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The EU has initiated a legal complaint in the World Trade Organisation against Argentina’s import restrictions, a move which escalates tension with the country in the month after it seized oil assets held by Spanish group Repsol.

It’s hard to judge the true value of assets in times like these but smart investors who aren’t locked into broad indexes can take advantage of mispricing

Victoria's Secret helps 'boost' the assets of cash-rich women around the world. But it seems the company is also improving the lives of thousands of rural Indian women too.

Amid reports that he may be arrested, CBI on Friday grilled YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in connection with the disproportionate assets (DA) case against him and has summoned him on Saturday as well.

Amid reports that he may be arrested, CBI on Friday grilled YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in connection with the disproportionate assets (DA) case against him and has summoned him on Saturday as well.

Lawyers’ advice to corporate clients is frank: Remove cash and other liquid assets from Greece and prepare to take a short-term hit on any other investments.

RAWALPINDI - Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Khalid Shameem Wynne Thursday visited the Headquarters of the Security Division of Strategic Plans Division (SPD) for a review of security plans for Pakistan’s Strategic Assets. A comprehensive briefing was given by Security Director General Major General Muhammad Tahir covering details of the operational ...

RAWALPINDI - Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Khalid Shameem Wynne Thursday visited the Headquarters of the Security Division of Strategic Plans Division (SPD) for a review of security plans for Pakistan’s Strategic Assets. A comprehensive briefing was given by Security Director General Major General Muhammad Tahir covering details of the operational ...

RAWALPINDI - Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Khalid Shameem Wynne Thursday visited the Headquarters of the Security Division of Strategic Plans Division (SPD) for a review of security plans for Pakistan’s Strategic Assets. A comprehensive briefing was given by Security Director General Major General Muhammad Tahir covering details of the operational ...

A survey suggests bank investors do not trust banks’ measurement of the riskiness of their assets, or Basel’s so-called internal ratings based model

Decree sets stage for sale of stakes in Gazprom, Rosneft

Monfrini is officially appointed to track down assets seized by former dictators like Haiti’s Babydoc Duvalier and their cronies.

Proportion of international business in the local banking sector of Macao remained high in the first quarter of 2012.

Australia's mining magnate Gina Rinehart has become the world's richest woman with assets of $28bn, a respected business magazine says.

MOSCOW, May 24 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the government to approve a plan to sell assets held by state energy holding company Rosneftegaz in 2013-2015, paving...

Treasury bonds slipped, weighed down by an upcoming $29 billion seven-year note auction and as risky assets regained some poise.

Stocks are in a tailspin today, shaken by headlines suggesting that Greece could exit the euro zone. Materials and energy stocks are leading the market lower, and Nymex crude oil futures are trading near $90 a barrel. Investors are fleeing to safer assets in droves; Treasury yields are falling as investors rush into the notes. [...]

The pitch: Now publishers can manage mobile ads in "real time".

Spain could learn lessons from Ireland’s handling of its banking crisis, according to economic consultant Peter Bacon, the architect of the National Assets Management Agency. 

FirstGroup has revealed that profits have more than doubled but plans to sell UK bus assets as the market continues to underperform.

May 23 (Reuters) - Unitech, India's No. 3 property developer, on Wednesday denied a newspaper report that it was in talks to sell three of its assets for about 30 billion rupees ($541 million) to...

Ohio Democrats are pouncing on state Treasurer Josh Mandel (R) for apparently forgetting $65 billion in state pension funds under his supervision, calling it an example of his management of his office while running for U.S. Senate.Democrats are pointing to a question a Dayton Daily News reporter asked Mandel at a press conference earlier this month about his position on a series of pension refo...

Ninety-four percent of participants in a recent online survey agreed that the financial conditions, real estate assets and job status of foreigners living in China should be more closely scrutinized.

London-based Anglo American (LSE: AAL) and Chilean state copper producer Codelco have agreed to explore the possibility of negotiating an agreement in relation to the former's central Chile assets, kn...

Economists said that the total value of UK households' assets has fallen by 5.5 per cent over the past year. a total loss of £470billion. David Cameron has insisted he was right to speak out over the situation.

Economists said that the total value of UK households' assets has fallen by 5.5 per cent over the past year. David Cameron has insisted he was right to speak out over the situation.

