Financial Service NewsFinancial Services news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Apple adds movies to Australia & New Zealand iTunes Store- August 15, 2008 Australia and New Zealand now have the ability to rent and purchase movies from the iTunes Store, Apple said on Thursday.http://www.topix.net/business/financial-services/2008/08/apple-adds-movies-to-australia-ne... Yahoo spends $36M microsoft advisers- August 14, 2008 Yahoo Inc. shelled out $36 million in the first half of 2008 to the outside advisers that helped the company navigate stormy buyout talks with Microsoft Corp.http://www.topix.net/business/financial-services/2008/08/yahoo-spends-36m-microsoft-advise... Regulator: UBS defrauded NH student lender- August 14, 2008 New Hampshire securities regulators on Thursday accused banking giant UBS of defrauding the state's leading issuer of student loans.http://www.topix.net/business/financial-services/2008/08/regulator-ubs-defrauded-nh-studen... H&R Block sells Financial Advisors unit to Ameriprise Financial- August 14, 2008 HR Block&8217;s long-struggling Financial Advisors unit is being sold to Ameriprise Financial for $315 million in cash.The transaction, which was announced Tuesday, is expected to be completed in four to six ...http://www.topix.net/business/financial-services/2008/08/h-r-block-sells-financial-advisor... MUFG: Willing to talk with UnionBanCal on takeover- August 14, 2008 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said Thursday that there is no immediate change to its plans to fully acquire UnionBanCal but it is willing to negotiate after the U.S. bank rejected its buyout offer.http://www.topix.net/business/financial-services/2008/08/mufg-willing-to-talk-with-unionba... Two House Republicans seek Countrywide probe- August 14, 2008 Two Republicans are calling for an investigation into whether congressional lawmakers or staffers received preferential treatment from a troubled mortgage lender.http://www.topix.net/business/financial-services/2008/08/two-house-republicans-seek-countr... UBS execs knew of risk of U.S. rule breaches: report- August 14, 2008 Senior executives at Swiss bank UBS knew some of their bankers had acted in a way that meant they risked breaching American securities laws at least a year before the U.S. inquiries began, the Financial Times ...http://www.topix.net/business/financial-services/2008/08/ubs-execs-knew-of-risk-of-u-s-rul... CBA profit rises 7pc for year- August 13, 2008 Australia's largest bank by market value, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, yesterday lifted its annual profit by 7 per cent and forecast the local economy to grow modestly amid continued headwinds from the ...http://www.topix.net/business/financial-services/2008/08/cba-profit-rises-7pc-for-year?fro... Novolipetsk buys US steel company- August 13, 2008 Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel has signed an agreement to expand its presence in the U.S. by buying U.S. steel pipe and tube manufacturer John Maneely Company from a shareholder group including private ...http://www.topix.net/business/financial-services/2008/08/novolipetsk-buys-us-steel-company... Ameriprise Financial to Acquire H&R Block Financial Advisors- August 13, 2008 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. today announced a definitive agreement to acquire H&R Block Financial Advisors for $315 million in cash from H&R Block.http://www.topix.net/business/financial-services/2008/08/ameriprise-financial-to-acquire-h... |