Deutsche admits spying on staff July 22, 2009 Deutsche Bank admitted yesterday that it had backed four surveillance operations against its own staff, but denied the involvement of any senior executives. The bank, which has been probing the allegations of spying, said the surveillance was prompted by the findings of external investigators hired by its corporate security team. Deutsche’s head of corporate security [...]
Intel appeals 1bn EU fine July 22, 2009 US Computer chip maker Intel yesterday filed an appeal against a ¤1.06bn (£1.25bn) fine handed down by the European Union relating to antitrust allegations. The company said it had lodged a formal appeal against the ruling, which determined that the firm had abused its dominant market position to the disadvantage of rival Advanced Micro Devices.
Amazon acquires Zappos.com July 22, 2009 The world’s top online retailer Amazon has sealed an $807m (£490m) deal to buy fashion retailer Zappos.com, it said yesterday. Amazon will hand over 10m shares for Zappos.com, which specialises in the sale of clothes and footwear. The company will also give Zappos.com employees $40m in cash and stock as part of the deal.
Third straight quarterly loss for MorgStan July 22, 2009 MORGAN Stanley reported a worse-than-expected second quarter loss yesterday on the back of charges linked to its government bailout and tightening credit spreads. The Wall Street bank slumped to a loss of $1.26bn (£770m), or $1.10 a share, during the three months to the end of June, as it incurred an $850m charge on the [...]
Writedowns hit BNY Mellon July 22, 2009 BANK of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) saw its second-quarter profit fall by 43 per cent, due to charges on the state aid it received from the US government, coupled with losses in securities and writedowns relating to the housing market. The New York-based custody bank said net income sank to $176m (£107m), or $0.15 [...]
Record profit can’t ease Wells Fargo bad loan fear July 22, 2009 WELLS Fargo, the largest mortgage lender in the US, reported record second-quarter net income yesterday but gave a bleak assessment of its rising bad loans problem. Net income for the three months to the end of June rocketed 81 per cent to a record quarterly profit of $2.58bn (£1.57bn), or $0.57 a share, compared to [...]
US Bancorp beats forecasts but credit losses mirror US economic troubles July 22, 2009 US BANCORP posted a 76 per cent year-on-year decline in second quarter profit yesterday, as it suffered mounting credit losses amid ongoing deterioration in the US economy. Second-quarter net income fell to $221m (£134m), or $0.12 a share, compared to $926m, or $0.53, a year earlier, despite a nine per cent rise in revenue to [...]
KeyCorp underperforms and turns to cost cutting July 22, 2009 REGIONAL US bank KeyCorp fell to a worse-than-expected second-quarter loss of $390m, (£237m) or $0.68 per share, yesterday. The figures represent a turnaround from the $1.13bn, or $2.70, lost in the same quarter of last year, but still underperformed an analysts’ consensus of a $0.41 per share loss. Chief executive Henry Meyer said the results [...]
Goldman is finally free from Tarp July 22, 2009 GOLDMAN Sachs has finally escaped the US government’s Troubled Asset Relief Programme (Tarp), after redeeming stock warrants issued to the Treasury. The bank, which booked record profits of $3.44bn (£2.1bn) in the second quarter, said it had repaid $1.1bn to the government for warrants issued when the Treasury ploughed $10bn into the bank via Tarp. [...]
Drug giants are bullish on future July 22, 2009 GlaxoSmithKline takes orders for 195m doses of its swine flu vaccine… PHARMA giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has taken 195m orders for its swine flu vaccine and is currently in talks with over 50 countries over stockpiling the drug, it said yesterday as it unveiled second quarter results. The firm will also ramp up production of its [...]