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LONDON (Reuters) - European pharmaceutical stocks, which have languished in the sick bay for months, staged their biggest daily gains in more than four-and-a-half years yesterday as some investors called a bottom to the battered sector.
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DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe's largest bank by market value, may post lower earnings next year as bad-debt provisions and losses rise more than estimated in the US, analysts at Merrill Lynch & Co. said.
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DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Pinewood Shepperton Plc, owner of the studios where James Bond and Harry Potter movies are made, fell the most in two-and-a-half years in London trading after saying production for a "major film" ended before shooting started.
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DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom and Italy's Eni agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture to operate a new gas export pipeline to south Europe costing at least 10 billion euros ($14.83 billion).
Yesterday's deal is a major step towa...
DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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Don't be fooled. They may look like a just a bunch of cartoons, but these doodle's are part of a push to bring about multi-billion dollar co-operation between the emerging giant companies of China and their western counterparts.
And they are also hel...
DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The law firm that helped win $7.2 billion in settlements for Enron investors is seeking nearly $700 million in legal fees for itself and other attorneys who handled the case, according to court documents.
The payout to the firm —...
DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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Leila Madeiros has been promoted to vice president and corporate secretary of the Association of Bermuda Insurers & Reinsurers.
Bermudian Mrs. Madeiros has served as assistant director and corporate secretary for ABIR since May 2006.
"ABIR is fortun...
DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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LONDON (AP) - GlaxoSmithKline plc. will buy heart drug specialist Reliant Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $1.65 billion in cash, the company said on Wednesday.
GSK expects the transaction will add to earnings in 2008 and create additional value in following...
DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) - The market for derivatives grew at the fastest pace in at least nine years to $516 trillion in the first half of 2007, the Bank for International Settlements said.
Credit-default swaps, contracts designed to protect investors aga...
DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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Employment service company Expertise Limited has appointed Sarai Saints as general manager of its payroll services division.
The eight year-old company has made the appointment due to growth in payroll services.
Ms Saints, who joined the company in 2...
DATE: Nov 23, 2007
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