Oil falls towards $118 from record-peak as eyes on Fed

April 28, 2008 on 11:38 pm | In Business News | No Comments

PERTH (Reuters) - Oil eased towards $118 on Tuesday as focus turned to the dollar, after hitting a record a day ago on supply snags in Nigeria and Britain that have combined to shut nearly 2 million barrels per day (bpd) of Atlantic Basin output.

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Stocks ease with all eyes on the Fed

April 28, 2008 on 10:40 pm | In Business News | No Comments

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian investors fine-tuned their portfolios on Tuesday ahead of a U.S. interest rate decision later this …

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Oil surges to record, stocks little changed

April 28, 2008 on 9:30 pm | In Business News | No Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil struck a record near $120 a barrel and stocks were little changed on Monday as caution ahead of a key Federal Reserve decision on interest rates this week overshadowed optimism over a $23 billion takeover offer for chewing gum icon Wm Wrigley Jr Co .

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Tesco trials climate-change labels

April 28, 2008 on 7:20 pm | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Tesco is trialling telling customers about the greenhouse gases emitted from “seed to store” of some products, as it hunts the green pound of customers worried about climate change.

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Mars, Buffett buying Wrigley for $23 billion

April 28, 2008 on 5:01 pm | In Business News | No Comments

CHICAGO (Reuters) - M&M’s candy maker Mars Inc has teamed up with billionaire Warren Buffett to buy the No. 1 chewing gum manufacturer Wm Wrigley Jr Co for $23 billion (11.55 billion pounds), creating the world’s largest confectionery company.

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Iraqis aim to learn from Northern Ireland on investment

April 28, 2008 on 4:58 pm | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - A panel trying to encourage investment in Iraq’s southern province of Basra will tour Northern Ireland this week to learn how a region’s economy can recover after years of conflict, its members said on Monday.

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Oil hits peak near $120 on Nigeria and Britain woes

April 28, 2008 on 3:33 pm | In Business News | No Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil hit a fresh peak near $120 a barrel on Monday as supply outages in Nigeria and Britain shut down nearly 2 million barrels per day (bpd) of output in …

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Mars and Buffett buying Wrigley for $23 billion

April 28, 2008 on 2:04 pm | In Business News | No Comments

CHICAGO (Reuters) - M&M’s candy maker Mars Inc has teamed up with billionaire Warren Buffett to buy No. 1 chewing gum manufacturer Wm Wrigley Jr Co for $23 billion (11.55 billion pounds), creating the world’s largest confectionery company.

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Oil sets record near $120 amid Nigeria outage

April 28, 2008 on 1:15 pm | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil hit a fresh peak near $120 a barrel on Monday as worker strikes in Nigeria and Britain shut down a big chunk of crude production, further tightening global supply.

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Lobby group says EU should drop cross-border mortgages plan

April 28, 2008 on 10:39 am | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Commission should shelve plans to integrate Europe’s fragmented home mortgage markets after so much change across the industry in recent months, according to a UK lobby group.

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