of New York Attorney […]
Milberg Weiss Announces The Filing Of A Class Action Suit Against Strong Financial Corporation Defendants and Canary on behalf of Purchasers of the Securities of the Strong Funds Family of Funds
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 9, 2003–The law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP announces that a class action lawsuit was filed on September 9, 2003, on behalf of purchasers ofthe securities of the Strong Funds family of funds […]
Business briefs
Consumer borrowing increased in July WASHINGTON – Consumers borrowed more freely in July, especially when it came to taking out new loans to finance cars and other big- ticket purchases and to pay for vacations and school. The Federal Reserve […]
WorldCom Hearing Delayed
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 — A federal bankruptcy judge cut short the start of a hearing today on WorldCom Inc.’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy in order to give rival groups of creditors more time to negotiate a settlement and […]
When the IMF came to town, time to clear the baggage and move on,
xfdws WHEN-THE-IMF-CAME sked Emerging Markets Datafile September 09, 2003 BUSINESS TIMES MALAYSIA ENGLISH When the IMF came to town, time to clear the baggage and move on, BUSINESS TIMES Zainul Arifin ASIA WorldSources, Inc. 322 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE 2ND FLOOR, NE […]
Tavakoli Exposes Post-Enron Dangers in New Structured Finance Book
<body.content> <block> <p>CHICAGO, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ — Caveat Emptor! New developments in structured finance make this warning more appropriate today than in the entire historyof finance. Collateralized Debt Obligations and Structured Finance is the essential navigation guide for finance professionals […]
The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. to Web Cast Its Investor Education Day
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 9, 2003–The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE: BSC) today announced that it will host an investor education day on Wednesday, October 1, 2003. Senior executives ofthe firm will discuss the various lines of business in which the […]