Francois Carrillo the man behind Domaining.com and other sites in the domain industry just launched a new domain name registrar, DONA.com which is offering what its calling “UDRP Insurance” with every registration, plus is contributing 30% of all profits to the Internet Commerce Association (ICA). Here is what Francois had to say about the new registrar: “As you know each day, we are hit by mor...

As industry assets pass $2 trillion, mortgage specialists surge to the top.

A six-person task force has been set up to advise the Government on the separation of Shannon airport from the Dublin Airport Authority and its integration with the property assets of Shannon Development.

The rupee hit a record low against the dollar for a second session in a row on Thursday as global risk assets remained largely under pressure, leading RBI to intervene again, according to traders.

The Government is proposing to use funds realised from the sale of State assets to part-fund a new stimulus plan to boost economic growth.

A Japanese bank has halted transactions by the Iranian government after a US court ordered a $2.6 billion asset freeze over the 1983 bombing of US barracks in Beirut, a bank spokesman said Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned supporters of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Wednesday it may freeze their assets if they hamper the transfer of power in the Gulf nation.

Caisse real estate arm to build 45-storey office tower with U.S. firm, take stake in Rio mall

The five largest banks controlled $6.1 trillion in assets before the collapse. By 2012, they controlled assets worth $8.5 trillion. That is to say, they went from being “too big to fail” to being much, much bigger. Read full article >>

Uzbekistan has tentatively signalled that it wants to open up its economy by selling off 500 state-owned assets over the next couple of years.

Frankfurt, Germany And London (ots/PRNewswire) - ? An affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. ("Cerberus") has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of distressed company, Speymill Deutsche Immobilien Company plc, from the Receivers. As a key part of this …

(Phys.org) -- A company that aims to sell satellite protective services is eagerly stating its business case to geosynchronous satellite operators that can benefit from its approach toward orbit mission extension. ViviSat intends to help these operators to add years to the revenue-producing life of a satellite. Having to mind one’s orbit assets is a concern that the company believes will draw n...

President Obama plans to issue an executive order Wednesday giving the Treasury Department new authority to freeze the U.S.-based assets of anyone who “obstructs” implementation of the administration-backed political transition in Yemen. Read full article >>

Gazillionaire financier Mitt Romney is the latest "CEO President" offered up by the GOP, on a platform of "job creation." When Romney oversaw Bain capital, he supervised the takeover of American Pad and Paper. When the deal was complete, the 258 employees were marched out of the Marion, Indiana factory, told they were fired, and [...]

IT WAS only a matter of time before President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign followed earlier adversaries of Mitt Romney in portraying the Republican candidate as a callous millionaire who amassed his fortune by scooping up failing companies, stripping assets and firing employees in the heartless pursuit of profit.

According to financial disclosure forms released Tuesday by the White House, President Obama has at least $2.6 million in assets and earned hundreds of thousands from book royalties and investments last year. His assets were valued between $2.56 million and $8.2 million dollars, while his income was between $256,000 and $2.1 million, according to the disclosure, which lists ranges of numbers ra...

US President Barack Obama has $500,001 to $1 million in a JPMorgan Chase private client asset management checking account, according to financial disclosures released by the White House.

The White House released documents Tuesday that show President Barack Obama and the first family hold assets valued at between $2.6 million and $8.3 million.

European naval aircraft have fired at pirate-owned supplies on the Somali coastline for the first time since the EU authorised such strikes.

An investigation by BBC NI's Spotlight into Sean Quinn's empire has tracked down the headquarters of a company that controls more than $100m-worth of assets belonging to Irish taxpayers.

THE dollar stayed below $US1 as political turmoil in Greece led to a broad sell-off in assets perceived as more risky.

About one in five households owe more on debts that aren't backed by collateral than they have in liquid assets, according to a new report.

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is so broke that officials want to mortgage its iconic electronic advertisement sign near the 110 Freeway to USC.

FEW WALL STREET institutions enjoy greater prestige than JPMorgan, whose $2.3 trillion in assets make it the largest U.S. commercial bank. Jamie Dimon, the 56-year-old chief executive, is an industry hero for building a “fortress balance sheet” and steering JPMorgan through the mortgage meltdown relatively unscathed. Of late, Mr. Dimon has been deploying his influence to resist tighter federal ...

Florida polo mogul John Goodman, who adopted his girlfriend to shield his assets, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for a fatal DUI crash.

