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Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA September 27, 2011 Compiled: 1:21 AM BUSINESS DAY How to Mimic Berkshire’s Bet - Breakingviews By AGNES T. CRANE, ROBERT CYRAN and REYNOLDS HOLDING (NYT) Shareholders liked Warren Buffett’s stock buyback decision, but what’s good for Mr. Buffett might not be so good for other corporate bosses. BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS Mixed Reaction to Europe’s Talk of Bolstering a Bailout Fund By JACK EWING AND STEPHEN CASTLE (NYT) Plans to possibly expand Europe’s bailout fund’s firepower were met guardedly by Germany, but eagerly by impatient financial markets. More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA September 18, 2011 Compiled: 1:48 AM BUSINESS DAY The Guggenheim Connection: Fame, Riches and a Masquerade By GRAHAM BOWLEY (NYT) As painted by the authorities, a case involving people accused of posing as representatives of the Guggenheim family is a tabloid monument to financial fakery. BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS Meetings on European Debt Crisis End in Debate, but Little Progress By STEPHEN CASTLE (NYT) European officials ended a two-day meeting in Poland without making any substantial decisions on the status of a proposed second round of aid to Greece. More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA September 15, 2011 BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS Europe Struggles With Managing Its Support of Greece By STEVEN ERLANGER and NICHOLAS KULISH (NYT) The leaders of France and Germany said they would support Greece’s role as a central part of the euro zone. BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS Europe Ponders Changes to Finance Ministers Group By STEPHEN CASTLE (NYT) Officials are debating whether more streamlined decision-making — and better presentation — could help their epic battle with the financial markets. BUSINESS DAY Wall Street Pushes Ahead After European Show of Support By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (NYT) Traders seemed appeased by the statement of support after a conference call between the leaders of Greece, France and Germany. More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA September 14, 2011 Compiled: 1:15 AM BUSINESS DAY    Wall Street Banks Bracing for Drop in Trading Revenue    By ERIC DASH (NYT) In a bellwether for other large financial firms, JPMorgan Chase warned that third-quarter trading revenue was likely to fall about 8 percent from a year ago.  More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA September 11, 2011 Compiled: 1:37 AM BUSINESS DAY Computer-Generated Articles Are Gaining Traction By STEVE LOHR (NYT)  Using more than a decade of research, a start-up company is taking computer-generated news articles to a more sophisticated level. More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA September 6, 2011 Compiled: 9:08 AM TECHNOLOGY Mobile Wallet Gaining Currency By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP (NYT) Near Field Communication turns a smartphone into a payment card, a technology that has become fashionable among phone manufacturers, telecommunications operators and finance providers. More Articles On This Topic

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA September 4, 2011 Compiled: 1:36 AM BUSINESS DAY Qtrax Is Back, Making the Case for Its Free Music Downloads By JANET MORRISSEY (NYT)  The ambitions of the Qtrax music site may seem quixotic, but it offers something distinct in today’s market: free and legal downloads. More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA August 29, 2011 Compiled: 1:05 AM BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS Europe’s Bailout Squabbles Add to Market Uncertainty By JACK EWING AND LOUISE STORY (NYT) Finland’s politics could upend an agreement that euro zone countries made in July to expand the E.U. bailout fund. BUSINESS DAY After Hurricane Irene, Markets Plan Business as Usual By GRAHAM BOWLEY and KEVIN ROOSE (NYT) Even without mass transit to get employees to the floor of the exchanges, trading companies say they can function with minimal staff. More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA August 26, 2011 Compiled: 1:14 AM BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS Doubts Still Harbored About Europe’s Banks By JACK EWING (NYT) European banks are better armored for a crisis than they were in 2008, analysts say, but some still doubt whether the protection is enough to withstand another big shock. BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS European Market Regulators Extend Bans on Short-Selling By BLOOMBERG NEWS (NYT) Regulators in France, Italy and Spain said they would extend the temporary bans that were introduced this month in an effort to stabilize markets. More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA August 19, 2011 Compiled: 1:16 AM BUSINESS DAY Darrell Issa’s Company and the S.E.C.’s Quandary By FLOYD NORRIS (NYT) When a corporate director is also a congressman who has been critical of the Securities and Exchange Commission, it can get tricky. More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA August 19, 2011 Compiled: 1:38 AM BUSINESS DAY Bank of America Plans Big Layoffs To Cut Costs By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ (NYT) With its stock down more than 50 percent since January, Bank of America is set to eliminate at least 3,500 jobs in the coming months to cut quarterly costs by $1.5 billion. More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA August 18, 2011 Compiled: 1:09 AM BUSINESS DAY U.S. Inquiry Said to Focus on S.&P. Ratings By LOUISE STORY (NYT) The Justice Department is investigating whether Standard & Poor’s rated mortgage securities improperly leading up to the financial crisis. BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS European Plan on Capital Rules Is Criticized as Adding to Risk By MATTHEW SALTMARSH (NYT) The objection to the proposed changes is that they press insurers to invest more in bank debt and sovereign bonds. More Articles On This Topic »

