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LONDON (Bloomberg) Imperial Chemical Industries Plc shares may advance after newspapers reported Dutch rival Akzo Nobel NV will increase its offer for the UK's largest maker of specialty chemicals.
Akzo may raise its $14.6 billion offer to as much as...
DATE: Jul 30, 2007
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SAO PAULO (Bloomberg) Bermuda-based Cosan SA Industria & Comercio, the world's biggest sugar-cane processor, modified its plan to issue stock in a newly created holding company, giving existing shareholders greater voting rights.
Cosan SA shareholder...
DATE: Jul 30, 2007
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) ¿ As foreign takeovers and private equity buyouts strip the Toronto Stock Exchange of some of its biggest names, institutional investors are increasingly shifting their gaze outside Canada.
Those investors with m...
DATE: Jul 30, 2007
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More Bermudians than ever are enjoying the luxury lifestyle according to the latest figures released by Coldwell Banker Bermuda Realty.
They accounted for 60 percent of the approximate $35 million in luxury homes sales, with the average price of a lu...
DATE: Jul 30, 2007
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) ABN Amro Holding NV has decided to drop its endorsement of an agreement to be acquired by Barclays PLC following a higher bid from a consortium of banks led by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, newspapers reported yesterday.
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DATE: Jul 30, 2007
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Bermuda-based Genpact, which provides offshore business services to General Electric Co. and other companies, hopes to raise up to $630 million from an initial public offering this week.
Genpact aims to sell 35.3 million shares, priced $16 to $18, ma...
DATE: Jul 30, 2007
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TOKYO (Reuters) ¿ A crushing election defeat for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling camp yesterday could hurt Tokyo shares, boost bonds and raise questions about the chance of an early interest rate hike, market analysts said.
Abe's conservative ruli...
DATE: Jul 30, 2007
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DENVER (AP) Joe Nacchio, the former Qwest Communications chief who was forced to resign during a multibillion-dollar accounting scandal, was sentenced to six years in prison for illegally selling $52 million in stock while not telling investors that ...
DATE: Jul 30, 2007
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The foreign currency market is the largest, most liquid market in the world. Trillions of dollars change hands ¿ 24 hours a day, five and a half days a week. When residents or businesses operating here wish to travel, buy foreign goods, open an inves...
DATE: Jul 28, 2007
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A couple of weeks ago, a newspaper report in the UK stated that schools would start teaching students in that country how money works, as part of the curriculum. I can't decide if this is a good thing or not.
Obviously on the face of it, teaching mon...
DATE: Jul 28, 2007
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