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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Energizer Bunny is taking on skin care products, wet wipes and sippy cups. Energizer Holdings Inc., known for its infinitely running bunny, will buy Playtex Products Inc. for $1.16 billion as the company expands its portfolio of ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — With Wall Street coming off a record week that saw the Standard & Poor's 500 index and the Dow Jones industrials barrel to record highs, investors will be waiting to see if earnings and economic reports justify the market's huge advan...
DATE: Jul 16, 2007
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and two partners will revise their offer for ABN Amro Holding NV, the biggest Dutch bank, after a court decision on Friday invalidated their earlier bid of [EURO]71.1 billion ($98 billion).The new...
DATE: Jul 16, 2007
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BEIJING (AP) — China has suspended imports of chicken feet, pig ears and other animal products from seven US companies, including the world's largest meat processor, in an apparent attempt to turn the tables on American complaints about tainted produ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Research In Motion Ltd.'s market value exceeded Motorola Inc.'s for the first time as the BlackBerry maker won a greater share of sales with its e-mail- equipped phones.Research In Motion's shares rose 5.6 percent to $227.52 at...
DATE: Jul 16, 2007
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DUBLIN (Bloomberg) — Ritchie Capital Management Ltd.'s two bankrupt funds have a combined debt of $817 million and assets of only $2.1 million, the company disclosed in court filings.The two Ireland-based funds filed for bankruptcy protection in May,...
DATE: Jul 16, 2007
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TORONTO (Reuters) — Higher interest rates might suggest a slide in stocks, but the Canadian economy is just too strong and the Bank of Canada's credit-tightening campaign too mild to cause much concern for the Toronto market.Rising interest rates are...
DATE: Jul 16, 2007
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MOSCOW (Bloomberg) — Russia's government will start taking bids from today for an overseas unit of bankrupt OAO Yukos Oil Co. that controls a 49 percent stake in Transpetrol SA, Slovakia's pipeline operator.The Russian Federal Property Fund will take...
DATE: Jul 16, 2007
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Ace chief executive officer Evan Greenberg was in Lima on Friday to attend the launch of Ace Seguros, the Bermuda insurance giant's new Peruvian operation.
Ace Seguros consists primarily of the insurance operations of Altas Cumbres Life Insurance Com...
DATE: Jul 16, 2007
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Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd. announced on Friday that it has called for redemption all of its outstanding 8.0 percent Series A Preference Ordinary Shares.
The redemption date will be August 14, 2007, and the redemption price will be approximately $2...
DATE: Jul 16, 2007
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