China planning to buy stake in BHP Billiton: report

April 8, 2008 on 9:23 pm | In Business News | No Comments

SYDNEY (Reuters) - China is planning to buy a more than 9 percent stake in miner BHP Billiton Ltd in a bid to interfere in BHP’s proposed acquisition of rival Rio Tinto Ltd , The Australian newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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Konica Minolta to buy Danka U.S. unit

April 8, 2008 on 8:47 pm | In Business News | No Comments

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Konica Minolta Holdings Inc said on Wednesday it would buy a U.S. unit of office imaging equipment supplier Danka Business Systems for around $240 million (122 million pounds).

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March consumer morale hits series low

April 8, 2008 on 7:49 pm | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Consumer morale fell in March to its lowest levels in four years, according to a survey from the Nationwide Building Society on Wednesday.

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Citigroup near sale of $12 bln loans

April 8, 2008 on 7:34 pm | In Business News | No Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc , the largest U.S. bank, is close to selling about $12 billion (6 billion pounds) of leveraged loans and bonds to a group of private equity firms, people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.

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China planning to buy stake in BHP Billiton

April 8, 2008 on 7:30 pm | In Business News | No Comments

SYDNEY (Reuters) - China is planning to buy a more than 9 percent stake in miner BHP Billiton Ltd as part of a plan to interfere in the miner’s …

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Permanent job placements pick up in March

April 8, 2008 on 7:15 pm | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Permanent job placements rebounded in March but demand for staff and wage inflation eased, a survey showed on Wednesday.

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Advertising watchdog refers Ryanair to OFT

April 8, 2008 on 7:12 pm | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said on Wednesday it has referred Irish budget airline Ryanair to the Office of Fair Trading for what it called persistent and misleading claims about its fares.

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Government appoints head of mortgage finance working group

April 8, 2008 on 7:08 pm | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - The government will appoint former HBOS chief executive Sir James Crosby on Wednesday to head a working group on ways to improve the functioning of the country’s mortgage markets.

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Citigroup near sale of $12 bln loans: sources

April 8, 2008 on 6:50 pm | In Business News | No Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc , the largest U.S. bank, is close to selling about $12 billion of leveraged loans and bonds to a group of private equity firms, people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.

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Conoco and BP team up for Alaska gas pipeline

April 8, 2008 on 6:40 pm | In Business News | No Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips and BP Plc said on Tuesday they would partner to build a natural gas pipeline costing more than $30 billion (15.2 billion pounds) to link Alaska’s North Slope with markets in the rest of the United States by 2018.

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