A lert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA August 16, 2011  BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS Debt Crisis in Europe Fuels Debate Over Bonds By JACK EWING (NYT) Many analysts say that the euro zone may have no choice but to issue bonds if it wants to keep the currency union from falling apart. More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA August 12, 2011 Compiled: 1:15 AM WORLD / EUROPE Cameron Faces Questions in Commons Over Riots By JOHN F. BURNS (NYT) Prime Minister David Cameron outlined measures to quell the riots including police authorization to use plastic bullets and prohibiting rioters from using social media. BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS Investors Fret at Costs if European Banks Need Rescues By LANDON THOMAS Jr. (NYT) Ninety of Europe’s biggest banks hold $6.7 trillion in loans that are due in the next two years. That is more than half of the combined gross domestic product of the 17 nations that use the euro. BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS Four European Nations to Curtail Short-Selling By LOUISE STORY and STEPHEN CASTLE (NYT) The temporary move by France, Belgium, Italy and Spain will apply to trading in financial stocks in an effort to stop a tailspin in the markets. More

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA August 10, 2011 Compiled: 1:12 AM BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS Tokyo Electric Power Posts Large Quarterly Loss By HIROKO TABUCHI (NYT) The operator of the ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said it lost $7.3 billion in the latest quarter. BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS New Nuclear Policy Takes Toll on German Utility's Results By JUDY DEMPSEY (NYT) RWE's first-half profit fell nearly 40 percent as a result of Berlin's policy to phase out nuclear power and impose a tax on nuclear fuel. BUSINESS DAY Apple May Be Underpriced - Breakingviews By ROBERT CYRAN and CHRISTOPHER HUGHES (NYT) A close look at earnings ratios and growth suggests the company may actually be worth $1 trillion. More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA August 9, 2011 Compiled: 1:11 AM WORLD / EUROPE Riots Spread in London and Beyond By RAVI SOMAIYA and JOHN F. BURNS (NYT) Rioting and looting spread to at least eight areas and broke out for the first time in another big city. BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS Italy Tries to Get Tax Cheats to Pay Up By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO (NYT) A new advertising campaign for the Italian revenue agency tries to change the mentality in a country where tax evasion is often seen as sport. BUSINESS DAY Behind S.&P.’s Downgrade, a Committee That Acts in Private By JULIE CRESWELL, LOUISE STORY and EDWARD WYATT (NYT) Despite the great interest in the agency’s decision, it has remained tight-lipped on what happened in their deliberations. BUSINESS DAY Bank of America Is Back in an Abyss By ANTONY CURRIE and ROBERT COLE (NYT) The bank shed over $16 billion of market value

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA August 6, 2011 Compiled: 12:58 AM BUSINESS DAY S.& P. Cuts U.S. Debt Rating for First Time By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM and ERIC DASH (NYT) Standard & Poor’s removed the United States government from its list of risk-free borrowers on Friday night, dropping the rating to AA+ on concerns about rising federal debt. BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS E.U. Monetary Official Blames Poor Communication for Market Jitters By JAMES KANTER (NYT) Olli Rehn said expectations that "all elements" in the recent rescue package for the euro zone would take effect immediately were "clearly unrealistic." BUSINESS DAY Emerging Markets Lift Results at Procter & Gamble By BLOOMBERG NEWS (NYT) The Procter & Gamble Company said Friday that its quarterly profit rose 15 percent as sales gained in emerging markets, and forecast annual revenue that topped some analysts’ estimates. More Article

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA August 4, 2011 Compiled: 1:09 AM BUSINESS DAY / GLOBAL BUSINESS Europe’s Banks Struggle With Weak Bonds By LANDON THOMAS Jr. (NYT) Investors fear that banks’ vulnerability in Italy and Spain mean Europe’s bid to control its debt has come up short. More Articles On This Topic » BUSINESS DAY / SMALL BUSINESS  A Few Accounting Essentials Are Crucial for Survival By DARREN DAHL (NYT) Business owners do not necessarily need to know how to prepare a balance sheet, but they do need to know which gauges to watch.

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA August 1, 2011 Compiled: 1:02 AM TECHNOLOGY / COMPANIES China’s Low Roaming Fees Won’t Be Matched Soon By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN (NYT) Chinese travelers can call home for what it costs to make a local call in those markets. BUSINESS DAY Money Market Fund Investors Wary, but Hopeful By EDWARD WYATT (NYT) While some investors have shifted assets to combat the uncertainty surrounding the debt ceiling debate, managers and regulators of money market funds say they’re optimistic. More Articles On This Topic »

Alert Name: FGC BOLSA - FGC FINA July 31, 2011 Compiled: 1:33 AM TECHNOLOGY With the Bing Search Engine, Microsoft Plays the Underdog By STEVE LOHR (NYT) To take on Google, Microsoft is spending billions to make its search engine the intelligent “decision engine.”   More Articles On This Topic »