<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Executive Management News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=40&amp;catid=-1</link><description>News Feed for - Executive Management</description><item><title>IMF chief says global economy in holding pattern</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96292773&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:43:00</pubDate><description>LONDON (Reuters) - The global economy is in a holding pattern and vulnerable to more upheaval, and a lasting recovery will depend on policymakers taking the proper steps in coming months, the head of </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>UPDATE 1-KPN and iBasis agree on final, higher offer</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96294871&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:01:00</pubDate><description>AMSTERDAM, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Dutch telecoms group KPN has reached agreement on a final takeover offer for iBasis, ending a battle over the acquisition of the U.S. voice traffic carrier. KPN and iBasis, </description><source>Forbes.com</source></item><item><title>Germany warns fellow EU gov'ts against GM jobs aid</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96300310&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:42:00</pubDate><description>FRANKFURT -- Germany warned fellow European governments on Monday against offering financial aid to General Motors Europe in exchange for job guarantees, hours ahead of a meeting in Brussels to discuss </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>Microsoft, News Corp weigh web pact</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96258241&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:13:00</pubDate><description>News Corp, which owns such papers as the Wall Street Journal and the Sun, started the discussions, which were at an early stage, the source said. News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch has said he wants </description><source>Budapest Business Journal</source></item><item><title>Lloyds to cut another 800 jobs</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96285003&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:05:00</pubDate><description>â?¢ Posts go at Aylesbury centre as Equitable Life transfers admin contract to Indian company â?¢ Announcement takes total Lloyds job losses to 15,000 this year Another 800 posts are being cut at administrative </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Is It Good to Apologize for Greed?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96263435&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:43:00</pubDate><description>What would J.P. Morgan have said about regret expressed by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein? History tells us the apology was a savvy investment If you think the controversy over the gigantic hauls at </description><source>BusinessWeek</source></item><item><title>Volkswagen plans push in south China in market share bid</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96236794&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:14:00</pubDate><description>Watch out General Motors and Ford. Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, plans to more than triple its sales in south China by 2018. Its a key component in the plan to double sales to 2 million units </description><source>USA Today</source></item><item><title>China's Hong Kong expects to increase legal co-op with Vietnam</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96287994&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:26:00</pubDate><description>expects to increase legal co-op with Vietnam - People's Daily Online isIE ? true : $ (id) Class Extend function(destination, source) Bind function(object, fun) Each function(list, //ie only RevealTrans </description><source>People's Daily Online</source></item><item><title>CBI live: leaders debate the economy</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96299447&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:29:00</pubDate><description>CBI live: party leaders debate the economy Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg debate the economy and business at the CBI conference in London 11.23am: Big section on Europe from Brown. Another </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>Landlords step up to rescue Blacks Leisure</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96232334&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T10:33:00</pubDate><description>Property landlords are being given 'little choice' but to agree with a proposed insolvency agreement on Blacks Leisure Group. The sports retailer, Blacks, is on the verge of agreeing a Company Voluntary </description><source>Finance Director</source></item><item><title>Ciena wins bid for Nortel's optical unit</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96306952&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:38:00</pubDate><description>Diana Mehta Toronto  C Ciena's final cash and debt offer was worth $769-million (U.S.), about $248-million more than it initially bid in October. The Maryland-based company emerged on top after a three-day </description><source>Globe and Mail</source></item><item><title>FTSE flies as mining companies benefit from weaker dollar</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96292414&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:37:00</pubDate><description>Leading shares have begun the week brightly, as continuing weakness in the dollar has given a boost to metal prices, and thus the mining sector. The FTSE 100 is currently 82.82 points higher at 5334.23, </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>BHP Strikes Wage Deal with Chile Copper Mine Workers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96263495&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T04:22:00</pubDate><description>Global miner BHP Billiton said on Sunday it had reached a wage deal with the union of workers who have mounted a 41-day strike at its Spence deposit in Chile, and was now waiting for miners to vote on </description><source>CNBC</source></item><item><title>LDK Solar profit falls 67%, sales to beat view</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96307464&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:03:00</pubDate><description>Tech Data net income more than doubles (7:23a) Tyson swings to a fourth-quarter loss (7:42a) Ciena snaps up Nortel's Ethernet assets for $769M (7:31a) New gold bugs taking gold mainstream (12:01a) Story </description><source>MarketWatch</source></item><item><title>Hochtief unit wins contract for 421 million euros</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96302190&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:10:00</pubDate><description>Story Quotes Comments Screener AlertEmail Print By Polya Lesova FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- German construction group Hochtief AG /quotes/comstock/11e!fhot (DE:HOT 56.99, +1.94, +3.52%) said Monday its </description><source>MarketWatch</source></item><item><title>Torino's deal shows Vancouver a path</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96288651&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T10:10:00</pubDate><description>BERT ARCHER TORINO, ITALY  O The agreement in principle, still in final negotiations, is with LiveNation, the Clear Channel entertainment-management spinoff best known for deals with U2, Jay-Z and Madonna. </description><source>Globe and Mail</source></item><item><title>India's Sensex gets lift from Reliance deal news</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96272558&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T05:01:00</pubDate><description>LyondellBasell gets bid from India's Reliance (2:10p) Do weaker data show recovery is stalling? (12:05p) Investors may turn defensive as fizz leaves stocks (5:05p) Hong Kong stocks rebound on commodity </description><source>MarketWatch</source></item><item><title>Car sales rise as confidence grows</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96263040&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T01:09:00</pubDate><description>- 11:47AM Sales of new motor vehicles in Australia rose 3.7 per cent in October from the previous month, a show of consumer resilience that could bode well for retail spending. Data from the Australian </description><source>The Age</source></item><item><title>GM sees China sales rising 50 pct in 2009</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96267746&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:16:00</pubDate><description>GUANGZHOU, Nov 23 (Reuters) - General Motors expects its China sales to rise 50 percent in 2009 and increase 10 to 15 percent in 2010, a company executive said on Monday. The company sold 1.5 million </description><source>Sharenet</source></item><item><title>BofA May Extend C.E.O. Search into 2010, Report Says</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96241747&amp;Channel_ID=40&amp;Category_ID=-1</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:33:00</pubDate><description>Bank of America may extend its search for a new chief executive into next year if its board is unable to pick a candidate in the next four days, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the </description><source>New York Times</source></item></channel></rss>