Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:20:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Hana Financial Group Inc. Chairman Kim Seung-yu speaks during a news conference at the group's main office in Seoul January 27, 2012. South Korean regulators on Friday endorsed Hana Financial Group Inc's 3.9 trillion won ($3.48 billion) acquisition of Korea Exchange Bank, paving the way for U.S. private equity firm Lone Star's sale of the local lender and closing the final chapter of a drawn out and acrimonious saga. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: BUSINESS HEADSHOT)
Participants walk past promotional billboards at the Asian Financial ...
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:30:01 +0100 (Reuters) - Participants walk past promotional billboards at the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong January 16, 2012. Britain is teaming up with Hong Kong to secure London a top spot as an offshore trading centre for the Chinese currency, as the UK aims to boost trade and investment ties with fast-growing Asian markets. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)
Ramnit worm switches focus from financial to Facebook, steals 45K logins
Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:20:06 +0100 If you happen to be on that Facebook website, you might want to be a little more careful about the links you click. A new worm is traversing the social networking service and is called Ramnit. The worm has already laid claim to the data of at least 45,000 Facebook users. (Source: Digital Trends)
Financial Services Commission chairman Kim Seok-dong (front, ...
Mon, 02 Jan 2012 07:10:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Financial Services Commission chairman Kim Seok-dong (front, R) poses next to a bull during the opening ceremony for the Year 2012 trading at the Korea Exchange in Seoul January 2, 2012. REUTERS/Sin Jun-hee/Yonhap (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: BUSINESS ANIMALS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA
Financial advisers see social media benefits decline: survey
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:00:10 +0100 (Reuters) - Financial advisers in the United States are seeing fewer benefits from their use of social media, a survey by Aite Group showed on Tuesday. Out of the 437 advisers surveyed, only 19 percent said social media was useful for reaching new prospective clients -- roughly half the number from two years ago, when it was considered a leading benefit. "Social media has been over-hyped and the benefits just aren't there for a lot of advisers," said Aite senior analyst Ron Shevlin in an interview. ... (Source: Reuters)
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