 JPMorgan Chase & Co’s shock trading loss of at least $2 billion from a failed hedging strategy knocked financial stocks across the globe on Friday, as well as the reputation of the biggest US bank by assets and its CEO Jamie Dimon.

To the undoubted embarrassment to the most left-wing leader in Europe, it was revealed today that his assets are valued at almost £1million.

South Africa confiscates assets worth nearly $7m (£4m) from three suspected rhino poachers - two of whom are vets, police say.

The Asset Forfeiture Unit seized assets valued at R55 million from suspected rhino poachers in Polokwane, Limpopo police said.

After purchasing the assets for the legendary defunct New York City rock club CBGB the entity's new owners are planning a massive city-wide music festival this summer and considering the possibility of reopening the club at a new location down the road the New York Times reports  The CBGB Festival set to...

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee today declined to roll-back a change in the Income Tax Act with retrospective effect to tax foreign firms for capital gains made on Indian assets, saying the country cannot be reduced to a tax haven.

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Company has $22B USD in assets, but is unlikely to be willing/able to sell them for different reasons

The late night host will release Blow Your Pants Off in June

Liquidators say Solly and Fazel Bhana were behind the collapse of the Pamodzi gold mines, stripping the mines' assets while workers went unpaid.

FORMER Baywatch beauty uses her famous assets to promote online poker website

By taking over Spanish power company Red Electrica’s assets on May Day Bolivia’s president tried to mend fences with former supporters

LONDON (AP) -- Not fit to run a major company. It is a damning judgment on Rupert Murdoch, a threat to his British assets - and a headache for Britain's government....

The expropriation of Transportadora de Electricidad, which operates a large part of Bolivia’s national electricity grid, is another abrupt setback for Spanish companies in Latin America.

In court documents reviewed by the Orange County Register, Suleman said she had $50,000 in assets and up to $1 million in debts.In court documents reviewed by the Orange County Register, Suleman said she had $50,000 in assets and up to $1 million in debts.

Has The Washington Post acquired Digg, as reported in The Next Web? Sort of. We're hearing from multiple sources that the Post has hired the Digg team, but is not acquiring the site or the technology. In other words, this is a talent acquisition, and in fact Digg properties, patents, and assets are still for sale.

(Reuters) - Stocks, bonds and other investments held by pension systems run by U.S. states and local governments jumped 10.6 percent in value to $2.7 trillion in 2010 after two back-to-back years of asset drops, the U.S. Census said on Monday.

Kim "Dotcom" Schmitz the founder of controversial fire sharing website Megaupload has been awarded back approximately $750000 of his fortune after a New Zealand court hearing reports Complete Music Daily New Zealand authorities had confiscated Schmitz's multi-million dollar fortune after a January crackdown that left Schmitz facing charges of money laundering...

Pool Re, the state-backed British reinsurer that covers terror attack-related commercial property losses, has 4.5 billion pounds ($7.3 billion) of assets to cover the Olympic Games and is not jacking up premiums for the event.

Information assymetry between banks, supervisors and market participants regarding how risky RWA are can, in fact, lead to increased uncertainty about the adequacy of bank capital.

IRELAND COULD hold back up to 50 per cent of the proceeds from the sale of State assets for domestic investment following agreement with the EU-IMF, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said.

LONDON-born Barton flaunts her assets at LA bash celebrating Britain

AN industry known for selling sex is doing its part to save women's breasts - as well as their lives.

Have you noticed that movie studios love to objectify an attractive actress by showing off her assets from behind on movie posters? Emily Asher-Perrin of Tor certainly spotted the trend and put together a convincing case about how awfully cliched it is. More »

Pakistan has raised a 20,000 strong force to provide foolproof security to its nuclear weapons and strategic assets, the military said on Thursday.

At least 23 killed in the day's fighting; Russian draft resolution, which will likely be reconciled with an EU draft, makes no mention of outside air assets, is a rare contribution to the Security Council.

Rangers players could walk away from Ibrox for free if a new company is formed to take over the club's assets, according to PFA Scotland chief executive Fraser Wishart.

by Vasudevan Vasudevan Did Gandhiji get us freedom ? Greedy politicians and bureaucrats fattening themselves on public money is not confined to India alone. Our bete noire, Pakistan, is no exception. The assets of its richest MP Mehboobullah Khan belonging to PPP is worth $37 million. Zardari and Benazir together are alleged to have lightened the country"s exchequer to the tune of $ 1.5 bil...

