Carlyle-Led Group Shelves plan To Sell Stake In Taiwan's Ta Chong Bank - Sources - NASDAQ
28 May 2012, 5:24 am
TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- A consortium led by private-equity firm Carlyle Group L.P. (CG) has shelved a plan to sell a controlling stake in Taiwan'sTa Chong Bank Ltd. (2847.TW), due to disagreement over the terms of a sale, two people familiar with ...

Syria Pressed on Peace plan After U.N. Condemnation - New York Times
28 May 2012, 5:24 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The United Nations Security Council on Sunday unanimously condemned the Syrian government for its role in the massacre of at least 108 villagers, with new details emerging from international observers that appeared to prompt ...

A plan to help shrink mobile phone bills - TMCnet
28 May 2012, 5:09 am
May 28, 2012 (Mint - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- When Delhi-based financial adviser Manish Sinha racked up a phone bill of '1.62 lakh in a month a year ago, he had not anticipated that 3G (third generation) data usage ...

No plan to hike diesel, LPG, kerosene prices: Reddy - Thaindian.com
28 May 2012, 3:00 am
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The government has no immediate plan to hike prices of diesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene, Petroleum Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said Monday. “I am not touching the prices of diesel, LPG or kerosene,” Reddy told ...

plan would restore cobblestones on the riverfront in Memphis - Nashville Tennessean
28 May 2012, 2:10 am
MEMPHIS — A plan is in the works to restore the cobblestones that line the bank of the Mississippi River in a $6 million project that also will include a plaza, a fountain and walkable pathways. The Memphis Daily News reports that the ...

Switzerland draws up eurozone collapse action plan - YAHOO!
27 May 2012, 8:34 pm
Switzerland does not foresee a break-up of the eurozone but is nonetheless drawing up an action plan in the event of its collapse, the country's central bank chief said on Sunday. The bank intervened in September to stem the rise of the Swiss franc which ...

Syria Blame Game Begins as Annan’s UN Peace plan Falters - Bloomberg
25 May 2012, 2:50 am
As the United Nations peace plan for Syria flounders toward failure, a U.S.-Russian blame game has begun, increasing the odds that violence the UN says has killed more than 10,000 people will continue. The Americans, skeptical from the start ...

Asia's Richest Man Li Ka-shing Reaffirms Succession plan, Says Son Richard In Acquisition Talks - Forbes
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
Hong Kong telecommunications billionaire Richard Li, the younger son of Asia’s richest man Li Ka-shing, is in acquisition talks with “several sizeable companies,” the elder Li said at a press conference on Friday, according to a front-page ...

U.S. copper user, trader attack JP Morgan ETF plan - Reuters
23 May 2012, 7:56 pm
NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - A major U.S. copper consumer and a trader have lodged the first public opposition to JPMorgan Chase & Co's plan to launch a exchange-traded fund (EFT) physically backed by copper, comparing its impact to the Sumitomo ...

JPMorgan sued over employee retirement plan losses - Reuters
22 May 2012, 11:14 am
May 22 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co has been hit with a lawsuit brought on behalf of employees whose retirement holdings fell in value after the largest U.S. bank revealed a surprise $2 billion trading loss earlier this month. The complaint ...