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New York allows investment bank to bend ‘potty parity’ law
In a rare move, New York City’s buildings department OK’d an investment bank’s request to break the city’s potty-parity law and add a men’s bathroom and urinals to its trading floors.Japanese firm Nomura, gearing up to move into Worldwide Plaza in the city’s midtown area, requested permission to build another men’s bathroom for its fourth floor, the main trading floor, which is expected to house a… Continue reading
Courts take novel approach to Nortel Networks cash fight
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge and a Canadian judge agreed on Friday to a joint, simultaneous trial to decide how to divide $9 billion from the liquidation of Nortel Networks, overruling objections that the unusual arrangement would lead to “chaos.” Kevin Gross, a U.S Continue reading
Catalonia Seeks EUR 9 Bln Aid From Spanish Liquidity Fund
MADRID (dpa-AFX) – Spanish region Catalonia has requested EUR 9.07 billion in bailout money from the country’s regional liquidity fund, the regional government said in a statement on Tuesday. This… Continue reading
Bill targets ‘abusive’ gift card fees
Chances are you gave or received at least one gift card for Christmas or Hanukkah. Once again this year, these cards were the most requested holiday present Continue reading
U.N. agency sees deal soon to check Iran nuclear work
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United Nations nuclear agency expects to reach a deal with Iran next month enabling it to investigate whether the Islamic state has carried out atomic bomb research, the chief U.N. inspector said after returning from Tehran on Friday. Even though the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) failed to gain requested access to the Parchin military complex during Thursday's visit to the Iranian capital, IAEA delegation head Herman Nackaerts said progress had been made. Continue reading
Iran, U.N. nuclear agency end talks; no word on site visit
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said progress was made in Thursday's talks in Tehran with senior U.N. nuclear inspectors but gave no details other than they would meet again in mid-January. There was no immediate comment from the U.N. Continue reading
TMZ — We’re NOT Keeping Up with the DRONESES
12:55 PM PST: The FAA just released this statement: “TMZ does not have FAA authorization to fly an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), and we have no record that TMZ ever requested or inquired about an authorization.”TMZ is NOT getting in the DRONE… Continue reading
Chief Whip Requests Meeting With Nadine Dorries
The Chief Whip has requested a meeting with MP Nadine Dorries when she returns from Australia, say Sky sources. Continue reading
Kodak plans to end consumer inkjet printer sales
Kodak said Friday that it plans to stop selling consumer inkjet printers and will eliminate 200 more jobs than previously projected as it requested more time to submit its framework for emerging from bankruptcy protection. Continue reading
JPMorgan CEO Dimon to meet with OCC examiners – WSJ
NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon is scheduled to meet next week with bank examiners from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in a meeting the bank requested, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. According to the Journal, the meeting provides a rare opportunity for more junior examiners to talk to Dimon and will be held in the style of a town hall meeting. A spokesman for JPMorgan declined to comment Continue reading →