American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, drew angry condemnation on Tuesday after it said it may join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair.
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Dreamliner Probe Widens After Excess Battery Voltage Ruled Out
U.S. safety investigators on Sunday ruled out excess voltage as the cause of a battery fire this month on a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet operated by Japan Airlines Co (JAL) and said they were expanding the probe to look at the battery's charger and the jet's auxiliary power unit.
Life Technologies on a Potential Buyout, Shares Surge to a Record High
The possible takeover news has resulted in the shares in Life Technology gaining more than 10 percent to $60.79.
Dell Shares on Eight-Month High after Possible Buyout Reports
Following possible buyout reports with private equity firms, shares in Dell surged about 13 percent.
China’s Citic Telecom Buys Macau Phone Company for $1.2 Billion
Citic Telecom buys Macau phone company for $1.2 billion from its British and Portugal owners. The deal will help in access to casino-hub Macau and its retail customers.
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Carlyle Group plans to sell its remaining stake in China's third-largest insurer in a deal valued at up to $790 million, marking the U.S. private equity fund's largest gross profit ever from an investment.
Bank of America Corp on Monday entered an $11.6 billion settlement to end Fannie Mae's claims that the bank improperly sold it mortgages that later soured, and to resolve problems with foreclosures, the companies said.
BMW will cut back on sales discounts in Germany and focus on maintaining profit margins rather than market share, Chief Executive Norbert Reithofer told German weekly WirtschaftsWoche.
The Treasury Department watchdog ordered JPMorgan Chase & Co to work with U.S. regulators seeking documents in connection with a probe into the bank's relationship with convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, in a warning letter dated Dec. 21.
U.S. regulators closed a long-running investigation into allegations that Google tweaks search results to hurt rival companies without finding any wrongdoing, a decision that disappointed rivals and critics of the Web search giant.
Private-sector employers shrugged off a looming budget crisis and stepped up hiring in December, offering further evidence of underlying strength in the economy as 2012 ended.
Consolidation of European banks is not yet at an end, and Germany's sector with its many small banks will have to change, the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank told a German newspaper.
France's Constitutional Council on Saturday rejected a 75 percent upper income tax rate to be introduced in 2013 in a setback to Socialist President Francois Hollande's push to make the rich contribute more to cutting the public deficit.
One of hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen's largest outside investors, private equity firm Blackstone Group LP, appears inclined to keep its money with his SAC Capital Advisors, even as the U.S. government scrutinizes the fund in its ongoing insider trading probe.