Ultra-affluent families are moving assets to Singapore by setting up family offices — private companies that manage the trusts and investments of rich households.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forget the mattress, a quarter of Americans who keep money in their homes are hiding it in their freezers, according to a new survey.

Chancellor George Osborne, for example, is a beneficiary of a trust that is reported to be worth £4million, which would not appear on his tax return.

Seal has filed his response to Heidi Klum's divorce petition, and it looks like he's gearing up for a dispute over who gets what in the divorce.TMZ already reported that Heidi claims there is a postnuptial agreement, which means there are no joint…

The Federal Reserve released the “minutes” from its most recent meeting this week and hinted that the punch bowl of synthetic stimulus may soon be removed. Given that financial assets have relied on this “fix” since the first phase of the financial crisis, Wall Street was none-too-pleased.

(Reuters) - British oil explorer Cairn Energy said it would buy Agora Oil & Gas for $450 million to increase its drilling activity in Britain and Norway in 2012 and expand its lower risk, near-term...

Companies competing for purchase of Greek state assets as it pushes ahead with its world-record 50 b. euro divestment program.

A City high-flier unhappy at the way a High Court judge divided assets after his civil partnership ended won an appeal today.

A force at Guggenheim Partners, which is known on Wall Street as low-key but aggressive, he says 'the market drove the price' for the team.Mark Walter and his investment firm have made a fortune buying beaten-down assets — and few as troubled as the Dodgers.

Amy Winehouse, RIP, had some post-humous things to work out and according to a new report her mom and dad will be receiving her fortune. Just how much was it, though? Grand total cam out to: $4.66 million! Not bad — plus this tells us that the singer was not so bad off before she passed as everyone [...]

LONDON (Reuters) - Traditional measures showing strong economic growth in Brazil and India over nearly two decades fail to take account of the depletion of their natural resources, scientists and economists at a climate conference said on Wednesday.

Takedown One fine night in November 2011 I got an opportunity to get my hands dirty, working on a project for the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). They were planning to seize a bunch of computing assets in New York City that were being used as part of a criminal empire that we called "DNS Changer" since that was the name of the software this gang used to i...

Spain's biggest bank in terms of assets is created after CaixaBank bought Banca Civica for 977m euros ($1.3bn, £817m).

The EU has slapped sanctions on the wife and other close relatives of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, freezing their assets and grounding them.

The wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad has been hit with a travel ban and has had her assets in the EU frozen, officials said.

An EU official says the wife of Syrian president Bashar Assad will be hit with a travel ban and have her assets in the EU frozen.

thomst writes "Cnet's Greg Sandoval reports that New Zealand police filed for the wrong kind of restraining order--the kind that didn't allow for DotCom to have a court hearing prior to the seizure--and that was a mistake, according to a report in the New Zealand Herald. A court has now ruled that the restraining order that enabled police to seize his assets is 'null and void,' and a review of ...

A dispute between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis and a local parish has taken a step forward with a state judge’s ruling that the parish has rightful control of its assets and property.

PREMIER LEAGUE:THEO WALCOTT is determined to pip Tottenham for third place in the Premier League, not only to maintain Arsenal’s ascendancy over their north London rivals but to avoid the unwanted exertion of a Champions League play-off. The England winger has come to symbolise the turbulence of Arsenal’s season, blowing hot and cold with his individual performances, but he believes that a top-...

The meeting focused on investment activity, specifically foreign investment. According to the minister, the 2011 statistical indices “are not bad at all,” with investment in fixed assets increasing 8.3%. Aside from that, the participants discussed Russia’s accession to the WTO and the new opportunities – as well as the apprehensions felt in a number of industries.

THE assets of  the Pike River coal mine, where 29 workers died, have been sold by receivers to Solid Energy.

THE assets of New Zealand's Pike River coal mine, where 29 workers died, have been sold by receivers to state-owned coal miner Solid Energy.

Whitney Houston's will doesn't mention specific assets, but leaves everything to her only child, 19-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina.

Whitney Houston left all of her assets to her daughter Bobbi Kristina, born from her troubled marriage to singer Bobby Brown who gets nothing, according to her will.

