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Fitch cuts Italy and Spain two notches

Six eurozone sovereigns (but not France!) downgraded by Fitch on Friday…-Belgium LT IDR downgraded to ‘AA’ from ‘AA+’; Negative Outlook; ST IDR...

Richmond Fed’s Lacker Explains His Dissent

Richmond Fed President Lacker, explaining an earlier dissent, said he doesn't believe economic conditions are likely to warrant an exceptionally low federal funds rate through late 2014.

Banking off the FOMC

The obvious place to start when discussing the impact of Wednesday’s FOMC meeting on US banks is with the downward pressure on net interest margins that will result from...

Rivals Get a Jump on Juniper Networks

The firm is facing increased threats from newer competitor F5 Networks.

Outsized Impact of Inventories on GDP Growth

For U.S. gross domestic product growth, the disappointment devil is in the details..

Legg Mason’s CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results – Earnings Call Transcript

Legg Mason (LM)

Q3 2012 Earnings Call

January 27, 2012 8:30 am ET

Executives

Peter H. Nachtwey - Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Senior Executive Vice President

Mark Raymond Fetting - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Member of Finance Committee

Alan F. Magleby - Director of Investor Relations & Communications

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Starbucks Profits Get Big Shot Of Caffeine

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Starbucks Corp. reported its biggest quarterly revenue gain since the recession began, but investors worried after the company issued a modest forecast...

New York Times Struggling With Leadership Vacuum

The departure of New York Times Co. (NYT) Chief Executive Officer Janet Robinson last month leaves the company with a leadership vacuum amid falling revenue,...

What Solutia Does: Transform The Ordinary With Chemistry

Solutia reached a deal to be bought for $3.38 billion by Eastman Chemical today. M&A in the chemical industry looks like it might be heating up, Jefferies analysts noted, which gives a good reason to put into some English what exactly Solutia does. Because, to be honest, chemical companies don’t so much describe what they...

George Soros Shares His View on Europe

Wed 25 Jan 12 | 04:41 PM ET

Mark Tercek: Smart Resource Management: Good for Nature, People and Business

Rising incomes, of course, are a good thing. But a rapidly growing and more affluent population are straining the natural systems on which natural diversity, human health and prosperity depend.

NTT DoCoMo’s CEO Discusses F3Q 2012 Results – Earnings Call Transcript

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (DCM)

F3Q 2012 Earnings Call

January 27, 2012 3:30 AM ET

Executives

Osamu Hirokado – Head, IR

Ryuji Yamada – President and CEO

Kazuto Tsubouchi – CFO

Analysts

Makio Inui – UBS

Hitoshi Hayakawa – Credit Suisse

Daisaku Masuno – Nomura Securities

Atsuo Takahashi – Mizuho Securities

Tetsuro Tsusaka – Morgan Stanley

Shinji Moriyuki – SMBC Nikko...