| GM moves to acquire subprime lender General Motors Co. has offered to buy AmeriCredit Corp. for $3.5 billion US, a deal that would allow the automaker to expand loans to customers with poor credit and offer more leases. cbc.ca |
NRG Energy to offer $750M in senior notes (AP) NRG Energy Inc. said Tuesday it will offer $750 million in senior notes due in 2020. The Princeton, N.J., power company said it will use proceeds for working capital and to help fund recently announced acquisitions. finance.yahoo.com |
State pushes ahead with QR National float QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh will push ahead with the public float of the state's bulk freight and coal tracks and trains after a group of miners pulled out of a bid. news.com.au |
Share market closes on a high THE market ended higher after a positive start on the back of high commodity prices and positive US and Chinese economic reports. news.com.au |
Dotcom queen in exit from Wall Street Mary Meeker, the influential internet analyst whose stock research on dotcom pioneers such as Ebay and Amazon helped spawn the technology boom a decade ago, is leaving Morgan Stanley MWD to join Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. us.rd.yahoo.com |