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HP board's selection of new CEO raises new doubts Boston Globe By Michael Liedtke AP Technology Writer / October 1, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO—Hewlett-Packard Co.'s board upset many investors when it forced out Mark Hurd as CEO nearly two months ago. Now, those directors appear to have baffled Wall Street with its ... See all stories on this topic » Boston Globe

Analysts say Fisher-Price recall won't hurt Mattel BusinessWeek By MAE ANDERSON The Fisher-Price recall of 10 million toys, high chairs and tricycles likely won't affect parent company Mattel Inc. in any meaningful way, analysts said Thursday. Mattel's Fisher-Price unit announced four recalls on Thursday after the ... See all stories on this topic »

TARP due to end, but funds to live on MarketWatch By Ronald D. Orol, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The wildly unpopular $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program is set to expire on Sunday, two years to the day it was approved, as debates continues to rage over the final cost to the taxpayer ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan's Government Bonds Drop on Stock Gains, China's Manufacturing Report Bloomberg By Masaki Kondo - Fri Oct 01 02:58:49 GMT 2010 Japan's 10-year bonds fell for a second day as stocks rebounded from their biggest slump in three weeks, damping demand for the safety of government debt. Benchmark debt pared a weekly gain after a report ... See all stories on this topic »

New US financial risk council meets Friday Reuters By Dave Clarke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new council of US regulators charged with identifying risks to the financial system holds it first meeting later on Friday with an agenda that includes risky trading and how to pick which non-bank financial ... See all stories on this topic »

Foreclosure Errors Cloud Homeownership With Millions of `Blighted Titles' Bloomberg By Kathleen M. Howley - Fri Oct 01 04:00:01 GMT 2010 US courts are clogged with a record number of foreclosures. Next, they may be jammed with suits contesting property rights as procedural mistakes in those cases cloud titles establishing ownership. ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan Consumer Prices Fall 1 Percent as Yen Strengthens, Economy Slows Bloomberg By Mayumi Otsuma and Aki Ito - Fri Oct 01 02:52:48 GMT 2010 Japan's consumer prices fell for the 18th straight month as the yen 's strength makes imports cheaper, adding to evidence that will likely prompt the central bank to ease policy next week. ... See all stories on this topic »

Waddell & Reed Shows Long-Term Investor Can Unhinge Wall Street BusinessWeek By Christopher Condon Oct. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., the mutual-fund manager based in the heart of Kansas that caters to mom and pop investors, is an unlikely company to be blamed for sending Wall Street into a tailspin on May 6. ... See all stories on this topic »

Geithner Wagers on AIG, MetLife Stock in US Treasury's Bailout Wind-Down Bloomberg By Hugh Son - Fri Oct 01 04:00:03 GMT 2010 US Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner's plan to recoup taxpayer bailout funds is increasingly dependent on the stock price of insurers American International Group Inc. and MetLife Inc. The government's ... See all stories on this topic »

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HP Names SAP Ex-Chief as Its New CEO, Shares Slide ABC News By Gabriel Madway SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co named Leo Apotheker, the former head of German software company SAP, as chief executive in a surprise appointment and HP shares dropped 3 percent. The recruitment of the long-time software ... See all stories on this topic »

Federal Eye: Postal rate hike request denied Washington Post By Ed O'Keefe Postal regulators Thursday denied requests by the US Postal Service to raise postage rates in January beyond the rate of inflation, ruling that the mail agency's recent financial woes were caused by a flawed business model and not the ... See all stories on this topic »

TARP Bailout to Cost Less Than Once Anticipated New York Times By JACKIE CALMES WASHINGTON — Even as voters rage and candidates put up ads against government bailouts, the reviled mother of them all — the $700 billion lifeline to banks, insurance and auto companies — will expire after Sunday at a fraction of that ... See all stories on this topic »