The last remaining hotels that were owned by Lehman Bros. are being sold off, the Associated Press reports.

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Apple's problems in the Chinese mainland over the use of the iPad trademark and retired NBA star Michael Jordan's legal action against Qiaodan Sports over its use of the Chinese equivalent of his name - Qiaodan - are just two examples of the growing importance of intellectual property rights as commercial assets.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The founder of the online file-sharing site Megaupload.com has asked a New Zealand court to free nearly a quarter of a million dollars in frozen assets to pay for living expenses, including nannies and bodyguards, as a bid by the United States to put him back behind bars was thrown out of court on Wednesday.

At 68, this lawyer continues to work to try to rebuild financial assets lost during a messy divorce. It is late in life to start over but it can be done, says Family Finance

There comes a time in the life of a government when it forfeits the trust of the people it is elected to serve. Has that time arrived for UPA-2? Consider the evidence. Example 1: Kripashankar Singh, the Congress party’s Mumbai chief since May 2008, was forced to resign after the Bombay High Court indicted him for fraud and ordered attachment of his assets. The Court calculated the value o...

The US targets organised crime by freezing the financial assets of two groups - Japan's Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza group and Russia's Brothers' Circle.

Yahoo Japan falls 5% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on reports that talks regarding the swap of its Asian assets have stalled.

Some members of Congress send tax dollars to companies, colleges and community groups where their spouses, children and parents work as salaried employees, lobbyists or board members, according to an examination of federal disclosure forms and local public records by The Washington Post. Read full article >>

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tightened sanctions on Iran another notch, the White House said on Monday, targeting its central bank and giving U.S. banks new powers to freeze assets linked to the government.

David Unkovic, a state-appointed financial custodian, released a recovery plan for Harrisburg on Monday, calling on Pennsylvania's capital to sell or lease certain assets to resolve $300 million in debt.

In the job market, people with disabilities bring vast experience in coping and adapting — qualities that help them become valuable employees.

Japan's megabanks are taking one step forward, snapping up higher-margin assets from deleveraging European banks, and one step backward with big losses on shareholdings in other Japanese companies.

Liquor board says police now investigating and it hopes to ‘recover the misappropriated assets’

Britain could send extra military assets to the Strait of Hormuz to deter any attempt by Iran to block oil traffic, an official said.

Rodolfo Carpintier Mendoza, presidente de Digital Assets Deployment, primera incubadora de negocios en Internet de España, participará el viernes en el jurado que otorgará los premios Navegantes de HOY, que en esta edición distinguirán a las mejores 'Start Up' extremeñas. DaD, la empresa de Carpintier, con presencia en Europa, Estados Unidos, China y Latinoamérica, apostó en su momento por proy...

High school guidance counselors, please dump all your college brochures into the recycling bin and update your "Have you thought about future?" speech, because having a college education, student loan bills stacked up to your ass crack and a 401k is no way to go through life. Why sit on an uncomfortable ass seat for 4 years listening to some shit you don't need to know when you can sit o...

And, since I've been cwuel to the septics, I suppose I ought to have a go at the greenies, for balance: A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. -- Proverbs 11:1 So (h/t KZ) the Grauniad says: Open letter to Sir Mervyn King says overexposure to high-carbon assets by London-listed companies risks creating a 'carbon bubble'... The huge reserves of coal, oil...

The rand is expected to have a tough week after rating agency Fitch announced its downgrade of South Africa's outlook rating.

Former Titans coach Jeff Fisher spent much of this week torn between the defensive readiness of the Miami Dolphins to contend now and the better all-around shape of the Rams as a franchise, one NFL source indicated Friday afternoon. He chose the Rams, at least in part, because he was likely to be able to have more of a say on personnel than he was in Miami.

Will borrowing money to buy a new car make you feel richer? It depends on your net worth, says a new study. "People's perceptions of wealth vary not only as a function of their net worth, but also of the amount of assets and debt they have," says a psychology graduate student.

Frozen assets and cash shortages slow Libyan recovery

JD Sports confirms it is in "advanced discussions" with struggling outdoor clothing retailer Blacks Leisure about buying its assets.

The assets that are traded on stock markets are a small fraction of total wealth

DALLAS (AP) -- A foundation that endows athletic scholarships at the University of Houston may have lost more than 40 percent of its listed assets because of investments in an alleged Ponzi scheme orchestrated by a financial adviser for college basketball coaches who committed suicide last summer....

