ArcelorMittal buys Macarthur Coal stake

May 20, 2008 on 10:42 pm | In Business News | No Comments

PERTH (Reuters) - ArcelorMittal , the world’s top steel maker, is in talks with Australia’s Macarthur Coal after buying a 15 percent stake in the company, setting up a possible bidding war for the A$4.4 billion (2.1 billion pound) group and pushing its shares up 14 percent.

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HP profit margin hits 10 percent

May 20, 2008 on 9:00 pm | In Business News | No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard , the world’s biggest computer maker, on Tuesday posted a higher quarterly operating margin after cost cuts, and said strong growth abroad offset some weakness in the United States.

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Fiat mulls low-cost car brand

May 20, 2008 on 8:54 pm | In Business News | No Comments

TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - Italy’s Fiat is thinking about creating a new brand for a low-cost car it is developing, according to its chief executive.

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Thomson named as top Wall Street Journal editor

May 20, 2008 on 8:02 pm | In Business News | No Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch appointed Robert Thomson as the top editor of The Wall Street Journal, the company said on Tuesday, succeeding Marcus Brauchli, who resigned under pressure last month.

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Lehman cutting about 1,300 jobs globally-source

May 20, 2008 on 6:17 pm | In Business News | No Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings is cutting roughly 1,300 positions globally, or nearly 5 percent of its work force, amid difficult market conditions, a person briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.

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May 20, 2008 on 6:17 pm | In Business News | No Comments

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Oil hits record near $130

May 20, 2008 on 4:38 pm | In Business News | No Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crude oil prices scaled a new peak near $130 a barrel on Tuesday amid deepening worries over tight global stockpiles and signals from OPEC that no additional supplies are forthcoming to ease the crunch.

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Lehman cutting about 1,300 jobs globally

May 20, 2008 on 4:36 pm | In Business News | No Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings is cutting roughly 1,300 positions globally, or nearly 5 percent of its work force, amid difficult market conditions, a person briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.

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Labour aims for more corporate tax cuts

May 20, 2008 on 3:12 pm | In Business News | No Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain aims to cut corporation tax again in the long term but wants a revenue neutral package, Chancellor Alistair Darling said on Tuesday, as businesses grow increasingly critical about the UK tax burden.

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Oil leaps to new record near $130 a barrel

May 20, 2008 on 2:27 pm | In Business News | No Comments

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