Fisher-Price recall is complex. Here's how to sort it out. Christian Science Monitor This Dora the Explorer Tough Trike is one of nearly 11 million tricycles, toys, and high chairs that are part of the Fisher-Price recall over safety concerns. By Elizabeth Fuller, Correspondent / September 30, 2010 Fisher-Price Thursday announced one ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Yahoo Confirms Three Top Executives To Depart Wall Street Journal Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) confirmed the departures of three high-level executives Thursday, as the company's top ranks continue to lose key figures. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of Yahoo's top US executives, ... See all stories on this topic »

AIG maps out road to independence Financial Times By Francesco Guerrera in New York AIG's New York headquarters were enveloped in cloud for much of Thursday but inside the art deco skyscraper the company's leaders claimed they could clearly see the way ahead for the troubled US insurer. ... See all stories on this topic »

Government issues tighter rules for deep-water drilling Los Angeles Times The aim is to prevent another disaster like the BP oil spill in the gulf. By Neela Banerjee, Tribune Washington Bureau The Interior Department, moving closer to lifting a moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling, issued new rules Thursday aimed at ... See all stories on this topic »

TranSwitch Swan Dives, Hertz Gets The Stiff Arm From DTG Forbes Shareholders of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group formally rejected an offer from Hertz to buy the company, with Avis Budget Group now being given an opening to make a bid for the rental car company. TranSwitch Corporation ( TXCC - news - people ) is ... See all stories on this topic »

China criticizes US tariff measure Los Angeles Times Legislation passed by the House would do little to narrow the countries' trade imbalance and could hurt relations, Beijing says. By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times China on Thursday warned that a bill passed by the US House that calls for new tariffs ... See all stories on this topic »

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US Postal Service loses bid to raise rates Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US regulators on Thursday denied the beleaguered Postal Service an average 5.6 percent rate increase it had requested to help its financially ailing operations cope with the impact of the recession. ... See all stories on this topic »

CORRECTED - UPDATE 1-AIG exit plan to slash US bailout costs-official Reuters The marriage of UAL and Continental will be official as early as this week, but the honeymoon will be fleeting as the carriers confront the monumental task of blending 87000 employees into one workforce. Full Article | Related Story By David Lawder ... See all stories on this topic »

Fisher-Price recalls 10 million items Los Angeles Times Toddler tricycles, high chairs and toy cars are included in the four kinds of products in the year's biggest safety recall so far. By Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times Toy maker Fisher-Price, a unit of El Segundo-based Mattel Inc., said Thursday that it ... See all stories on this topic »

US mortgage bond issuance leaps year to date Reuters NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) - US mortgage-backed securities issuance jumped in the first nine months of 2010 from the same period a year earlier as credit markets loosened up and investors' risk appetite improved, a keenly watched survey showed on ... See all stories on this topic »

FDA unaware of 'phantom' J&J recall CBC.ca Johnson and Johnson hired contract workers in the spring of 2009 to buy up thousands of bottles of Motrin instead of issuing a recall of the defective product, an action for which the company's chief executive has apologized. ... See all stories on this topic »

Novartis to pay $422.5 million for off-label marketing Reuters By Jon Hurdle and Bill Berkrot PHILADELPHIA/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG will plead guilty and pay a total of $422.5 million to settle criminal and civil charges of improperly marketing its epilepsy drug Trileptal, the US government ... See all stories on this topic »

Interior Secretary Announces Drilling-Safety Rules Wall Street Journal By Siobhan Hughes and Tennille Tracy Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Thursday announced long-expected offshore-drilling and workplace-safety rules and said the requirements are the first in a wave of ... See all stories on this topic »

Love It or Hate It (Most Do), TARP Didn't Bust the Bank BusinessWeek By Rebecca Christie Bailed-out banks, insurers, and automakers are a sore spot for millions of Americans hit hard by the financial crisis. Candidates running in November, especially those waving the Tea Party banner, are using "no more bailouts" as ... See all stories on this topic »

Dollar Thrifty Shareholders Vote Against Hertz Offer Bloomberg By Mark Clothier - Thu Sep 30 19:36:16 GMT 2010 Dollar Thrifty Chairman Thomas Capo, center, and Chief Executive Officer Scott Thompson attend the special shareholders meeting. Photographer: Tim Boyle/Bloomberg The vote at the special meeting in ... See all stories on this topic »

