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LONDON (Reuters) — Britain is the fraud capital of Europe, with almost 20 percent of the population having been a victim of electronic card fraud.More than seven million UK adults — 19 percent of the adult population — have fallen prey to credit and ...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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LONDON (Reuters) — Women-led businesses need more support from the government if female entrepreneurs are to overcome lack of confidence and finance to achieve their real potential, a study said last week.The report by research programme Global Entre...
DATE: Nov 22, 2006
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LONDON (Reuters) — Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. made a 2.7 billion pound ($5.1 billion) offer for the London Stock Exchange yesterday to create a trans-Atlantic market, but it was quickly rejected as inadequate.Nasdaq said the deal would create the world...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has received US antitrust approval to acquire the North American unit of Swiss reinsurer Converium Holdings AG , US officials said yesterday.Antitrust authorities completed their review of the $295 milli...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street was mixed in an erratic session yesterday after a flurry of merger news failed to erase investors’ concerns that a recent run-up has left stocks overbought.Monday’s merger agreements, including a deal by Freeport-McMoRan C...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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SYDNEY (Reuters) — A Mexican proposal for a global fund to help developing countries cope with the costs of natural disasters is getting a good reception from leaders in other parts of the world, Mexico’s finance chief said yesterday.Finance Minister...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) — US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said a thicket of accounting and governance rules may pose a risk to the US economy, and he plans to host a conference early next year to sort through the issue.“While necessary,” new accou...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has received US antitrust approval to acquire the North American unit of Swiss reinsurer Converium Holdings AG , US officials said yesterday.
Antitrust authorities completed their review of the $295 mill...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? South Korean prosecutors indicted US private equity group Lone Star Funds and the Korea Exchange Bank yesterday, stepping up an investigation into the fund?s 2003 acquisition of the Korean lender, Yonhap news agency reported...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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CHICAGO (Bloomberg) ? Shares of Nabors Industries Ltd., the world's largest onshore oil and natural-gas driller, rose as much as eight percent on takeover speculation.
The shares climbed $1.01, or 3.3 percent, to $31.57 at 2.18 p.m. on the New York S...
DATE: Nov 21, 2006
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