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta makes historic visit to Libya and said Friday that U.S. is prepared to provide country with any assistance it needs but establishing democracy in Libya 'will not be easy.'U.S. Rolls Back Most Sanctions on Libya's BanksU.N. Unfreezes Assets of Two Libyan BanksOPINION: Morocco's Peaceful Model Inspires Telling Phone Call

The UN Security Council has ordered the assets of Libya's central bank to be released to help the country's new government rebuild following the eight-month civil war against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.

Chelsea are facing a fight to keep hold of one of their prize assets after it emerged Manchester City are tracking teenager Conor Hunte.

China Xinhua News Network Corporation, the Chinese state-owned television network owned by the Xinhua News Agency, announced that the restructuring and listing of the video assets of the Xinhua News Agency has been completed in Hong Kong, providing international capital market platform support to the development of the overseas television business of Xinhua News Agency. [...]

LAHORE – A Lahore High Court subordinate judiciary service tribunal has restored a woman civil judge terminated for not submitting her assets details by deadline set by the Court. Saira Naureen along with two other civil judges was terminated by LHC Administration Committee had in 2006. Ms. Naureen filed… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story

In October, a group of investors shepherding $20 trillion in assets signed an appeal for clear, long-term policies as incentives for low-carbon economies. Later that month, a study listed the nations and mega-cities most at risk from climate impacts. Then, a report on refugees found that nations must prepare to help millions resettle in the coming decades...from Miller-McCune

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday declared his all assets and asked all other politicians to do like him. He was addressing a press conference with former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Justice Wajihuddin in Islamabad. He said that his all assets were registered in his name, adding that his no property was registered in his sons’ name. “If the politician wi...

Paolo Mazzarello argues that the disposal of collections requires clear consultation with the public.

(Reuters) - AT&T is in talks with Leap Wireless International about a potential sale of some assets to the smaller operator in a last ditch effort to gain regulatory approval for AT&T's proposed T-Mobile USA purchase, according to a New York Times report.

Senior United Nations officials today voiced grave concern over the seizure by members of Somalia’s Al-Shabaab insurgent group of property belonging to United Nations agencies and several non-governmental organizations (NGOS) striving to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the country’s south.

Geron Corporation is to shelve its stem cell programme, including an ongoing clinical trial, after a strategic review of costs, timelines, and assets. It plans instead to focus on the advancement of its two cancer drug candidates—imetelstat and GRN1005—through phase 2 clinical trials. More than a third of the workforce will be axed.

A venerable name in polling has now confirmed what the Democratic-affiliated Public Policy Polling first discovered last week: Newt Gingrich has grabbed a narrow lead in the Republican presidential race. A Gallup survey conducted for USA Today puts the former House Speaker ahead of Mitt Romney by a 22-21 percent margin, with Herman Cain sliding back to 16 percent and everyone else in single dig...

Queen Latifah tells More: "I'm definitely going to adopt — or have — a child. I've wanted to adopt since I was 17 or 18 years old."

“We have been in the ‘Ideas’ business for the past 27 years and have been instrumental in creating many ‘Intellectual Properties’. Our vision is to convert them into assets to create long term value for us as well as our clients and investors,” states Harindra Singh, Vice Chairman & MD, Percept Ltd.

 Sarah Palin has some harsh words for accused pedophile Jerry Sandusky. Meanwhile, some are asking if Penn State coach Joe Paterno took steps to protect his assets before news of the scandal broke. INSIDE EDITION has the latest developments.

“British SMEs are already doing incredible things, but we urgently need more of them to follow that boldness."

The Sri Lankan parliament authorises the government to take over the assets of 37 firms, including two listed companies.

LESS than a week after wiping out the last of Photon's $450 million debt, Jeremy Philips has called a halt to further asset sales.

The Conservative Party’s resounding majority in federal elections on Tuesday should be a big plus for Canadian assets and the economy as corporate tax cuts — the backbone of the party’s platform — remain safe. But Bay Street will want to see real progress on cutting the deficit

Earlier this month Rick Latona announced that he and long time partner Toby Clements were dividing up their assets and going their separate ways. As part of the deal, Clements, a veteran domain broker, got 100% ownership of Latona's popular domain sales newsletter We talked with Clements about what he has planned.