Transatlantic differences split debate on banks Financial Times By Gillian Tett What would happen if a big (or mid-sized) bank were to go bust today? At the start of this year, some policymakers and investors might have thought the question was becoming more academic, as the worst of the financial crisis appeared ... See all stories on this topic »

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PATIENCE AND FINANCE | PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM By TPC This is a few weeks old, but is a must read in my opinion. It covers some pretty interesting parts of the behavioral finance world and generally sound. PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM - http://pragcap.com/

Cuomo Lands Lazio's Finance Chairman By Liz Benjamin Cuomo Lands Lazio's Finance Chairman. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo just announced that his "Republicans for Cuomo Committee" has a new member: Rick Lazio's former campaign finance chairman, Anthony Scaramucci. ... Capital Tonight - http://capitaltonight.com/

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Keiser Report: Markets! Finance! Scandal! And B J Lawson! By maxkeiser Keiser Report: Markets! Finance! Scandal! And B J Lawson! September 30th, 2010 by maxkeiser. Tags: 17 Comments. Leave a Comment (Cancel). Name. Mail. Website. Your Comment. 17 responses so far ↓. Daruka. Sep 30, 2010 at 1:55 pm ... Max Keiser - http://maxkeiser.com/

Magnolia Spurs CMS Innovation in Finance | CMS Report By Magnolia CMS "We took time out to examine the reasons for our widespreadadoption by the finance sector, summarize our experiences, and set forth the criteria for CMS success in a systematic way." The new white paper, "Spurring Innovation and ... CMS Report - http://cmsreport.com/

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AIG Reaches Deal to Repay $46 Billion for Federal Bailout New York Times By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH The American International Group said Thursday that it had reached an agreement in principle to repay the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the company's 2008 rescue, and to gradually return the ownership of its stock to the ... See all stories on this topic »

Massive Fisher Price Recall: More Than 10M Toys ABC News By LEE FERRAN More than 10 million children's toys have been recalled by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the toys' manufacturer Fisher Price, the CPSC announced today. The toy giant has recalled toys -- including ... See all stories on this topic » ABC News

Stocks in US Advance as GDP, Jobless Claims Increase Economic Optimism Bloomberg By Inyoung Hwang - Thu Sep 30 14:33:57 GMT 2010 US stocks rose, with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index building on its best September rally since 1939, after government data showed the economy grew more than estimated in the second quarter and jobless ... See all stories on this topic »

Foreclosures Make Up 24% of Home Sales TheStreet.com By Jeanine Skowronski 09/30/10 - 11:05 AM EDT Foreclosed homes accounted for 24% of all residential sales in the second quarter of the year, according to the latest data from RealtyTrac, a firm that monitors the foreclosure market. ... See all stories on this topic »

GDP report: Economic growth slightly faster CNNMoney By Annalyn Censky, staff reporterSeptember 30, 2010: 10:06 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The economy grew at a slightly faster pace in the second quarter than previously thought, but the pace of growth is still painfully slow. ... See all stories on this topic »

US mortgage rates at record lows-Freddie Mac Reuters By Julie Haviv NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) - US 30-year and 15-year mortgage rates either tied or reached record lows in the latest week, according to a survey released on Thursday by Freddie Mac, the second-largest US mortgage finance company. ... See all stories on this topic »

J&J Is Faulted on Recall Timing Wall Street Journal By JONATHAN D. ROCKOFF WASHINGTON—Johnson & Johnson should have moved sooner to recall some Motrin pills that the company discovered were defective in late 2008, a federal official is expected to say Thursday. J&J's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit ... See all stories on this topic »

Ireland will recover quickly Financial Times By Danny McCoy The announcement of the final scale of its bank rescue plan concludes a month in which the troubles of Ireland's economy have again been centre stage. Rating agencies and analysts have questioned the capacity of our small economy to cope ... See all stories on this topic »

Panasonic, Whirlpool to Pay Price-Fixing Fines Wall Street Journal By BRENT KENDALL Panasonic Corp. and a Whirlpool Corp. subsidiary will plead guilty to conspiring to fix prices on refrigerant compressors and will pay $140.9 million in criminal fines, the US Justice Department said Thursday. ... See all stories on this topic »

