International Business News - Investors http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif After a free fall in share prices this week, investors in Asia could do little else but pray. Hong Kong car dealer Paul Law said he has lost more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars ($128,800) in recent months, despite being conservative in buying what he thought were safe stocks such as banking giant HSBC Holdings. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148816-japan-markets.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/worried-asian-investors-pray-amid-stock-plunge.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/worried-asian-investors-pray-amid-stock-plunge.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:04:45 EDT A dramatically lower third-quarter earnings report sent Alcoa Inc.'s shares tumbling Wednesday, but the aluminum producer and analysts suggest the worst may be yet to come. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/alcoa-shares-plunge-amid-gloomy-outlook.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:25:28 EDT Watching Japanese stocks nosedive one after another Wednesday, Yasunori Matsubara decided worrying was futile. The 32-year-old network engineer has seen his shares of trading house Sumitomo Corp. tumble by 50 percent over the last year. But he doesn't want to sell because "it's a good company." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147321-japan-markets.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/japanese-investors-stunned-by-steep-stock-falls.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/japanese-investors-stunned-by-steep-stock-falls.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:12:59 EDT Aviva PLC, Britain's largest insurer, said Monday it has launched Aviva Investors, a global asset management business that combines investment operations in about eight countries to create a new division. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/aviva-groups-investment-operations-into-new-unit.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:26:53 EDT Real estate investment trust Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. said Tuesday it is publicly offering 6 million shares of common stock. The shares have not yet been priced. The company had just over 75.5 million shares of common stock outstanding as of Aug. 1. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/omega-healthcare-offers-6-million-shares.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:57:56 EDT JER Investors Trust Inc. on Thursday said its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 30 cents. The commercial real estate investment trust said the dividend is payable Oct. 31 to shareholders of record Sept. 30. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080912/jer-investors-trust-sets-30-cent-dividend.htm Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:09:47 EDT Shares of Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. gained modestly on Monday, after the hotel real estate investment trust said it acquired 32.6 acres of the land under its Renaissance Orlando Resort at SeaWorld for $30.4 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/sunstone-hotel-buys-orlando-land-for-30-4m.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:51:47 EDT A local Chinese official confirmed Monday that hundreds of disgruntled small-scale investors blocked roads, delayed trains and threw stones in a southern part of the country last week to protest against a property company they say cheated them. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/hundreds-of-angry-investors-riot-in-central-china.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:49:29 EDT German authorities would be able to block moves by foreign investors to take large stakes in German companies if they conclude that the investments endanger the country's interests under legislation endorsed Wednesday by the government. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/germany-approves-law-on-foreign-investment.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:40:49 EDT Federated Investors Inc. said Tuesday it has entered a $140 million term loan agreement. The investment manger said the loan funding will supplement existing sources of liquidity including a $200 million revolving credit agreement, cash flow from operations and about $135 million in available cash. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/federated-investors-reaches-140m-credit-agreement.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:50:51 EDT Federated Investors Inc. on Tuesday said its board has authorized the repurchase of as many as 5 million shares of the investment managers' common stock. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/federated-investors-oks-5-million-share-buyback.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:48:19 EDT Federated Investors Inc. on Tuesday announced plans for a special cash dividend of $2.76 per share. The Pittsburgh-based investment manager said the newly announced payout will bring dividend payments for the third quarter to $3 per share, including a dividend of 24 cents per share paid last Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/federated-investors-sets-special-dividend.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:42:28 EDT Real estate investment trust Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. on Thursday said its second-quarter results grew by 8.7 percent on higher rental revenue and mortgage intereset income. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/omega-healthcare-2q-earnings-rises-8-7-percent.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:17:51 EDT General Electric Co kicked off a major round of restructuring on Friday, giving its booming infrastructure business -- which is riding a wave of emerging-market investment in energy and aviation projects -- a more prominent role, and combining its sprawling finance operations into one unit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/restructures-investors-edge.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:33:13 EDT Oil and asphalt transportation and storage provider SemGroup Energy Partners LP said Monday that two investment groups holding a loan for its parent have taken control of the company and named a new board. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/investment-groups-take-control-of-semgroup-energy.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:59:40 EDT Investment management firm Federated Investors Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire two funds from David W. Tice & Associates for up to $142.5 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/federated-investors-acquires-2-funds-from-tice.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:59:39 EDT A director of Roberts Realty Investors Inc., a real estate investment trust, bought 3,800 shares of common stock, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/roberts-realty-investors-director-buys-shares.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:33:34 EDT Two former executives of a New Jersey-based technology company have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud dozens of investors of more than $5 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/2-former-execs-sentenced-in-5m-stock-scam.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:21:35 EDT A director of Investors Title Co., which issues and underwrites title insurance policies, sold 1,000 shares of common stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/investors-title-director-sells-shares.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:51:29 EDT Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. on Thursday named a new president and said he would take over as chief executive next year. The company said Arthur L. Buser will become president on July 21. After a transition period that will end no later than July 1, 2009, Buser will replace Bob Alter as chief executive. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/sunstone-hotel-announces-ceo-succession-plan.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:10:21 EDT