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23 Jun 2005 09:13 AM
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2005 Government & Health Technologies Forums:
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2005 Government & Health Technologies Forums to take place in late August 2005 in Ottawa, Canada
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31 May 2005 10:13 AM
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U.S. Chicago PMI unexpectedly tumbled to 54.1% in May:
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Business activity in the Chicago area unexpectedly fell to 54.1% in May from 65.6% in April, the lowest level since June 2003. Economists were expecting 62. The production index fell to 56.0% from 68.9%, while new
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31 May 2005 10:11 AM
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U.S. consumer confidence rose to 102.2 in May:
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U.S. consumer confidence rose to 102.2 in May from 97.5 in April, according to the Conference Board.
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31 May 2005 09:34 AM
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UBS cut Unilever to "reduce" from "neutral":
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UBS cut Unilever to "reduce" from "neutral"
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31 May 2005 07:02 AM
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Meshchansky court in Moscow sentenced Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev to nine years in jail.:
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Meshchansky court in Moscow sentenced Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev to nine years in jail.
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31 May 2005 06:53 AM
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Prudential Equity raised DaimlerChrysler to "neutral weight" from "underweight":
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Prudential Equity raised DaimlerChrysler to "neutral weight" from "underweight"
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31 May 2005 06:52 AM
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Bear Stearns raised AstraZeneca to "outperform" from "market perform":
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Bear Stearns raised AstraZeneca to "outperform" from "market perform"
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31 May 2005 06:50 AM
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J.P. Morgan raised Exxon Mobil to overweight:
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J.P. Morgan raised Exxon Mobil to overweight
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31 May 2005 06:48 AM
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French Prime Minister has resigned after ’No’ vote on EU treaty:
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has resigned after ’No’ vote on EU treaty. His resignation was expected.
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31 May 2005 06:47 AM
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Citigroup Smith Barney raised Exxon Mobil and Chevron to buy:
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Citigroup Smith Barney raised Exxon Mobil and Chevron to buy
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30 May 2005 10:33 AM
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Hedge funds decline dragging equity down:
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Hedge funds has their worst month since September 2002 in April posting a 1.75% drop according to Hennessee Group LLC, a New York consulting company. The firm also believes that the funds were disposing of some assets to mask unprofitable trades. The result was the decline in stock prices as the Dow Jones
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30 May 2005 08:13 AM
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AIG faces indictments:
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Presentation of evidence by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to a New York grand jury may lead to indictments at the world’s No.1 insurer American International Group Inc., according to Bloomberg.
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30 May 2005 07:12 AM
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US state, local govts accept e-payments:
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The majority of the US state and local governments see it possible to accept e-payments with fraud controls, including account reconciliation and transaction confirmation, according to ePaynews.
A survey, conducted by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) and JP Morgan Chase, showed that
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30 May 2005 07:09 AM
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JP Morgan Chase ties up ACH, check conversion service:
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JP Morgan Chase combined an automated clearing house (ACH) and check conversion service to compete with non-banking institutions, the company said.
Morgan Chase also said one of its goals is to expand on the market of distributed payments in addition to its efforts
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30 May 2005 06:41 AM
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Banks to benefit from card product innovation:
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Banks may benefit from the innovation in card products with $19 trillion in consumer, commercial cash and check expenditures in the payments market. Banks may lift their profits by offering innovative products that are
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