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| Early Dividend for Wal-Mart Is Latest Move in Tax Tactics New York Times What a difference six days makes. Enlarge This Image. April L Brown/Associated Press. From left, Jim Walton, Alice Walton and Robson Walton, the children of Wal-Mart's founder, Sam Walton. Walton family members on the board recused themselves from ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| European shares retreat as euro zone worries resume Reuters By Richard Hubbard. LONDON | Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:10am EST. LONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell and the euro dipped on Tuesday after France lost its top-notch credit rating from Moody's, reminding investors of the risks from the euro zone debt ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Glencore Shareholders Vote to Approve Xstrata Merger Wall Street Journal LONDON—Shareholders in commodities giant Glencore International PLC on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a merger with Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata PLC, a deal that would create the world's fourth-largest diversified mining company. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Europe Chiefs Face Greek Aid Gap in Rescue Brinkmanship With IMF Bloomberg European finance ministers will try to plug a 15 billion-euro ($19 billion) hole in Greece's finances and win over the International Monetary Fund in the latest installment of three years of debt-crisis brinkmanship. Recycling European Central Bank profits on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Bank of Japan in the Balance as Next Government Picks Top Posts Bloomberg The government taking office after Japan's Dec. 16 election will pick the central bank's top three jobs, a chance to reshape policy in the third-largest economy that the opposition aims to seize for unlimited stimulus. BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa, criticized ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Australian Dollar up Late as Fiscal Cliff Fears Ease Wall Street Journal The U.S. government has until January to solve the so-called fiscal cliff crisis. Eastspring Investment's Nicholas Ferres talks to the WSJ's Deborah Kan about how he's preparing for the worst-case scenario. SYDNEY--The Australian dollar was higher late ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Credit Suisse to Split Investment Bank Into Two Units Businessweek Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN), the second- biggest Swiss lender, named Gael de Boissard to co-lead its investment bank and said it will merge asset management with the private bank to speed cost-cutting. De Boissard, 45, will join the executive board and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| FOREX-Euro steady as Greece optimism offsets France downgrade Reuters Tue Nov 20, 2012 4:41am EST. * Euro steadies after slip on cut in French rating. * Euro zone finance ministers meet to discuss Greek aid. * Yen near seven-month low after BOJ holds policy. By Nia Williams. LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The euro held steady ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| TEXT-Fitch affirms City of Czestochowa at 'BBB'; outlook stable Reuters Tue Nov 20, 2012 4:27am EST. (The following statement was released by the rating agency). Nov 20 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Polish City of Czestochowa's Long-term foreign and local currency ratings at 'BBB'. Both ratings have Stable Outlooks. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UPDATE 2-Carrefour divests Indonesia unit stake to partner for $673 mln Reuters Tue Nov 20, 2012 3:41am EST. * CT Corp paying $673 mln for 60 pct stake. * Latest move by Carrefour to cut Asia footprint. * CT Corp secures $750 mln loan to buy the stake. * Carrefour shares climb 1.5 pct in early trade. By Christian Plumb and Fathiya ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Hong Kong Stocks Drop, Reversing Gains, as Citic Pacific Slides Bloomberg Hong Kong stocks slid, with the Hang Seng Index dropping for the first time in three days, as Citic Pacific Ltd. (267) declined after filing an injunction in Australian court to stop its mining right from being terminated. Citic Pacific fell 4.3 percent. Tingyi (Cayman ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Olam Slumps After Muddy Waters' Block Questions Accounts Bloomberg Olam International Ltd. (OLAM) slumped the most in six months in Singapore trading after short-seller Carson Block questioned the agricultural commodity trader's accounting methods. The shares declined 7.5 percent to S$1.61 at the close, the lowest since ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rethinking Fracking Research Inside Higher Ed The State University of New York at Buffalo is eliminating a research center whose objectivity has been questioned and whose studies have been controversial in the debate over fracking. Satish K. Tripathi, president of the university, announced the decision ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Changes made in state report on runoff pollution DesMoinesRegister.com Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday released an already controversial report detailing how the state will reduce pollution from farms and sewage treatment plants to help shrink a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, the nation's top commercial fishery. Iowans will ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| State's economy still in a funk TheDay.com A weak October jobs report Monday combined with the release of a quarterly survey of business executives that showed little optimism about future prospects provided more evidence that Connecticut's economic recovery has stalled. "We're in a race to create ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Region's charities have turkeys, need other foods for holiday meals for needy Naples Daily News Scenes from Thanksgiving dinner at St. Matthew's House in East Naples where Florida Governor Rick Scott, center, and his wife, Ann Scott, (not pictured) joined volunteers in servingThanksgiving