Archive for September, 2009

OPAXIO Produces High Rates of Pathologic Complete Remission in Patients with Advanced Esophageal Cancer; Study Paves Way for Potential Registration Trial as Radiation Sensitizer (PR Newswire)

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that, in a study from Brown University to be presented by Howard Safran, M.D., head of the Brown University Oncology Group, in the proffered oral session at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Gastrointestinal Oncology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania patients with cancer of the lower esophagus demonstrated a high […]

Citi closes sale of Nikko Cordial to SMFG (Reuters)

Citigroup completed the sale of its Japanese brokerage Nikko Cordial Securities to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group , one more step in the U.S. bank’s plans to shed non-core assets.
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Lawmaker proposes major change for rating agencies (AP)

A key House lawmaker wants to make credit rating agencies — which have been widely criticized for failing to give investors adequate warning of the risks in subprime mortgage securities that triggered the financial crisis — responsible for each other’s assessments by holding them collectively liable for inaccuracies.
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Economy dips at 0.7 percent pace in 2Q (AP)

The recession faded in the spring with U.S. economic activity shrinking at a pace of just 0.7 percent, a better-than-expected showing that buttressed beliefs the economy is growing now.
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CIT near plan to turn over company to bondholders: sources (Reuters)

CIT Group Inc is nearing a plan that likely would hand the commercial lender over to its bondholders, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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