International Business News - Investment http://hk.ibtimes.com/subsection/personalfinance/investment.htm All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://hk.ibtimes.com/ http://hk.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Steve Hale has discovered a reason to splurge on clothing again: the slim silhouette in suits to shirts that's replacing the baggier fits of past years. But his wife, Cathy, has slashed her monthly apparel spending, saying she's "bored" by what's out there. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/3142-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/menswear.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/menswear.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:11:16 EDT Visa Inc. reports earnings for the fiscal third quarter on Wednesday. The following is a summary of analysts' thoughts on the company and developments during the April-to-June period. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2906-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/visa.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/visa.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:59:02 EDT Virtually every household in the United States has a credit card that enables them to maintain a certain lifestyle and build credit history. And while most consumers groan when their credit card statement arrives, they don't often realize that their credit card company offers a host of different tools and information to help them better manage their finances. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2666-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/credit-card-finance.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/credit-card-finance.htm Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:52:46 EDT As he prepares to watch his treasured 1940 Howard Hughes Cadillac and hundreds of other meticulously maintained automobiles be driven right out the door, broadcasting pioneer Art Astor is realizing a piece of his heart will be leaving with them. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/calif-entrepreneur.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:47:23 EDT Owning a small business is always a challenge, but especially when the economy is in a well documented downturn. http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/2395-.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/own-small-business-creative-capital.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/own-small-business-creative-capital.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:12:29 EDT The FBI was meeting with police and bank officials Wednesday to determine how many customers of northern Indiana financial institutions had money stolen by hackers in Spain, Russia, Nigeria and the Ukraine. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/investigating-fraudulent.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:45:35 EDT A former Credit Suisse investment banker convicted in a multimillion-dollar insider trading plot should receive minimal jail time at sentencing this week rather than the "extremely severe" eight years or more recommended by a probation officer, his lawyers say. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/sentencing.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 09:29:29 EDT Financier Edward Lampert told investors that Sears' competitors have overextended themselves through a rash of store openings and debt acquisition. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/lampert.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 08:44:20 EDT Bank of America Corp. will officially mark its $21 billion purchase of Chicago's LaSalle Bank Corp. on Monday, taking down LaSalle's green and yellow colors for the blue and red of Bank of America. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/lasalle-bank.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 08:44:20 EDT Determined to cut his electricity bill, Darrell Brubaker took the usual steps of raising his air conditioner's thermostat and cooking more on the grill. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/039-smart-039-power.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 08:47:20 EDT The Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps Friday to end "unfair and deceptive" credit card industry practices assailing consumers who are already struggling to cope in a bad economy. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/fed-oks.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 08:47:20 EDT He didn't. After spending a year developing relationships with three large banks, he was abruptly denied last December. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/nonbank.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 08:47:20 EDT Reality hit after a few minutes into State Street Corp.'s initially upbeat earnings conference call: The financial services giant had a $3.2 billion skeleton hidden in its closet. Winning over investor confidence these days doesn't come by burying news. Amid today's punishing financial crisis and economic downturn, shareholders want and deserve to know straight up about anything that could potentially hurt business or profits. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/investor-trust.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:31:56 EDT In the Upper Midwest, you can't call your restaurant a supper club without conjuring certain associations... http://hk.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/1676.jpg http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080414/restaurant-recycles.htm http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080414/restaurant-recycles.htm Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:30:39 EDT Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission is reviewing its regulations and processes to reduce red tape and bureaucracy, its chairman Eddy Fong says. http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/hong-kong-sfc-regulations.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:08:50 EDT Americans with mortgages exceeding the value of their homes face long odds of getting help under an expanded Bush... http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080410/mortgage-assistance.htm Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:16:29 EDT More and more middle-class Americans say they aren't better off than they were five years ago, reflecting economic pressures amid... http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080410/middle-class.htm Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:45:18 EDT Investors everywhere are better off today because of Eliot Spitzer... http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/spitzer-gone-reforms-remain.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:47:14 EDT It will be difficult for the economy to grow or for the market to reverse its course while fear is stalking the financial world... http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/markets-driven-by-fear.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:45:24 EDT When Wall Street and big business favor a government plan to make the biggest changes in securities regulation since the Great Depression... http://hk.ibtimes.com/articles/20080408/risks-of-dismantling-sec.htm Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:43:46 EDT