334 News Items Found. Displaying Results 111-120
| 13:41:36 GMT - 2008-09-08 |
| Altria to buy UST for $10.4 billion
(Reuters)
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CHICAGO (Reuters) -
Altria Group Inc (MO.N) has agreed to
buy UST Inc (UST.N), the largest U.S. smokeless tobacco maker,
for $10.4 billion in a...
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| 13:05:40 GMT - 2008-09-08 |
| British mortgage lender Nationwide snaps up struggling peers
(AFP)
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LONDON (AFP) -
Nationwide Building Society, the second biggest lender of home loans in Britain, said Monday it had agreed to buy two smaller peers st...
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| 15:44:02 GMT - 2008-09-06 |
| Alitalia adviser to meet BA on rescue plan: report
(Reuters)
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CERNBOBBIO (Reuters) -
Alitalia's (AZPIa.MI) adviser will
soon present its rescue plan for the airline to British Airways
(BAY.L), considered b...
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| 05:04:16 GMT - 2008-09-06 |
| U.S. to take control of Fannie and Freddie: reports
(Reuters)
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -
The U.S. government plans
to put government sponsored mortgage finance companies Fannie
Mae (FNM.N) and Freddie Mac...
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| 01:22:41 GMT - 2008-09-06 |
| Greenberg could pay fine of up to $100 million: report
(Reuters)
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -
Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the former
CEO of American International Group Inc (AIG.N), could face a
fine of up to ...
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| 14:32:10 GMT - 2008-09-05 |
| Home foreclosures reach record high
(Reuters)
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -
U.S. home foreclosures and the rate of
homes entering foreclosure rose to record highs in the second
quarter, the Mortgage Ban...
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| 12:52:39 GMT - 2008-09-05 |
| Pimco names El-Erian CEO; Thompson to retire
(Reuters)
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -
Pacific Investment Management Co, the
world's biggest manager of bond funds, named Mohamed El-Erian
as its sole chief exec...
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| 20:19:07 GMT - 2008-09-04 |
| Slow August sales signal more weakness in retail
(AP)
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NEW YORK - When it came to buying their children new jeans and trendy tops, parents held the line: They focused on basics at discounters and waited fo...
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| 15:47:27 GMT - 2008-09-04 |
| Many retailers report sluggish August sales
(AP)
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NEW YORK - Many of the nation's retailers struggled with a sluggish back-to-school season, though Wal-Mart posted higher August sales Thursday as shop...
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| 14:49:02 GMT - 2008-09-04 |
| CFTC probing false oil inventory reports: report
(Reuters)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
The U.S. futures market regulator is
investigating whether companies are reporting false oil
inventory levels to benefit the...
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