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T. Rowe Price bans American Airlines employees from trading funds in retirement plans
T. Rowe Price banned some American Airline employees from trading the funds in their 401k plans because of collective trading.
Trading halt highlights Nasdaq’s lack of communication in technological failures- asset managers
Asset managers questioned the sufficiency of the communications efforts undertaken by Nasdaq when trading halts during technological crisis.
Microsoft will give board seat to ValueAct president
Microsoft Corp. announced on Friday that it had offered ValueAct Capital Management LLC President Mason Morfit to join the tech giant's board of directors.
America Movil says it would not raise KPN offer
Arturo Elias, Carlos Slim's chief spokesman said America Movil had no intentions of raising its offered bid for the remaining stake of KPN.
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Zurich Insurance's Chairman Josef Ackermann resigned abruptly following the death of the company's CFO Pierre Wauthier.
American Express was said to compete for a stake in Foursquare Labs. American Express Co. had been reported to compete for an equity stake in Foursquare Labs.
Zurich Insurance Group dispelled its concerns about the resignation of Josef Ackermann in the wake of its CFO's death.
Canada-based Demeure announced receiving USD4 million from its third round of seed funding. Travel marketplace Demeure had raised USD4 million in its third round of seed funding.
James Boyne, erstwhile Calamos Investments President and COO resigns to pursue non-profit work. In an announcement last Thursday, Calamos investments announced that the firm's President and COO would be leaving the company by September 30.
George Koutsos was named the new Deputy Chief Executive of the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund, replacing Marios Koliopoulos.
Peugeot Citroen said it would halt car production in Aulnay this November. French multinational automobile and motorcycle maker Peugeot Citroen would be stopping production in one of its plants earlier than scheduled.
French cosmetic firm L'Oreal said it could afford to buy back the EUR 23 billion stake that Nestle holds in the firm.
Malaysian palm oil producer Sime Darby said the sale of its healthcare unit boosted fourth quarter profits.
German car manufacturer Daimler Mercedes-Benz planned to increase the number of its dealer outlets in China to get a bigger share of the world's largest auto market.