International Business News - Trading 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 With the stock market regularly posting triple-digit swings and commodity prices jumping up and down, it's easy to understand why some investors are stressed out. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/stressed-out-an-investing-plan-can-help.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:34:41 EDT Erin O'Brien and her friends are do-it-yourself investors. As part of an online community at the brokerage Zecco, they consult each other on terminology, tax law and investment philosophy. Having tagged each other as "friends," they can see each other's trades. Together, they're learning the ropes by watching and interacting with fellow users. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/clueless-about-trading-start-networking-online.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:53:12 EDT Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. said Tuesday a consortium of banks agreed to extend a $320 million five-year credit line to the drybulk shipper. The facility, which is subject to execution of definitive documentation, will be used to finance six new drybulk ships. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/drybulk-shipper-genco-gets-320m-credit-line.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:49:09 EDT Chalk up another remarkable feat for Michael Phelps: somehow making swimming trading cards popular. An autographed 2004 trading card of the record-shattering Olympian was trading for as much as $500 on Thursday, just two weeks after industry experts say the collectible could be easily had for $25. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/109258-beijing-olympics-swimming-mens-medleys.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/phelps-trading-card-skyrockets-in-value-to-500.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/phelps-trading-card-skyrockets-in-value-to-500.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:51:09 EDT Chalk up another remarkable feat for Michael Phelps: somehow making swimming trading cards popular. An autographed 2004 trading card of the record-shattering Olympian was trading for as much as $500 on Thursday, just two weeks after industry experts say the collectible could be easily had for $25. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/108996-beijing-olympics-swimming-mens-medleys.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/phelps-trading-card-skyrockets-in-value-to-500.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/phelps-trading-card-skyrockets-in-value-to-500.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:44:26 EDT The European Union and the United Nations have agreed to start swapping carbon trading permits in October, the European Commission said Thursday. This will allow European companies to gain a permit to pollute at home if they invest in projects that cut greenhouse gas emissions elsewhere in the world. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/eu-to-swap-carbon-permits-with-un-program.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:38 EDT European companies will be able to gain a permit to pollute at home if they invest in projects that cut greenhouse gas emissions elsewhere in the world by December, the European Commission said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/eu-companies-to-get-polluting-permits.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:37:39 EDT Singapore is considering legalizing kidney trading to help meet demand for kidney transplants, the city-state's health minister said Monday. The Health Ministry will examine the feasibility of providing payments to unrelated donors to augment the supply of kidneys, Khaw Boon Wan said in Parliament, acknowledging that the suggestion has stirred controversy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/singapore-says-will-study-kidney-trading.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:56:41 EDT Hong Kong has won its first criminal conviction for insider trading after a finance manager pleaded guilty to using insider information to dump shares in her company, the local securities watchdog said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/hk-wins-1st-insider-trading-conviction.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:34:15 EDT The mayor of a South Carolina town was charged with insider trading on Wednesday for buying stock in a California biotech company after authorities say he learned confidential information about the firm, federal regulators said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/sc-mayor-charged-with-insider-trading.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:27:55 EDT Airbus CEO Thomas Enders dismissed a French insider trading investigation as a "show trial" and said a probe into his sale of shares in parent company EADS have not affected the way he runs the European planemaker. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080713/airbus-ceo-insider-trading-probe-a-show-trial.htm Sun, 13 Jul 2008 07:32:14 EDT A former Morgan Stanley banker has been arrested and charged with insider trading in Hong Kong, the local securities watchdog said. Du Jun, ex-managing director of the investment bank, appeared in a Hong Kong court Friday but did not enter a plea on nine counts of insider trading, the Securities and Futures Commission said in a statement issued late Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/ex-banker-faces-hong-kong-insider-charge.htm Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:07:39 EDT Preliminary charges were filed Friday against Andreas Sperl, the former CFO of Airbus and current head of the EADS Dresden plant in Germany, as part of an insider trading probe, a judicial official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/eads-executive-charged-in-probe.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:49:13 EDT A forklift operator has dodged a potential prison sentence by cooperating as soon as the government uncovered a $6.7 million insider trading case. Judge Richard Holwell in Manhattan federal court credited the cooperation of 22-year-old Juan Renteria as he sentenced him to two years probation on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/ny-sentencing-for-insider-trading.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:42:37 EDT French police on Wednesday detained the first executive still employed by Airbus parent EADS as part of an insider trading probe, according to his attorney. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/eads-executive-detained.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:59:23 EDT The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a proposal to include airlines in the bloc's strategy to cut carbon dioxide emissions--a move that may provoke a dispute with the United States. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/eu-says-pollution-permits-are-for-airlines-too.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:09:57 EDT U.S. banks' trading profits fell 84 percent in the first quarter as they continued to be slammed by losses on mortgage-linked securities and other complex financial instruments. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/banks-trading-profits-dropped-84-percent-in-1q.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:36:52 EDT French judges filed preliminary charges Wednesday against former Airbus CEO Gustav Humbert as part of an investigation into alleged insider trading, a judicial official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/charges-filed-against-ex-airbus-chief.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:46:02 EDT A judicial official says French police have detained a former Airbus president in an insider trading probe at its parent company EADS. Gustav Humbert was taken into custody Monday by financial investigators in Paris in connection with the probe of the aerospace and defense giant. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/former-airbus-president-humbert-detained-in-france.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:15:29 EDT European Union officials have reached a preliminary deal to include airlines flying to and from the EU in the bloc's strategy to cut carbon dioxide emissions--a move that could raise the cost of flying and provoke a dispute with the United States. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/eu-reaches-carbon-deal-for-airlines.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:45:01 EDT