Shares of BB&T rallied Thursday after the bank reaffirmed its intention to increase its dividend at some point during 2008.
Earlier Thursday, shares had fallen to their lowest point in years after analysts from Sterne Agee said the lender might have to cut its dividend. Business Studies But in a statement issued at 2:22 p.m., the [...]
Senior members of the global intellectual property business community will convene in Amsterdam this month for the inaugural IP Business Congress. Held on 25th and 26th June, the Congress will be one of the major intellectual property events of the year.
The Congress opens with a one and a half day Chief Intellectual Property Officer (CIPO) [...]
Ping An, the Chinese insurer, dropped out of the running to buy Royal Bank of Scotland’s insurance business yesterday, leaving five potential buyers for the parent of Direct Line, Churchill and Privilege.
Ping An joined Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Generali of Italy in turning down the chance to buy the business, which RBS values at [...]
The dream of owning a business is becoming a reality for thousands of people each year. For many of these would-be captains of industry, that means starting the operation at home. However, your enterprise may be in jeopardy if you don’t have business insurance.
You need business insurance because most homeowners policies place limits on business-related [...]
More banks are expected to venture into non-life insurance businesses, according to sources in the government, following SBI’s recent initiative to float a non-life company with an Australian major.
Banks lending to borrowers for creation of assets, have captive customers for their non-life ventures, since these borrowers would need to protect or secure their assets.
Although several [...]
Rich-List property developer Simon Henry is diversifying into chemical and dangerous goods storage and eyeing bank-managed mortgagee sales around New Zealand.
The owner of the South Island’s largest office building, leased to the IRD, and a host of other properties including Christchurch’s the Link Centre, says he has been happily in talks with banks.
NBR’s 2007 Rich [...]
OCTOGENARIAN book publisher Esther A. Vibal relies a lot on her keen memory for just about everything –Business Travel for describing the circuitous route that her company Vibal Publishing House (VPHI) has taken to become the country’s biggest textbook publisher; for retelling how she made the transition from being a newspaperwoman to being a businesswoman; [...]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: FirstCaribbean International Bank continues to be picked out by external commentators as %26ldquo;First%26rdquo;. The Bank won the award for %26ldquo;Best Bank in Barbados%26rdquo; for 2008 from Global Finance Magazine. This marks the fifth consecutive year that Barbados has scooped the award. Global Finance editors, in conjunction with industry analysts, corporate executives and banking [...]
By Denise Luna RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters): Brazil’s state-run oil company, Petrobras, will resume talks this month to buy a refinery in Aruba owned by independent US refiner Valero Energy Corp, a Petrobras director said on Tuesday. Jorge Luiz Zelada, director of international operations, said the company was not interested in other assets of [...]
So, you want to open a discount brokerage account and manage your own investments.Which discount broker do you choose? How do you compare them all?Luckily, you can find a wealth of Canadian information online. You can start your virtual tour with Surviscor, a consulting firm that regularly reviews and ranks the discount brokerages. Its winter [...]
