GE Share Sale Raises $12.2 Billion at 9.2% Discount (Update5) - Bloomberg

GE Share Sale Raises $12.2 Billion at 9.2% Discount (Update5) - Bloomberg
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- General Electric Co. raised $12.2 billion by selling 547.8 million shares for 9.2 percent less than yesterday's closing price, giving it more cash to fund operations in the worst U.S. financial crisis since the Great Depression

CSRwire Member Spotlight: Equal Exchange - CSR Wire
(CSRwire) - October 2, 2008 - For more than twenty years Equal Exchange has been a pioneer in redefining corporate structure and in raising awareness of fair trade practices with farmers around the world. As one of oldest thriving cooperatives in

Buffett's Ferocious Focus - BusinessWeek
For more than half a century Warren Buffett has shown impeccable timing. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that the first biography he has authorized was published in late September as news of the financial crisis that he had warned about

GE raises US$12-billion in discount share sale - Windsor Star
General Electric Co. raised US$12.2-billion by selling 547.8 million shares for 9.2% less than Wednesday's closing price, giving it more cash to fund operations in the worst U.S. financial crisis since the Great Depression. The shares were priced at

UPDATE 1-Ryanair files EU complaint over Alitalia deal - Reuters
DUBLIN/MILAN, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair Holdings Plc asked the European Commission to block changes to Italian bankruptcy law designed to facilitate the rescue of Alitalia SpA, saying they ran foul of rules on state aid. "The

U.S. Stock Futures Drop on Jobless Data, Higher Borrowing Costs - Bloomberg
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock futures tumbled as jobless claims climbed to a seven-year high and rising borrowing costs spurred concern companies will struggle to secure financing. General Electric Co. lost 5.5 percent as people close to the deal

Stock Futures Point to Down Open - Street.Com
Updated from 6:58 a.m. EDT Premarket futures were suggesting a gloomy open for stocks in New York Thursday, after the Senate passed a $700 billion financial-sector bailout package and as the latest weekly labor data revealed an uptick in unemployment

KVH Provides Third Quarter Update - TradingMarkets.com
Three key issues contributed to these estimated results being well below the company's previously announced expectations of $19 million to $20.5 million in revenue for the third quarter. First, the final qualification process for KVH's fiber optic

Betting on the Futures of Politics - Washington Post
Last September, Bethan Brome Lilja, a Massachusetts commercial photographer, made a bet of sorts that seemed absurd at the time: that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) would win the Republican presidential nomination. Although McCain's campaign organization