Principal Financial to Quit Medical Insurance Wall Street Journal By NATHAN BECKER Principal Financial Group Inc. said it will leave the medical-insurance business, allowing UnitedHealth Group Inc. to pick up coverage of its customers. The asset manager and life insurer's chief executive, Larry Zimpleman, ... See all stories on this topic »

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Personal Finance Software By Chad Boyd Do you need to make better decisions about your personal finances? Do you struggle keeping track of your spending and investments? Personal finance software. Articles Book - http://www.articlesbook.com/

Personal Finance Bloggers You Should Follow on Twitter ... By Farah The blogging world is largely dependent on Twitter for its success and promotion. We have brought to you lists of some of the best financial bloggers out there, who you can easily follow on Twitter and show them what you got or get from ... Fair Loan Rate! - http://www.fairloanrate.com/

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Ireland unveils bank rescue package Financial Times Ireland will take a majority stake in its second-largest bank as part of a fresh multibillion-euro bail-out for the country's lenders, prompting the government to redraft its budget plans. Allied Irish Bank, the country's second-largest bank, ... See all stories on this topic »

China Says US Yuan Legislation Will Hurt World Economic Growth BusinessWeek By Bloomberg News Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- China said a measure passed by the US House of Representatives yesterday aimed at pushing up the value of the yuan will hurt the global economy if it becomes law. The House of Representatives voted yesterday ... See all stories on this topic »

Spain's Credit Rating Cut One Level by Moody's; Bonds Rise Bloomberg By Emma Ross-Thomas - Thu Sep 30 08:26:04 GMT 2010 Spanish Deputy Finance Minister Jose Manuel Campa said in a telephone interview today the cut was based on "overly pessimistic" growth estimates. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Spain's top credit ... See all stories on this topic »

AIG to sell Japan life units to US Pru for $4.8 billion Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - American International Group (AIG.N) said Thursday it will sell its two Japanese life insurance units to Prudential Financial Inc (PRU.N) for $4.8 billion, marking another step in its efforts to repay US taxpayers. ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

Japan FX intervention totalled Y2.12 trln in Sept Reuters By Masayuki Kitano TOKYO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Japanese authorities conducted a total of 2.1249 trillion yen ($25.37 billion) in currency intervention in the latest month to Sept. 28, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday. ... See all stories on this topic »

German jobless rate down to 7.2 percent The Associated Press BERLIN — Germany's unemployment rate dropped to 7.2 percent in September as the strength of Europe's biggest economy helped the labor market recover quickly from the economic crisis, data showed Thursday. The unadjusted jobless rate was down from 7.6 ... See all stories on this topic »

HK Shares End Lower As ICBC, Property Firms Tumble Wall Street Journal HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Hong Kong shares ended slightly lower, led by ICBC after Goldman Sachs cut its stake in the bank, and mainland developers following Beijing's announcement of additional measures to cool the property market. ... See all stories on this topic »

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House votes to pressure China over yuan Los Angeles Times Lawmakers vote 348 to 79 to open the way for the US to slap tariffs on Chinese goods. But the bill faces an uncertain fate in the Senate and White House. The move risks retaliation, and some say it may not help the economy. ... See all stories on this topic »

JP Morgan Chase to freeze foreclosures over flawed paperwork Washington Post By Ariana Eunjung Cha JP Morgan Chase, one of the nation's leading banks, announced Wednesday that it will freeze foreclosures in about half the country because of flawed paperwork, a move that Wall Street analysts said will pressure the rest of the ... See all stories on this topic »

China rich make "generous" gifts at Gates and Buffett dinner Reuters Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett (L) and Microsoft founder Bill Gates wait questions at a joint news conference in Beijing September 30, 2010. By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - Bill Gates and Warren Buffett ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

