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Women dropping out of financial services - The Financial Standard (Financial Services)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:14:45 GMT

Women dropping out of financial servicesThe Financial Standard, Australia - 1 hour agoThe Australian financial services industry is losing the war for talent and may not be able to maintain its growth if it is not able to turn the situation …

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Japan's Financial Services Agency Publishes An English Translation Of The Electronically Recorded Monetary Claims Act (Mondo Visione)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:26:26 GMT

Japan's Financial Services Agency Publishes An English Translation Of The Electronically Recorded Monetary Claims Act

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Omni Financial Services Receives Nasdaq Notice of Non-Compliance (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:15:33 GMT

ATLANTA - Omni Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: OFSI) (the “Company”), the bank holding company for Omni National Bank, today announced that on July 2, 2008, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff o

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Omni Financial Services Receives Nasdaq Notice of Non-Compliance (Business Wire)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:15:00 GMT

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Omni Financial Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: OFSI) (the “Company”), the bank holding company for Omni National

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Provident Financial Services, Inc. Schedules Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call (PR News Wire )

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMT

JERSEY CITY, N.J., July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Provident Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: ) announced that it expects to release financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at approximately 7:45 a.m. Eastern Time. A copy of the earnings release will be immediately available on the Company's web site, by going to Investor Relations and clicking on "Press Releases." ...

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Top financial services lawyers on the move (The Irish Times)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:13:14 GMT

MAPLES, ONE of Ireland’s newest law firms, has poached two of the State’s leading financial services lawyers from AL Goodbody.

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TD Securities provides information on incorrectly priced financial instruments (PR News Wire )

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:51:00 GMT

TORONTO, July 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - TD Securities has regrettably identified incorrectly priced financial instruments in its London, UK office. The Company's examination has determined that the expected one-time impact will be approximately $96 million pre-tax. This situation is associated with the activities of an individual who is no longer with the company. "We are very disappointed that...

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TPG abandons plan to buy stake in Bradford & Bingley (International Herald Tribune)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:10:24 GMT

TPG withdrew its offer to take a 23 percent stake for £179 million after Moody's cut Bradford & Bingley debt rating.

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UBS downgraded at Moody's (Market Watch)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:09:10 GMT

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Rating agency Moody's Investors Service on Friday downgraded its rating on UBS' financial strength to B- from B and also cut its senior debt and deposit ratings on the bank to Aa2 from Aa1. Moody's said the downgrade "reflects the challenges still facing the bank's management team to return UBS to a position of stability following the losses in its investment banking division."...

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French regulator fines SocGen record €4m (Financial Time)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:28:00 GMT

Senior executives at Société Générale faced renewed criticism after France's banking regulator slapped its biggest-ever fine for risk control failures on the bank following its inquiry into a €4.9bn rogue trading scandal

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SocGen fine reflects 'serious failings' (Financial Time)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:28:00 GMT

The French banking regulator fined Société Générale €4m ($6.3m) for "serious failings" in the bank's internal control procedures exposed by a rogue trading affair in January

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Nine jailed over Bawag bank fraud (Financial Time)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:45:00 GMT

A Vienna court sentenced nine people to prison for their role in causing €1.7bn ($2.6bn) losses at Austrian bank Bawag PSK

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Realty Executives Southern Arizona, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage Announce New Redington Home Loans (PR News Wire )

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:02:00 GMT

TUCSON, Ariz., July 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Executives Southern Arizona, the top locally-owned real estate brokerage in Southern Arizona announced today that it has entered into a relationship with Redington Home Loans, a region-wide mortgage lender and an affiliate of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, a division of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., the nation's No. 1 retail mortgage lender and No. 1 strategic alliance...

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Family Dollar beats estimates, shares jump - Forbes (Www.OSIR.org.in) (www.OSIR.org.in)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:00:37 GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Family Dollar Stores Inc (nyse: FDO - news - people ) Wednesday reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit as the discount retailer kept a tight control on expenses and inventory to navigate the tough environment, sending its Source: www.forbes.com Briggs & Stratton cut to ‘Ba2′ on weak opg performance - Moody’s - [...]

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Investor Group led by Teachers' Private Capital and Providence Equity Partners enter into final agreement with BCE (PR News Wire )

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:27:00 GMT

TORONTO, July 4 /PRNewswire/ - Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Providence Equity Partners Inc., Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity today issued the following statement regarding the final agreement that the company formed by the investor group has entered into with BCE. "We are very pleased to have reached...

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Europe Markets: Banks, miners pull Europe lower; Swiss lender UBS rises (Market Watch)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:30:00 GMT

European shares drifted lower on Friday in subdued trade as banks declined and miners also lost ground, though UBS rallied after the Swiss bank quelled fears that it would have to make another major fund raising effort.

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Latinos Desiring to Achieve the American Dream Get Help From Good Neighbors at State Farm(R) (PR News Wire )

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT

State Farm joins forces with NALEO to empower Latino civic engagement; and launches new educational efforts CHCI to help support Hispanic students BLOOMINGTON, Ill., July 4 /PRNewswire/ -- This Independence Day, State Farm(R) officially launches a lead sponsorship role in the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO) Ya Es Hora (Now Is The Time) campaign to empower Latinos to become...

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State Intelligence Used AFS for Property Purchases, Faustin Kabwe Tells Court (All Africa)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:54:20 GMT

FORMER Access Financial Services (AFS) chief executive officer, Faustin Kabwe, yesterday told a Lusaka magistrate's court that former Zambia Security Intelligence Service (ZSIS) director-general, Xavier Chungu used his company to buy property.

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Merrill said in talks to sell Bloomberg stake to NYC Mayor (Market Watch)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:16:09 GMT

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Merrill Lynch is in talks to sell its stake in financial news service Bloomberg to a blind trust run by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, according to a report in The New York Post, citing unnamed sources. The sale is part of a broader plan by cash-strapped Merrill to raise approximately $50 billion through an array of asset sales, the newspaper reported, citing bankers...

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Cash America names Dennis Weese as president and COO of retail services (Banking Business Review)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:20:00 GMT

Cash America International, a provider of specialty financial services, has appointed Dennis Weese as the new president and COO of its retail services division.

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