Posted Saturday July 5, 2008, 12:13 am, Over one day old
Reuters - Unionized employees of Hyundai Motor Co
(005380.KS) will walk off the job for four hours next week to
push for a pay increase, the auto maker's union said on
Saturday.
Read Hyundai union calls for work stoppage next week
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Posted Saturday July 5, 2008, 12:13 am, Over one day old
Reuters - Merrill Lynch & Co may sell
its 20 percent stake in financial news and data provider
Bloomberg LP to a blind trust controlled by New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg, The New York Post reported on Friday.
Read Merrill nears deal to sell Bloomberg stake: report
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Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 12:13 am, Over one day old
Reuters - The buyers of telecoms company BCE Inc
are sticking to the agreed C$34.8-billion ($34.1 billion)
purchase price and have finalized the funding for the deal to
go ahead, the company said on Friday.
Read BCE buyers finalize funding
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Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 12:13 am, Over one day old
Reuters - Battered Swiss bank UBS said on Friday
it should be saved from another hefty loss in the second
quarter by a large tax credit, giving a much-needed though
short-lived boost to its share price.
Read Tax credit to save UBS from hefty loss
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Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 12:13 am, Over one day old
Reuters - Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert
Kimmitt said on Friday he was confident about the United
States' economic fundamentals in the long term despite a
current rough patch and was quite optimistic about the future.
Read Kimmitt confident in economic fundamentals
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Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 12:13 am, Over one day old
Reuters - Goldman Sachs said the European banks sector
needs to raise about 60 billion to 90 billion euros ($94 to
$141 billion), or withhold one year of dividends, to reach an
aggregate Tier I ratio of 9 percent -- a level achieved by
European banks that have recapitalized recently.
Read European banks need to raise up to $141 billion: Goldman
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Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 12:13 am, Over one day old
Reuters - World stocks slipped back towards this
week's five-month low on Friday as steadying oil prices failed
to erase concerns about slowing economic growth and rising
inflation, and as banking stocks came under renewed pressure.
Read World stocks slip again
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Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 12:13 am, Over one day old
AP - Origin Energy Ltd., Australia's second largest power retailer, rejected a $13 billion takeover bid Friday from British natural gas producer BG Group.
Read Australia's Origin Energy rejects BG's $13B bid
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Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 12:13 am, Over one day old
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Posted Friday July 4, 2008, 12:13 am, Over one day old
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Dow rose on Thursday, a day after
the blue-chip average entered a bear market, on relief payrolls
data was not as weak as some had feared and with another record
oil price boosting energy shares.
Read Energy shares, tame jobs data lift Dow
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