Doubt rises on Treasury capacity to pay USD120 billion on US securities

Investors remained anxious even if US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced last week in Congress that the department had the capacity to pay US Treasury bill holders.


Batista dismisses OGX Oil chief as bond default woes persist

Luiz Carneiro was fired as chief executive of his OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes SA by Eike Batista, whose commodity group owned the oil and gas company.

Softbank in talks to buy stake in Brightstar Corp

A regulatory filing by Softbank Corp had confirmed rumors of the Japanese company purchasing a stake in US mobile distributor company Brightstar Corp.

Greenwald to join Omidyar media venture after Guardian exit - sources

UK newspaper The Guardian had confirmed the departure of American journalist Glenn Greenwald, who is rumored to be joining a new media venture backed by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.


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