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NEW YORK (Reuters) — Blackstone Group LP yesterday said it planned to raise as much as $7.75 billion from selling stakes to the public and to China, in perhaps the year's most eagerly awaited US initial public offering.In a filing with the US Securit...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) — British music company EMI agreed to a $2.4 billion ($4.73 billion) cash takeover from private equity group Terra Firma yesterday in what could be a final snub to long-term suitor and rival Warner Music.The offer of 265 pence a shar...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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Favouritism runs rife
May 15, 2007
Dear Sir,
The Brown Government just doesn’t get it! Lessons learned from the Bermuda Housing Corporation saga have been forgotten with each succeeding Cabinet shuffle. The recent disclosure that the Government’s gra...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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Is the incidence of disease rising in the elderly?
It may seem that disease is becoming more rampant in the elderly. It may seem that too many people you know are losing their sight, have osteoporosis or some other debilitating condition you had figu...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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SYDNEY (Bloomberg) Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index rose to a record high, led by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto Group, as prices of copper and nickel climbed.CSL and Aristocrat Leisure led gains among companies with US earnings after consumer confidence i...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Taking lots of vitamins does not reduce the likelihood of catching pneumonia, at least among well-nourished women, according to a new report."In malnourished individuals and in the elderly, there is some evidence to suppor...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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This Thursday will mark the 20th year since the Island’s cyclists were officially given the green light to race from Somerset to Hamilton on Heritage Day. And appropriately enough, since 1999 the event has been named in memory of one of the sport’s d...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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Greg Hopkins
A basic human right - to work and contribute to society
In February, The Department of Human Affairs published a request for Expressions of Interest for the job of assisting Government in its review of the Human Rights Act. This review will be quite ...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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One of the Island’s best known May 24 Marathon Derby competitors is questioning the changing of the event’s name and the decision to make it a measured half-marathon course that starts and finishes on a road.
Scotsman Mike Whalley, who has been on th...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese state fund that is buying a $3 billion stake in US private equity firm Blackstone Group LP wants to avoid a political backlash when it makes other investments abroad, an official involved in the deal said yesterday.The new fu...
DATE: May 22, 2007
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