Investment: Norway offloads 500m of Rio Tinto shares over 'unethical - Guardian Unlimited Rio Tinto, one of Britain's most blue-chip corporate names, has been thrown out of a sovereign wealth fund's investment portfolio for potentially subjecting it to "grossly unethical conduct" through its involvement in the world's biggest gold mine Source: www.guardian.co.uk Lehman shares plunge over capital worries - MSNBC NEW YORK (AP) Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. shares plunged to their lowest level in more than a decade Tuesday amid investor concerns that the battered investment bank is running out of options to raise capital. Investors, anxious about the Source: nbcsports.msnbc.com Wall St shares sent tumbling - News.com.au FEARS of a meltdown at investment firm Lehman Brothers prompted heavy selling on Wall Street overnight, as euphoria faded from the weekend rescue of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and personal investment software Freddie Mac. Lehman shares plunged more than 40 per cent amid reports Source: www.news.com.au Chinese inflation drops to 14-month low - Guardian Unlimited BEIJING, Sept 10 (Reuters) - China's annual consumer price inflation fell to a 14-month low of 4.9 percent in August from 6.3 percent in July, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. It was the lowest reading since 4.4 percent in June Source: www.guardian.co.uk Nikkei set to fall after Lehman fears hit Wall St - Reuters TOKYO, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average is likely to fall on Wednesday, led lower by financial shares after fears about Lehman's (LEH.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) ability to raise capital hammered Wall Street and personal investment software refuelled Source: www.reuters.com FACTBOX: Five facts about Lehman Brothers' past and personal investment software present - Reuters (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (LEH.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) shares sank almost 45 percent on Tuesday on concern that talks about a possible investment from Korea Development Bank had broken down and personal investment software that the fourth Source: www.reuters.com Globalstar Announces Investment Community Event - MSN MoneyCentral MILPITAS, Calif., Sept. 9, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT), the world's largest provider of mobile satellite voice and personal investment software data services to businesses, governments and personal investment software individuals, today announced an upcoming investment community Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com Investment bank Lehman Brothers fails to raise capital - News.com.au LEHMAN Brothers shares went into freefall today as hopes faded for an injection of fresh capital for the ailing Wall Street investment bank, analysts said. Lehman, one of Wall Street's most prominent investment firms, saw its shares tumble 34 per Source: www.news.com.au STOCKS NEWS ASIA-Shares to fall on financial fears - Reuters India WELLINGTON, Sep 10 (Reuters) - Asian shares are set to fall on Wednesday after U.S. stocks plunged as fears for the financial sector were reignited on concern investment bank Lehman Brothers was struggling to raise much-needed capital. The S&P 500 Source: in.reuters.com
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