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EU競争法違反摘発、欧州委がインテルを新たに告発
EU Lobs New Charges at Intel (WSJ.com)
BRUSSELS -- The European Union launched new antitrust charges against Intel Corp., saying the chip giant paid rebates to a major retailer to encourage it not to carry computers using chips from its smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
In addition, the EU antritrust regulator said Intel paid a computer manufacturer to delay the launch of a line of AMD-based machines and gave the manufacturer rebates that were conditional on its using only Intel chips ...
to launch an antitrust charge against: ～を競争法違反で告発する
米グーグルの４－６月期、純利益35％増も 市場予想下回り株価急落
Google's Net Income Climbs Less Than Expected; Shares Tumble (WSJ.com)
Google Inc.'s second-quarter net income rose 35%, but the results disappointed investors and shares fell nearly 10% in after-hours trading.
"Strong international growth as well as sustained traffic increases on Google's Web properties propelled us to another strong quarter, despite a more challenging economic environment," said Chief Executive Eric Schmidt.
The search-engine giant reported net income of $1.25 billion, or $3.92 a share, compared with $925.1 million, or $2.93 a share, a year earlier. Net ...
after-hours trading: 時間外取引
sustained traffic increase: 持続的なアクセス数の増加
to propel: ～を押し上げる
米JPモルガンの４－６月期、純利益53％減も 難局への対応力示す
Credit Issues Squeeze J.P. Morgan, Leading to 53% Decline in Earnings (WSJ.com)
With more than $2 billion in second-quarter profit, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. again demonstrated that it can manage even a tough market and credit environment.
Nevertheless, not all was well at J.P. Morgan Chase, and Chairman and Chief Executive James Dimon didn't hold back from a frank assessment of the company's rise in prime mortgage losses.
The bank posted a 53% plunge in second-quarter net income to $2 billion, or 54 cents a share, compared with $4.23 billion, or $1.20 a share, a year earlier. Credit-loss provisions more than doubled, and its investment bank cut the value of leveraged-loan and mortgage-related securities by an additional $1.1 billion.
credit-loss provision: 貸倒引当金
オークション・レート証券関連捜査、米銀ワコビアがターゲットに
Auction-Rate Probe Hits Wachovia (WSJ.com)
In the latest sign of a regulatory crackdown of the auction rate securities market, a team of 10 state securities regulators showed up at the St. Louis headquarters of Wachovia Securities Thursday to demand documents and conduct interviews about the firm's sales and marketing practices, according to Missouri authorities.
The group includes investigators from Missouri, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other states, all of which are part of a task force of states regulators investigating auction rate securities and led by the Massachusetts securities regulator. They are all members of the North American Securities Administrators Association.
The Missouri Secretary ...
probe: 捜査
auction rate security: オークション・レート証券（の）
世界の金融機関、金融市場の安定化に向け提言 IIF報告書
Financial Firms Call for Reforms To Restore Confidence, Stem Crises (WSJ.com)
WASHINGTON -- Financial firms are calling for greater coordination among central banks, stronger industry risk management practices and beefed up market monitoring as ways to restore confidence in the struggling financial markets and prevent future crises.
In the recommendations industry group Institute of International Finance released Thursday, firms also highlighted the need for tougher mortgage lending standards and improvement of credit rating reports.
The recommendations are part of a 200-page report in which global finance firms have laid out specific actions the industry should take to aid the troubled financial market. Officials with the IIF, which includes large commercial and ...
Institute of International Finance: IIF、国際金融協会
米コカ・コーラの４－６月期、純利益23％減
Coca-Cola's Net Income Falls 23% on write-down (WSJ.com)
Coca-Cola Co.'s international operations continued to help offset North American weakness, but charges tied to difficulties at the beverage giant's largest bottler contributed to a 23% drop in second-quarter net income.
The Atlanta company reported net income of $1.42 billion, or 61 cents a share, down from $1.85 billion, or 80 cents a share, a year earlier. The latest quarter's results included a 40-cent-a-share write-down tied to its investment in Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., which has faced higher costs for bottling and transportation.
Coke's overseas business -- which accounts for about 80% of its profit -- has continued to produce large ...
to offset: ～を埋め合わせる
６月の米住宅着工数、9.1％増 建築基準変更が要因、住宅市場の低迷続く
Codes Change Boosts Housing Starts (WSJ.com)
Housing starts increased 9.1% to a seasonally adjusted 1.066 million annual rate, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Apartments jumped; single-family homes tumbled.
The surprising gain was driven by soaring apartment construction, which was related to the New York building rules change. Aside from the boost given by the building-regulation change, U.S. housing starts fell in June by 4%.
New York City enacted a new set of construction codes effective for permits authorized as of July 1. The deadline triggered a large increase in building permits issued for apartment buildings in the city during June.
building-regulation change: 建築基準の変更
construction code: 建築法
building permit: 建築許可証
スイス銀大手UBS、米顧客向けオフショア金融サービスを停止
UBS to Shut Down Swiss-Based Services For Its U.S. Clients (WSJ.com)
WASHINGTON -- A UBS AG executive told a U.S. Senate panel that the Swiss company will shutter its private-banking services that have served U.S. clients from Switzerland.
"That means UBS will no longer provide offshore banking or securities services to U.S. residents through our bank branches," said Mark Branson, chief financial officer of UBS Global Wealth Management and Business Banking.
"While we are winding down this business, there will be no new accounts ...
private-banking: プライベートバンキングの
offshore banking: オフショア金融
ロシア石油大手TNK-BP、CEOが分裂の可能性に言及
TNK-BP CEO Says Fight Could 'Tear the Company Apart' (WSJ.com)
MOSCOW - TNK-BP Ltd. CEO Robert Dudley said a bitter shareholder conflict would "tear the company apart," as a group of employees sued to have him removed and Russian authorities appeared unlikely to renew his visa.
The latest tensions mark a new escalation of the conflict between BP PLC and its Russian partners at TNK-BP, Russia's no. 3 oil producer. BP accuses the other shareholders - led by billionaires Mikhail Fridman, Len Blavatnik and Viktor Vekselberg - of trying to take control of the 50-50 venture using the bare-knuckles business tactics common in Russia in the 1990s. The Russian shareholders, ...
bare-knuckles business tactics: なりふり構わないビジネスの駆け引き
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