dinner. St. Matthew's House officials estimate feeding nearly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| California officials release results of first cap-and-trade auction San Bernardino Sun California businesses subjected to the nation's only cap-and-trade policy were able to buy emissions credits at pennies above the minimum price when the state held its inaugural auction for emissions allowances last week. The auction, held Wednesday, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Agencies target deceptive claims Pittsburgh Post Gazette Two government agencies Monday announced a joint effort aimed at cracking down on misleading and deceptive advertisements for home mortgages, including refinancings and reverse mortgages. The Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Lowe's vows to expand its Canadian operations Business First (blog) But the Toronto Star adds that the American home-improvement chain isn't being specific about its plans. Lowe's made a $1.8 billion bid to purchase a Canadian counterpart, Rona, last summer. Rona's board of directors rejected the offer. Robert Niblock, the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 570 Iowans see mortgage relief under settlement WPXI Pittsburgh More than 570 Iowa homeowners have received mortgage relief including loan modifications and refinancing worth more than $19 million as part of a settlement with the nation's five largest mortgage banks. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller says another $7 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Thanksgiving 2012 Travel Forecast: Are You Hitting The Road? Patch.com AAA projects 43.6 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, an increase of 0.7 percent over the 43.3 million people who traveled last year. The agency says this is the fourth consecutive year of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Intel CEO Search Pits Insiders Against Mobile-Chip Vetera Bloomberg Intel Corp. (INTC), seeking a replacement for departing Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini, needs a candidate with credentials internal contenders lack: a record of success in the market for mobile-device semiconductors. The world's largest chipmaker said ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| ECUA Makes Trash Pickup, Office Hour Changes For Thanksgiving NorthEscambia.com Emerald Coast Utilities Authority residential sanitation customers will experience schedule changes to their garbage, recycling and yard trash collection during this Thanksgiving week. The residential collections scheduled for Thursday, November 22 will be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Wal-Mart files legal complaint against growing protests ahead of Black Friday Fox News Wal-Mart is taking legal action against its organized labor opponents, filing an unfair labor practice charge over widespread protests at its stores across the country -- as well as rallies planned for Black Friday, considered the biggest shopping day of the year. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Tyson 4th-Quarter Earnings Nearly Double as Chicken Returns to Black Wall Street Journal Tyson Foods Inc.'s (TSN) fiscal fourth-quarter earnings nearly doubled as the company's chicken business returned to profitability and offset declines in its beef and pork divisions. Investors cheered the better-than-expected results, sending Tyson shares up ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Oil Rises on Middle East Conflict Bloomberg Oil rose to a one-month high amid concern that Middle East unrest will disrupt supply and on growing confidence that a deal can be reached to avoid automatic U.S. spending cuts and tax increases. Prices advanced for a second day as Israeli ground forces ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| U.S. Winter-Wheat Crop Worsens as Dry Weather Curtails Growth Bloomberg The condition of the U.S. winter- wheat crop declined for the third straight week, the government said, as rains missed the driest regions of the Great Plains, slowing plant germination and curtailing growth. An estimated 34 percent of winter crop, the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fiat Industrial Sweetens Offer for CNH Global Wall Street Journal MILAN—Italy's Fiat Industrial SpA has sweetened its offer for a minority stake in its U.S. farm and construction-equipment subsidiary, CNH Global NV, by adding a cash dividend that would represent a 25.6% improvement to its original offer. Fiat Industrial said ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Celgene, Sanofi Executives Charged in Insider Trading Case San Francisco Chronicle (Updates with bail hearing in eighth paragraph.) Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Executives at health-care companies Celgene Corp., Sanofi and Stryker Corp. were among six people charged for their alleged roles in an insider-trading ring that prosecutors said ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| News Summary: SAS avoids imminent bankruptcy after unions approve savings ... Washington Post DODGING A BULLET: Scandinavia's flagship airline SAS averted imminent bankruptcy after all eight unions signed new collective agreements that will see jobs, salaries and pensions cut. PULLING OUT OF A DIVE: Without the unions' green light, SAS, which ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Role reversal will slow climate change Financial Times Barack Obama's choice of destination for his first post-election trip reflects his pivot to Asia. This potentially friction-laden strategy needs to be balanced by pursuing the opportunities for co-operation, especially in US-China relations. Climate change would be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Black Friday door-buster deals worth camping out for Today.com (blog) From Florida to California, Black Friday fever has taken hold earlier than ever as dedicated shoppers camp out in front of major retailers, several of which are expected to open their doors on Thanksgiving Day. NBC's Diana Alvear reports. By TODAY staff ... See all stories on this topic » |
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