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Monthly Archive October, 2009

PCs are best for e-reading, Microsoft’s Ballmer says

October 9, 2009

Microsoft has no plans to develop a digital book reader to compete with the fast-growing popularity of Amazon’s Kindle or a device that rival […]

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Julius Baer to buy ING Swiss private bank

October 8, 2009

Julius Baer, bulking up in its home market, has agreed to buy the Swiss private banking assets of Dutch financial services group ING for […]

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Big in Japan, but could America love Moomin?

October 6, 2009

In one of the quirkiest book cults America has never heard of, a round-snouted troll is hauling consumers’ wallets from their pockets despite the […]

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Don’t resist reform, G7 policymakers tell banks

October 5, 2009

Global finance chiefs told commercial banks at the weekend that resisting tighter regulation of the industry was futile, though bankers warned the reforms could […]

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Next CEO at B of A has big job

October 3, 2009

The CEO who succeeds the departing Ken Lewis at Bank of America Corp. will have plenty of work to do, including mending relationships with […]

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BofA scrambling; strategy for new CEO questioned

October 2, 2009

Bank of America Corp’s board of directors is considering hiring a short-term chief executive, a move that signaled CEO Kenneth Lewis’ plan to depart […]

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Pay czar Feinberg expecting heat for rulings

October 1, 2009

The Obama administration’s pay czar joked Wednesday that he might have to move to Pluto to escape the fallout from his first batch of […]

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