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02/05/2012 10:50 AM
Stanford Used ‘Slush Fund’ at SocGen for Bribes, Ex-CFO Says
R. Allen Stanford’s ex-finance chief testified that the financier funneled millions of dollars siphoned from investor deposits through a “slush fund” at Societe Generale SA in Switzerland to cover bribes, personal expenses and private investments.

01/31/2012 12:43 PM
T. Rowe Price's Facebook Investments Grow to $408 Million
T. Rowe Price tells CNBC that 19 of its mutual funds are holding private investments in Facebook worth a total $408 million, as of Dec. 31.

02/03/2012 05:20 PM
Stanford Used ‘Slush Fund’ at SocGen for Bribes, Davis Testifies
R. Allen Stanford funneled millions of dollars siphoned from investor deposits through a “slush fund” at Societe Generale SA (GLE) in Switzerland to cover bribes, personal expenses and private investments, his former finance chief told jurors at the ex-financier’s criminal fraud trial.

02/03/2012 02:51 AM
PhillyDeals: Montco investment banker extols the value of private-equity sector
Corporate buyouts of underperforming companies - "private-equity investments," as financiers prefer to call them - made Mitt Romney rich and launched him toward the presidency.

02/04/2012 07:30 AM
Private Equity Has a 'Social Responsibility': Carlyle Founder
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Gordon Gekko? Try Mother Teresa. The private equity firms that sometimes reap billions in gains on buyout investments also have a social responsibility, says one private equity titan. Such an acknowledgement would add to the expectation that firms can find the highest investment returns in the financial world and could solve the industry's negative image, as outrage ...

01/31/2012 10:26 PM
Thai Asean News Network
An executive of Bangkok Bank has expressed confidence that the flood rehabilitation measures, which will include government and private investments, will enable the Thai economy to grow by 5 percent as targeted this year.

02/03/2012 10:27 AM
Facebook IPO shrinks private trading market
Facebook has played a big role in the private trading markets that allow eligible investors the chance to snap up shares of hot Internet companies years before they go public.

02/05/2012 09:29 PM
Asia Private Equity Weekly News, February 6, 2012
HONG KONG, February 6 (Reuters) - News anddevelopments in Asia private equity from Reuters News for theLunar New Year and week ending Feb. 3. FEBRUARY 3 HONG KONG'S Hutchison 3G will buy Orange Austria ...

01/30/2012 07:52 AM
Nicola Horlick launches private equity business
LONDON (Reuters) - Nicola Horlick, one of the most high-profile women in Britain's financial industry, is launching a business aimed at making it easier for wealthy individuals to make private equity investments. ...

02/02/2012 11:52 AM
Blackstone’s PE Performance Not Dulling Fund Raising
Blackstones private-equity performance fees are falling hard. Yet money is still flooding in.

02/06/2012 12:03 AM
Asian stocks rise, U.S. jobs gain outweighs Greece
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rose on Monday as surprisingly robust U.S. jobs data bolstered investors' risk appetite, but the euro sagged on worries over a lack of progress in Greek debt restructuring talks which are vital to containing the euro zone crisis. Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100, Germany's DAX and France's CAC-40 to open about 0.2-0.5 percent lower. MSCI's ...

02/04/2012 06:41 AM
Emerging Stocks Fall Before U.S. Jobs Data; Turkish Shares Dip
Emerging-market stocks fell, paring gains in their fifth week of advances, before data that may show American employers added jobs at a slower pace last month.

02/03/2012 01:35 PM
Online Game Stocks Help Boost Index as Tudou Shares Surge: China Overnigth
Shanda Games Ltd. (GAME) and Perfect World Co. drove an index of Chinese U.S.-traded stocks to a seventh weekly gain, as the online game developers’ high cash levels and cheapness compared with U.S. peers spurred analysts to upgrade their stock.

02/05/2012 10:22 PM
Singapore Hot Stocks-Noble rises on profit hope, Glencore
SINGAPORE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Shares ofSingapore-listed commodities firm Noble Group Ltd roseas much as 5 percent on Monday, helped by hopes of an earningsrebound and buzz generated by a planned merger ...

02/06/2012 12:51 AM
Gulf stocks move up, Dubai shares at four month high
DFM sees highest rise since September 21, Emaar up 3.2% on results

02/05/2012 11:24 PM
Singapore Stocks-Up by midday on US jobs; Noble Group soars
* Index up 1.2 percent at 0500 GMT * Noble Group rises on profit hope, Glencore * Sembcorp Marine up on contract win SINGAPORE, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Singapore shares rose byby midday on Monday, helped by better-than-expected jobs datafrom the United States that pushed most Asian bourses higher. Commodities firm Noble Group outperformed thebroader market, lifted by hopes of an earnings rebound and ...

02/06/2012 01:29 AM
Asian stocks rise, US jobs gain outweighs Greece
TOKYO, Feb 6 — Asian shares rose today as surprisingly robust US jobs data bolstered investors’ risk appetite, but the euro sagged on worries over a lack of progress in Greek debt restructuring talks which are vital to containing the euro zone crisis. Financial spreadbetters expected Britain’s FTSE 100, Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC-40 to open ...

02/05/2012 11:56 PM
Stocks rise as US jobs gain outweighs fears
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rose on Monday as surprisingly robust U.S. jobs data bolstered investor risk appetite, overshadowing worries about a lack of progress in Greek debt restructuring talks that are vital to containing the euro zone crisis. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.3 percent after climbing as much as 0.7 percent earlier to its highest in more ...

02/02/2012 03:45 AM
European Stocks Rise, Led by Mining Shares; Euro Erases Advance
European stocks rose led by mining companies after Glencore International Plc offered to buy the shares in Xstrata Plc that it doesn’t already own. The euro erased gains against the dollar, while U.S. equity futures and gold climbed.

02/02/2012 12:52 PM
U.S. Stocks Fall, Led by Drugmakers, as Treasuries, Dollar Gain
U.S. stocks retreated as Merck & Co. helped lead health-care shares lower after sales trailed forecasts and investors awaited tomorrow’s jobs data to gauge the economic outlook. Oil and base metals led commodity losses, while the dollar and Treasuries increased.