International Business News - Shares 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 Construction company Perini Corp. said Thursday that its board has approved the buyback of up to $100 million of the company's common shares over the coming year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/perini-to-buy-back-up-to-100-million-in-shares.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:55:14 EST American Express Co. shares tumbled Tuesday after the credit card giant said it received government approval to begin taking deposits--a stark sign the lender is facing difficulty funding its operations amid the credit crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/amex-shares-tumble-on-approval-to-take-deposits.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:46:41 EST Bad news kept piling up for General Motors on Monday as its shares plunged to their lowest point in 60 years and some industry analysts predicted the automaker would collapse without a government bailout. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/172614-gm-shares.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/gm-says-gmac-mortgage-unit-may-not-survive.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/gm-says-gmac-mortgage-unit-may-not-survive.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:43:42 EST Shares of Office Depot Inc. slumped Monday, after investors sold the stock following last week's dramatic run-up. Shares of the stock, which more than doubled in value during trading last week, fell 72 cents, or 20 percent, to $2.88 on Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/office-depot-retreats-after-stock-run-up.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:52:11 EST Lexington Realty Trust said Tuesday that two other real estate investment trusts agreed to buy a total of 11.5 million of its common shares. Lexington also said it will buy 3.5 million of its common shares. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/2-reits-to-buy-shares-of-lexington-realty-trust.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:39:09 EDT Volkswagen shares soared more than 200 percent higher Monday, bolstered by Porsche's announcement of plans to lift its stake in the automaker to 75 percent by 2009. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081027/shares-of-volkswagen-rocket-on-porsche-plans.htm Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:42:42 EDT H&R Block Inc. said Wednesday it plans to raise almost $145 million through a stock sale. The Kansas City-based tax preparer said in a securities filing that it will sell about 8.3 million shares at $17.50 a share through subscription agreements with selected institutional investors. Company shares lost $1.03, or 5.7 percent, to $16.94 Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/h-r-block-to-raise-145-million-in-stock-sale.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:42:10 EDT H&R Block plans to raise almost $145 million through a stock sale. The Kansas City-based tax preparer said Wednesday it will sell about 8.3 million shares at $17.50 a share through subscription agreements with selected institutional investors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/h-r-block-to-raise-145-million-in-stock-sale.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:43:51 EDT Will the government's plan to pump billions of dollars into banks--in exchange for an ownership stake--help resolve the financial crisis? Think about the potential effect in terms of cash and confidence. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/152263-meltdown-101-logo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081014/meltdown-101-will-government-stake-in-banks-help.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081014/meltdown-101-will-government-stake-in-banks-help.htm Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:02:12 EDT As the Dow Jones Industrial Average took a wild 680-point plunge Thursday afternoon, some major airline stocks held steady, while others even climbed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/some-airlines-shares-climb-above-dows-storm.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:46:04 EDT Shares of HBOS PLC, the mortgage lender that has agreed to being bought by rival bank Lloyds TSB Group, rose 21 percent Wednesday, after Britain's prime minister said he was confident the takeover deal would go through. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/hbos-shares-rise-after-prime-ministers-comments.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:20:39 EDT National City Corp. shares plummeted Monday as bank stocks tumbled amid another bank buyout and the overall market plunged after a financial bailout package failed in the House. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/national-city-shares-drop-56-percent.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:29:32 EDT Shares of DineEquity Inc., which operates IHOP and Applebee's restaurants, fell Friday because of what an analyst said was continued concern over the company's high leverage and the country's tightening credit market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/dineequity-continues-to-drop-on-credit-concern.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:46:21 EDT Research In Motion shares tumbled in a 27 percent retreat that marks the biggest one-day drop in the BlackBerry maker's history as executives delivered a cautious outlook for the current quarter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/rim-shares-drop-27-percent.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:39:16 EDT Shares of Circuit City Stores Inc. sank to their lowest level in more than 22 years Thursday, three days after the company shuffled its top management and said it would likely post stronger-than-expected results for its fiscal second quarter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/circuit-city-slips-to-22-year-low.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:11:51 EDT Financial holding company National City Corp. said Monday the number of its outstanding shares have increased to 2.1 billion from 760 million as a result of a recently approved conversion of its Series G convertible preferred stock to common shares. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/national-citys-outstanding-shares-increase.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:59:28 EDT One way to help prevent overfishing may be to guarantee each fisherman a specified share of the catch, according to a new report. Collapse of fish stocks is much less common in areas where "catch share" fishing is practiced than in other regions, researchers say in Friday's edition of the journal Science. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/to-save-fish-promise-fishermen-their-fair-share.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:05:40 EDT Shares of Japanese developers sank Tuesday as the property sector--already reeling from a slew of recent bankruptcies--extended their decline on news of its latest casualty. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/japanese-real-estate-shares-falter-on-bankruptcy.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:43:30 EDT Tidewater Inc., which provides supply vessels and other services for offshore energy operations, said Friday its board approved spending up to $200 million to buy back shares. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/tidewater-to-spend-up-to-200m-on-share-buybacks.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:15:30 EDT Wachovia Corp.'s President and Chief Executive Robert Steel has bought 1 million shares in the nation's fourth-largest bank, according to a regulatory filing late Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/wachovias-ceo-buys-1-million-shares.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:42:30 EDT