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Cash-rich corporations from Citigroup to Best Buy are investing in startups with an eye to diversifying
BusinessWeek.com — Small Business

The decision to make too-big-to-fail banks primarily use retained earnings and ordinary shares to meet heightened capital requirements was a victory for U.S. regulators over their European counterparts.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s biggest lender, and UniCredit SpA are among European banks that may have to raise additional capital after regulators dismissed lenders’ threats that stiffer rules may stunt economic growth.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

Asian stocks fell by most in a week after regulators raised capital adequacy requirements for the world’s biggest lenders and amid concern the U.S. economy is faltering and Greece may not meet bailout conditions, hurting the outlook for banks and exporters.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

Banks should be pushed to meet the higher capital requirements before a series of deadlines starting in 2013, unless earlier introduction of the rules would threaten lending, the Bank for International Settlements said.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

Global regulators said banks deemed too big to fail must hold as much as 2.5 percentage points in additional capital as part of efforts to prevent another financial crisis.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

Oaktree Capital Management LP, the biggest distressed-debt investor, filed to sell shares in an initial public offering, following private-equity rival Apollo Global Management LLC which went public in March.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance

Capital One Financial Corp., the credit-card lender that expanded into branch banking, agreed to buy ING Groep NV’s U.S. online bank for $ 9 billion to gain deposits and access to 7 million customers.
BusinessWeek.com — Finance