The Hand Of Rod
The Australian Labor Party is hoping Rod Eddington can help it rebuild bridges with the business community....
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IMF Boss Says Pressure Grows For Crunch Action
The head of the International Monetary Fund has called for government intervention at a global level to tackle the credit crisis....
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Suicide Blast Kills Sri Lanka Minister, Tigers Blamed
A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber killed Sri Lanka’s highways minister and at least 12 other people attending a marathon race near the capital Colombo yesterday....
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Digital Tools Help Users Save Energy, Study Finds
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Glenn W. Ferguson, Former Ambassador To Kenya, Dies At 78
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US telecoms firm, Global Crossing, considering plans to sell UK arm

Global Crossing, the US telecoms carrier that went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after running up debts of £6 billion on an acquisition spree, is considering plans to sell off or merge its European arm with a competitor.
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Europe’s biggest financial institutions in £8 billion rush for debt

Some of Europe’s biggest financial institutions, including Lloyds TSB and HBOS, have raised €10 billion (£7.9 billion) in the debt markets in the past few days. It is the biggest rush to issue bonds since the credit crisis took hold last summer.
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Orders for Aerion’s Concorde executive jet are more than $3 billion$

The makers of a “son of Concorde” business jet have won more than $3 billion ($1.5 billion) of orders before the first plane has even left the drawing board.$
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Carlsberg launches £3bn rights issue for S&N

Carlsberg, the Danish brewer, has launched a 30.5 billion crowns (£3.26 billion) rights issue on the Copenhagen stock market to pay for its share of Scottish & Newcastle (S&N), the UK brewing group it split with Heineken this year.
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Carlyle to buy part of Booz Allen Hamilton

After months in the doldrums, the buyout market is staging a modest recovery with Carlyle, the private equity group, agreeing to buy part of Booz Allen Hamilton for $2.9 billion.$
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Petrobras shares rise as share offering launched - MarketWatch

Globe and MailPetrobras shares rise as share offering launchedMarketWatchPetroleo Brasileiro, better known as Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) , shares rose 4.3% after the company said it plans to raise about $64 billion in an effort to fund ...Petrobras Seeks $64 Billion From Share SaleWall Street JournalPetrobras Could Raise $75 Billion in OfferingNew York Times (blog)Petrobras Swap Favors BG Over Repsol, Citigroup SaysBusinessWeekThe Am Law Daily -FOXBusiness -AFPall 340 news articles »

Petrobras shares rise as share offering launched - MarketWatch

Globe and MailPetrobras shares rise as share offering launchedMarketWatchPetroleo Brasileiro, better known as Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) , shares rose 4.3% after the company said it plans to raise about $64 billion in an effort to fund ...Petrobras Seeks $64 Billion From Share SaleWall Street JournalPetrobras Could Raise $75 Billion in OfferingNew York Times (blog)Petrobras Swap Favors BG Over Repsol, Citigroup SaysBusinessWeekThe Am Law Daily -FOXBusiness -AFPall 340 news articles »

TPG Sells Stake in Ping An Insurance for $1.16 Billion - Wall Street Journal

The StandardTPG Sells Stake in Ping An Insurance for $1.16 BillionWall Street JournalIn May, TPG sold 160 million Ping An shares at HK$60.60 each for a total of US$1.25 billion. As a result, TPG has raised US$2.41 billion from the Ping An ...Ping An Stock Offering Raises $1.2 BillionNew York Times (blog)PE Firm TPG Raises $1.16 Billion Through Ping An Insurance Stake SaleComtex SmartrendTPG's Newbridge Raises $1.2 Billion in Ping An Stock OfferingBloombergMarketWatch -Bloombergall 64 news articles »

Petrobras shares rise as share offering launched - MarketWatch

Globe and MailPetrobras shares rise as share offering launchedMarketWatchPetroleo Brasileiro, better known as Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) , shares rose 4.3% after the company said it plans to raise about $64 billion in an effort to fund ...Petrobras Seeks $64 Billion From Share SaleWall Street JournalPetrobras Could Raise $75 Billion in OfferingNew York Times (blog)Petrobras Swap Favors BG Over Repsol, Citigroup SaysBusinessWeekThe Am Law Daily -FOXBusiness -AFPall 340 news articles »

TPG Sells Stake in Ping An Insurance for $1.16 Billion - Wall Street Journal

The StandardTPG Sells Stake in Ping An Insurance for $1.16 BillionWall Street JournalIn May, TPG sold 160 million Ping An shares at HK$60.60 each for a total of US$1.25 billion. As a result, TPG has raised US$2.41 billion from the Ping An ...Ping An Stock Offering Raises $1.2 BillionNew York Times (blog)PE Firm TPG Raises $1.16 Billion Through Ping An Insurance Stake SaleComtex SmartrendTPG's Newbridge Raises $1.2 Billion in Ping An Stock OfferingBloombergMarketWatch -Bloombergall 64 news articles »

Republic Airways traffic doubled in August - BusinessWeek

Republic Airways traffic doubled in AugustBusinessWeekThe company said Friday that paying passengers flew 2 billion miles on the company's planes in August, up 120 percent from 907.4 million in the same month a ...Republic Airways Reports August 2010 TrafficMarketWatch (press release)Republic Airways Holdings August Traffic Up 120% - Quick FactsRTT Newsall 47 news articles »

 
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