| Strategic Financial Consultant Haim Nissenson Joins BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, Inc. | | Posted Wednesday, May 17, 2006 3:25:08 PM by Blog57 Team | | BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (OTCBB:BCLI - News), the developer of NurOwn(TM) bone marrow-derived-stem cell therapeutic products for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, announced today that the company has appointed Haim Nissenson as strategic financial consultant.
"We are proud to have a person with such vast business experience and extensive international connections join BrainStorm. We are certain that he will make an important contribution to enhancing our financial base and developing strategies for our company as we move forward into the clinical trial arena," said Yoram Drucker, Chief Operations Officer and Principal Executive of BrainStorm.
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| | | (AFX UK Focus) 2007-02-01 09:30 GMT: AFX NEWS BRIEFING: Banking and insurance highlights to 09:15 GMT | | Posted Thursday, February 01, 2007 2:46:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | 2007-02-01 09:05:20 Deutsche Bank Q4 pretax up 81 pct as investment banking grows strongly FRANKFURT (AFX) - Deutsche Bank AG posted a fourth-quarter pretax profit of 1.9 bln, up 81 pct and exceeding consensus, with strong growth in its investment banking division helping to make what it called the "best-ever fourth-quarter". 2007-02-01 08:31:07 Nikko Cordial revises financial results again due to accounting irregularities TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Nikko Cordial Corp said it has once again revised the financial statements it submitted to regulators after finding another example of an accounting irregularity. 2007-02-01 08:22:15 OMX Q4 profits rise 33 pct but miss forecasts; div 6.50 skr vs 9.50 STOCKHOLM (AFX) - The Nordic bourse owner and platform provider OMX AB said its fourth-quarter profit after financials rose 33 pct on-year to 339 mln skr, boosted by strong sales growth.... | |
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| | | The slip's showing | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:47:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK: For all their success arranging mergers, securities offerings and loans, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase & Co trail the earnings growth of Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley. During the most profitable year for the securities industry, Citigroup's investment-banking and trading unit probably earned only 10% more than in 2005, and income at JPMorgan's may have declined as compensation costs rose faster than revenue, analysts estimate. Goldman and Morgan Stanley, the two largest securities firms, reported gains of more than 60% from similar businesses, according to calculations by Sanford C Bernstein & Co analyst Howard Mason. "Citi's growth is meaningfully below its peers and the same is true of JPMorgan," said Mason, whose 'How Good is the Investment Bank?' research report that compares Citigroup with its New York-based competitors has become a must-read on Wall Street.... | |
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| | | (AFX UK Focus) 2007-01-08 07:25 GMT: Bear Stearns poaches UBS German investment banking head - report | | Posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:46:19 PM by Blog57 Team | | LONDON (AFX) - Bear Stearns has poached the co-head of German investment banking at UBS, Florian Lahnstein, to make him its senior investment banker for Europe, the Financial Times reported. The bank is expected to announce his appointment in the coming days, the newspaper said, quoting people familiar with the situation. The move is part of the US investment bank's strategy to broaden its income streams abroad. newsdesk@afxnews.com jms COPYRIGHT Copyright AFX News Limited 2006. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News. AFX News and AFX Financial News Logo are registered trademarks of AFX News Limited .... | |
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| | | OUTLOOK RBoS seen highlighting investment banking strength in pre ... | | Posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 12:47:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | LONDON (AFX) - Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC is expected to confirm that it has benefited from sustained growth at its investment banking unit when it updates the market on recent trading tomorrow. Analysts believe the UK''s second-biggest bank, which reported a 23 pct jump in interim profit thanks largely to a robust performance in investment banking over the first half, will say the division continued to grow strongly in the third quarter. Investor attention is likely to focus on the group''s motor insurance subsidiaries, Direct Line and Churchill, amid concerns over rising competition and high levels of claims inflation. Analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods are forecasting premium income growth in the "low single digits" for the year as a whole. The market will also be looking for an update on RBoS'' US banking subsidiary Citizens, with the group expected to confirm slower progress in the face of a weakening dollar and slower economic growth.... | |
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| | | Medical Capital Advisors Expands Its Medical Technology Investment ... | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 12:47:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | "The addition of John Rogers emphatically underscores our commitment to excellence in providing our clients with sophisticated strategic counsel related to mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, licensing agreements, and capital investments," said Christopher Velis, Chairman and CEO of Medical Capital Advisors. .... | |
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| | | The Best Investment Strategy | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:46:50 AM by Blog57 Team | | When I say I'm a value investor, people often look at me as if I'm crazy. I'm not. I just know how to stack the odds in my favor. And I'm Foolish enough to believe that everyone should include value stocks as a significant part of their investment portfolio. Value doesn't always lead to quick returns (what investment strategy does?). But over the long term, it blows all other strategies away by a huge margin, and it does so with less volatility, to boot. It's no coincidence that Warren Buffett is both the best-known value investor and the world's second-richest person. Ibbotson Associates did a study comparing the performance of value stocks, growth stocks, and the S&P 500 between 1968 and 2002. Their results are clear. Annual Return $1,000 Becomes .... | |
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| | | IBQ, SMS banking service | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 6:48:06 AM by Blog57 Team | | The International Bank of Qatar has introduced an SMS banking service for its customers. The service, which is available in both Arabic and English, allows customers to perform basic banking transactions using their mobile phones. The service has been introduced in co-operation with Qtel using its GSM data network, which has been designed to allow for numerous banking commands. .... | |
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| | | ADB for amending SECP laws to facilitate investment | | Posted Monday, November 13, 2006 2:47:49 AM by Blog57 Team | | ISLAMABAD (November 13 2006): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has asked the federal government to amend laws and ordinances related to Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to facilitate investment and improve corporate governance standards, official sources told Business Recorder. Sources said an ADB team of Financial Management Governance Program (FNGP) is scheduled to visit Pakistan from November 22 to 29 to discuss these issues with the quarters concerned for which the bank has already committed a loan of $80 million subject to the fulfilment of agreed conditions. The main thrust of the bank is to amend the Companies Ordinance, 1984, further improving corporate governance standards, the Trust Act, 1988 to meet modern investment requirements, the SECP Act, 1997, SECP Ordinance, 1969 and the Central Depository Act, 1997.... | |
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| | | Foreign investment welcomed in China's banking | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 10:48:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | China will continue to support foreign banks that become strategic investors in Chinese commercial banks in the next five years, said a document on foreign investment utilization. Chinese banks must hold the majority of shares of such ventures, according to the country's 11th five-year program (2006-2010) on foreign investment utilization. Over the past few years, strategic foreign investors have joined three of the "big four" state-owned commercial banks in China, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Bank of China and the China Construction Bank. Under China's WTO commitment, the country will fully open its banking sector to foreign banks by the end of this year. According to the program, China also encourages strategic foreign investment in state-owned insurance companies which also must be primarily owned by the Chinese partner.... | |
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| | | Foreign investment in RP up 20.6% | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 6:48:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | Foreign direct investment in the Philippines rose 20.6 percent from a year earlier to $1.36 billion in the eight months to August, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said on Friday. Net foreign direct investment (FDI) flows for August alone reached 207 million dollars, the bank said in a statement. "The sustained FDI flows during the eight-month period drew support from the strength of the country's improved macroeconomic fundamentals," the BSP said, citing the improved fiscal position, the falling inflation rate and rising local currency. "The inflows also reflected in part the expansion plans of some companies to increase capacity in anticipation of greater demand following continued favorable domestic and global economic outlook," it added.... | |
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