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Capital International's private equity division is expected to announce it si raising a $2.25bn emerging markets fund

THE end of the credit crisis is getting closer and the US real estate market should recover in the second half of the year, Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Josef Ackermann said in a newspaper interview.

Merrill Lynch has handed its most senior equity capital markets role to a London-based banker, highlighting the importance of the City to the wall street banks and proving that foreign appointments no...

'I knew that's where the jobs were' When Karen Welch lost her job at Fiskars, she knew she needed to find better job security. via Wausau Daily Herald

Indian mutual fund assets are forecast to more than double over the next five years on the back of strong economic growth, more mature financial markets and a highly competitive distribution system

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Microsoft said in a statement Sunday it's talking about a new deal with Yahoo that wouldn't involve a full buyout. 'In light of developments since the withdrawal of the Microsoft proposal to acquire Yahoo Inc., Microsoft announced that it is continuing to explore and pursue its alternatives to improve and expand its online services and advertising business,' the company said. Microsoft said it is not proposing to make a new bid to acquire all of Yahoo at this time, 'but reserves the right to reconsider that alternative depending on future developments and discussions...' Since Microsoft walked away from its bid for the Web company, investor Carl Icahn has launched an effort to oust Yahoo's board. market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

India's Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN are discussing a management structure for a proposed merger of their emerging-markets telecoms businesses under which they would fill an equal share of key executive positions

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- In a bold attempt to create products that stand out from a crowded pack, an investment manager plans exchange-traded funds which provide three times the stock market's return, inevitably raising fresh questions about the risk of such turbocharged portfolios.

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- John is ready to retire. He's in his early 60s, has a good pension from years of being a teacher, has a nest egg of about $400,000 spread into 18 different stock funds, and says he's ready for a change.

Stock markets are up sharply since March. The recent batch of economic data has not looked as dire as feared. The U.S. Federal Reserve is finding fewer takers for its loan auctions. A fine-art sale drew a record $86 million price for a Francis Bacon painting.