Bloomberg.com Worldwide News http://www.bloomberg.com Bloomberg LP en-us Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Group of 20 governments split on whether to tax financial trading as part of a broader strategy to ensure the global economy’s expansion is less crisis-prone. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEzHydQvgE9c&refer=worldwide_news http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aEzHydQvgE9c Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:48:10 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The world’s biggest banks are still too optimistic about the state of their own finances and authorities should be wary of allowing some to exit government support, the Financial Stability Board said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aA.OzgyxTtCc&refer=worldwide_news http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aA.OzgyxTtCc Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:19:19 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said third-quarter profit tripled on gains in derivatives tied to stocks and bonds. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZ7k46r1Ylqs&refer=worldwide_news http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aZ7k46r1Ylqs Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:03 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- If Jamie Dimon ever needs fatherly advice, he can turn to his newest employee: Dad. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a6n5JkAyz3c0&refer=worldwide_news http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a6n5JkAyz3c0 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:03 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury two-year note yields touched the lowest since May after the U.S. unemployment rate rose to a 26-year high of 10.2 percent and the Federal Reserve said it will keep rates at record lows for an “extended period.” http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=acn.FS7l69oA&refer=worldwide_news http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=acn.FS7l69oA Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Krish Panu, a managing partner at Galleon Group LLC, resigned from the board of software maker Concurrent Computer Corp. after the New York hedge-fund firm’s involvement in an insider-trading scandal. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=auf_ZGBsx36s&refer=worldwide_news http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=auf_ZGBsx36s Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST Financial News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Franklin Resources Inc. fund manager Anne Gudefin, whose company is the biggest investor in Cadbury Plc, said she targeted the U.K. confectioner as a takeover candidate before Kraft Foods Inc.’s unsolicited approach. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aq8UADz.whp4&refer=worldwide_news http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aq8UADz.whp4 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 12:23:17 EST General News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said her chamber today will pass legislation on the most far-reaching changes in U.S. health-care policy in four decades as President Barack Obama urged Congress to “rise to this moment.” http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aJoTL7Z7rSS0&refer=worldwide_news http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aJoTL7Z7rSS0 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:02:47 EST General News Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- A civilian police officer at Fort Hood whose shots stopped a killer’s rampage is a member of a special reaction team and a weapons expert who probably saved lives with her response, officials say. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a_uFj05fNXic&refer=worldwide_news http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=a_uFj05fNXic Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:03:09 EST General News Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Japan will join five Southeast Asian nations that share the Mekong River in a 10-year program to protect the region’s environment, as Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama seeks closer ties with Asia. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aktox4XOUKHU&refer=worldwide_news http://data.bloomberg.com/bb/rssstory?sid=aktox4XOUKHU Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:46:25 EST