Anglo Irish, Allied Irish May Need As Much as $19.6 Billion Bloomberg By Joe Brennan - Thu Sep 30 05:30:10 GMT 2010 Anglo Irish Bank Corp. and Allied Irish Banks Plc may need as much as 14.4 billion euros ($19.6 billion) in extra capital, the Central Bank said. Anglo Irish, nationalized last year, may need up to an ... See all stories on this topic »

About 1 in 4 Q2 home sales a foreclosure: report Reuters By Lynn Adler NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly one in every four US homes sold in the second quarter was a deeply discounted foreclosed house, putting the market on pace to work through distressed properties in about three years, RealtyTrac said. ... See all stories on this topic »

Warren Reaches Out to US Bankers to Set Up New Consumer-Protection Rules Bloomberg By Ian Katz - Thu Sep 30 04:00:00 GMT 2010 Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law School professor appointed to help set up a new US consumer watchdog, told Wall Street executives she wants to work with them to create clearer contracts for financial ... See all stories on this topic »

Safety is Job 1, says BP's new chief Houston Chronicle By MONICA HATCHER Almost three years after his predecessor Tony Hayward announced a massive overhaul of BP's corporate structure, incoming chief executive Bob Dudley unveiled Wednesday his plans to do it all over again. Dudley, who on Friday officially ... See all stories on this topic »

Hong Kong Stocks Fall, Led by Banks as ICBC Drops; Chalco Slips Bloomberg By Kana Nishizawa - Thu Sep 30 04:29:07 GMT 2010 ICBC lost 3.2 percent after Goldman Sachs sold 3.04 billion of its shares. China Construction Bank Corp., the nation's No. 2 lender by market value, sank 1 percent. State-controlled developer China ... See all stories on this topic »

Elster Group of Germany Cuts IPO Price After Liberty Mutual Shelves Sale Bloomberg By Lee Spears - Thu Sep 30 05:02:32 GMT 2010 Elster Group SE raised 28 percent less than sought for its initial public offering, while Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. shelved the biggest US IPO of 2010 and ChinaCache International Holdings Ltd. delayed its ... See all stories on this topic »

Southwest Charts a New Flight Plan BusinessWeek By Justin Bachman, Mary Schlangenstein and John Hughes Throughout its history, Southwest Airlines (LUV) prospered from organic growth, betting that its competitive labor costs, low fares, and unique corporate culture comprised the best arsenal against ... See all stories on this topic »

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JPMorgan Suspending Foreclosures New York Times By DAVID STREITFELD In a sign that the entire foreclosure process is coming under pressure, a second major mortgage lender said that it was suspending court cases against defaulting homeowners so it could review its legal procedures. ... See all stories on this topic »

Consumer czar says wants banks' help on rules Reuters Elizabeth Warren listens as President Barack Obama announces her as the special adviser leading the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington September 17, 2010. By David Lawder WASHINGTON ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters

Chinese Developers Tap Into Japanese Insecurity New York Times Misasa has been in decline since its heyday in the 1980s as a hot spring resort. By HIROKO TABUCHI MISASA, Japan — A plan by Chinese real estate developers to invest in this little mountain town has opened a window onto a Japanese crisis of confidence. ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

AIG Said to Approve Plan to Wind Down US Stake BusinessWeek By James Sterngold and Hugh Son Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc.'s board approved a plan for the US Treasury Department to convert preferred shares into common stock so the government can begin to wind down its majority stake ... See all stories on this topic »

Big Four banks in good shape, says RBA The Australian BAD debt charges at Australian banks have peaked, the RBA said today, and profits are higher despite global financial uncertainty. In its latest six-month review of the financial system, the Reserve Bank of Australia today said the stock of ... See all stories on this topic »

UPDATE 1-Japan output drop adds pressure on BOJ to ease Reuters By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output unexpectedly fell in August as a slowdown in export growth begins to weigh down Japan's fragile economic recovery, boosting chances of easing by the Bank of Japan at next week's ... See all stories on this topic »

SEC Is Sued Over Board Nomination Rule New York Times BY BLOOMBERG NEWS The United States Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable on Wednesday sued the Securities and Exchange Commission to overturn a rule that makes it easier for investors to oust corporate directors. ... See all stories on this topic »

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