Firm goes to Beijing pools

For more than 30 years Anti Wave International has supplied top quality swimming and pool equipment to the world's premier aquatic events, including the Fina World Cup.

Revolutionary view for research

Thanks to the innovation of one Australian company, biopsies may become a thing of the past.

Sharing stock experience

Like many business legends, Computershare Group - the world's largest global securities registry business - had humble beginnings. It spent the early years as a small technology provider with 26 software and IT infrastructure developers.

Minimizing risks, maximizing negotiations

How much money was left on the table? How does one minimize risk in complex cross-cultural negotiations? How can you anticipate the other side's moves?

Business International

New AIG chief says 'nothing off table'

Robert Willumstad, American International Group Inc's new chief executive officer, says "nothing is off the table" as he tries to win back shareholders' confidence in the world's biggest insurer.

Barclays up most in 16 years on share sale talk

Barclays Plc rose the most in 16 years in London trading after the bank eased concerns that a stock sale will hurt current shareholders and reported earnings last month were better than a year ago.

Lehman cuts its mortgage assets

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, the fourth-largest US securities firm, reduced assets tied to real estate 20 percent to $64.7 billion in the second quarter to curb further losses from the collapse of the mortgage market.

Futures retreat on GE downgrade

US stock-index futures fell after JPMorgan Chase & Co cut its earnings estimate on General Electric Co and New York manufacturing decreased more than forecast in June.

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Business International

Lehman axes CFO, COO following $3b quarterly loss

Lehman Brothers said yesterday that Chief Financial Officer Erin Callan and Chief Operating Officer Joseph Gregory have been removed from their positions, days after the investment bank announced a $3 billion quarterly loss.