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EVERYBODY'S in the takeover game. Finding itself no longer the world's No. 1 producer of aluminum, Alcoa Inc. last week tried to regain the lead with a hostile $27 billion bid for Canada's Alcan Inc. If it can't buy Alcan, Alcoa itself will be a take...
DATE: May 16, 2007
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TOKYO (Bloomberg) — Finance ministers of the Group of Eight industrial nations will discuss hedge funds and the global economy at a meeting in Germany this week, Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi said.It's necessary to consider the supervision of th...
DATE: May 16, 2007
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LONDON (AP) — Consumer price inflation in Britain eased to 2.8 percent in April, official figures showed yesterday, but remained stubbornly above the government's target and retained pressure on interest rates.The rate for the 12 months ending in Apr...
DATE: May 16, 2007
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German-based DaimlerChrysler said yesterday it will sell almost all of money-losing Chrysler to a private equity firm for $7.4 billion, backing out of a troubled 1998 takeover aimed at creating a global automotive powerhouse...
DATE: May 15, 2007
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DALLAS (Bloomberg) — Lawyers for workers suing BP Plc over injuries from a 2005 explosion at a Texas refinery stepped up efforts to take testimony from John Browne, who resigned May 1 as BP's chief executive officer.The attorneys asked a judge to fin...
DATE: May 15, 2007
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LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares ended down 0.2 percent as miners fell and inflationary concerns pulled stocks further into the red ahead of data due later in the week.
The FTSE 100 closed at 6,555.5 points, down 10.2 or 0.16 percent...
DATE: May 15, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed narrowly mixed after investors, uneasy about the government's upcoming inflation data, cashed in some of their gains from the market's months-long rally.Blue chip stocks managed a modest increase following DaimlerCh...
DATE: May 15, 2007
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NEW YORK(Bloomberg) — JetBlue Airways named John Ross as vice president of flight operations to direct the carrier's 1,700 pilots, replacing Scott Green.Ross, 59, who will take over his post immediately, had been vice president of system operations s...
DATE: May 15, 2007
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PartnerRe is to buy back up to five million of its common shares.
The company's board of directors have approved the stock repurchase, which reflects an increase of around 1.2 million shares on the buyback amount previously agreed by the company.
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DATE: May 15, 2007
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HAVANA (AP) — The golden arches are nowhere to be found. There's not a single Starbucks or Wal-Mart, and no way to buy a Budweiser, a Corvette or a Dell.But even in Cuba, you can get a Coke.
Despite the US Trading With the Enemy Act, which governs Wa...
DATE: May 15, 2007
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