UBS ups 2008 net loss to $18 billion
March 12, 2009
UBS said earnings would remain at risk due to volatile markets, as it revised up its 2008 net loss to 20.9 billion Swiss francs […]
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Monthly Archive March, 2009
Pepsi’s Quaker Oats to refocus brand on health benefits
March 10, 2009
Quaker Oats is launching a new marketing campaign that for the first time includes all its products under one message that emphasizes the health […]
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Fed Credit Has Stabilized Markets, Not Fixed Them, Study Says
March 8, 2009
The Federal Reserve’s emergency credit programs have partially revived lending, limiting damage from the credit crisis, without solving the underlying problem of bad assets […]
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European, U.K. central banks cut rates
March 6, 2009
FRANKFURT–The European Central Bank on Thursday cut its main interest rate by a half percentage point to 1.5 per cent, dropping the cost of […]
Costco profit drops on stronger dollar
March 5, 2009
ISSAQUAH–Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 27 per cent partly on lower non-foods sales and some deeper discounting, while […]
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Buffett’s Berkshire cuts jobs broadly, more coming
March 4, 2009
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc reduced staffing last year in half of its nearly 80 operating units, and said more job cuts were coming […]
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Recovery rebate, property tax deduction puzzle readers
March 2, 2009
Judging by your continuous e-mails and letters, taxpayers this year are more confused than ever.
I’ll focus today on the two issues you’ve asked […]
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Roth Successor at SNB Faces Task of Restoring Swiss Stability
March 1, 2009
Jean-Pierre Roth’s successor as Swiss central bank chief will have to restore confidence to a financial system more used to stability than turmoil.
Economists […]
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