BHP sees highly profitable growth to 2012
June 4, 2008 on 11:08 pm | In Business News | No CommentsMELBOURNE (Reuters) - BHP Billiton , the world’s top miner, said on Thursday it expects more reliable and profitable production growth over the next five years than rival Rio Tinto , which it is trying to buy for $170 billion (87 billion pounds).
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HarperCollins chief seen to leave
June 4, 2008 on 10:59 pm | In Business News | No CommentsNEW YORK (Reuters) - The chief executive of News Corp’s HarperCollins Publishers, Jane Friedman, is leaving, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.
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Asian stocks fall on credit and inflation fears
June 4, 2008 on 10:55 pm | In Business News | No CommentsHONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell on Thursday as worries that persistent global inflation will require higher interest rates, even as banks grapple with a credit crisis, overshadowed a 3-day decline in oil prices.
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Oil falls below $122 on growing demand concerns
June 4, 2008 on 10:48 pm | In Business News | No CommentsSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil edged down on Thursday, adding to the past two sessions’ $5 losses, as India and Malaysia’s decisions to raise fuel costs, …
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Yahoo still talking to Microsoft
June 4, 2008 on 7:52 pm | In Business News | No CommentsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday that talks were still on with Microsoft Corp and trumpeted new advertising deals, but it failed to appease critic Carl Icahn who called its board’s moves “deceitful.”
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Verizon in talks to buy Alltel
June 4, 2008 on 4:35 pm | In Business News | No CommentsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless is in talks to buy rural mobile service provider Alltel Corp for about $27 billion (13.8 billion pounds) in debt and cash to create a company that would overtake AT&T Inc as the No. 1 U.S. mobile service, a source familiar with the talks told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Oil falls on U.S. fuel stock build, demand worries
June 4, 2008 on 3:21 pm | In Business News | No CommentsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil fell more than $2 on Wednesday after government data showed a sharp rise in U.S. gasoline inventories and more Asian countries cut fuel subsidies, adding to global demand concerns.
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Bernanke says rising inflation expectations a concern
June 4, 2008 on 3:19 pm | In Business News | No CommentsCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday policy-makers were concerned by signs of rising …
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Oil falls on U.S. fuel stock build
June 4, 2008 on 2:12 pm | In Business News | No CommentsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil fell more than $1 on Wednesday after government data showed a sharp rise in U.S. gasoline inventories and more Asian countries cut fuel subsidies, adding to …
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British Airways says traffic down as outlook darkens
June 4, 2008 on 1:58 pm | In Business News | No CommentsLONDON (Reuters) - British Airways warned that economic pressures on passengers may soon have a significant impact on demand for flights as it reported May traffic down 0.7 percent year-on-year on Wednesday.
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