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Crédit Agricole, France's biggest retail bank, said today it is to slash costs at its loss-making investment bank, Calyon, by 10%, adding to the thousands of job losses caused by the credit crunch. CA, known as the "green" bank because of its rural ... (more...)

Wachovia Corp. has appointed John Papadopulos president of its retirement- and investment-products group, one of three businesses within Wachovia's capital-management division. Papadopulos succeeds Robert Reid, who recently was named head of the real ... (more...)

DANVILLE, Ill. - An investment group has bought a stalled eastern Illinois biodiesel plant and plans to begin production by early next year. Blackhawk Biofuels says it bought the plant in Danville , Illinois, from Biofuels Company of America, whose ... (more...)

LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Chinese interests have approached a major Australian superannuation and investment fund to be their partner in a multi-billion-dollar swoop on 9 percent of BHP Billiton (BHP.AX: Quote , Profile , Research ) (BLT.L: Quote ... (more...)

Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez warned Thursday that rising economic nationalism in both China and the United States threatens to jeopardize beneficial ties. Foreign companies complain that Beijing is improperly favoring Chinese companies in an ... (more...)

Britain's growing battalions of ethically minded consumers will have a new annual date for their diaries with the launch tomorrow of the first National Ethical Investment Week. With a range of public events from Edinburgh to Plymouth, organisers are ... (more...)

KKR is to begin investing in infrastructure assets for the first time as the traditional private equity market continues to stagnate in the wake of the continued credit crisis. The global private equity house, which is best known in the UK for its ... (more...)

London: US crude shot to a record high near $128 on Friday after Goldman Sachs, the most active investment bank in energy markets, raised sharply its forecast for prices. US crude (WTI) hit a peak of $127.82 and was trading at $127.30, up $3.18, by ... (more...)

In the UK ethical investing started in 1984. I should know - I was the first national newspaper journalist to write about an investment fund that excluded shares in companies not because they wouldn't perform well, but because they did not conform to ... (more...)

A City worker, who claims she suffered discrimination at an investment bank because she was not Korean, is demanding £400,000 in compensation. Christine Jones, who is British, alleges she was treated like a "second-class citizen" at Woori Investment ... (more...)