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Australia Brambles: four month sales revenue slips
18 Nov 2009 18:46:05 PST
SYDNEY, Nov 19 - Brambles Ltd <BXB.AX>, the world's top pallet supplier, reported sales in the four months to Oct 31 fell 3 percent over the prior corresponding period, it said in a trading update...
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Obama's Democrats call for trade policy overhaul
18 Nov 2009 13:24:11 PST
WASHINGTON, Nov 18 - Some of U.S. President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats urged him on Wednesday to abandon the Doha round of global trade talks and start over with an agenda to protect labor rights...
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ANALYSIS-UPDATE 1-US financial trade tax faces uphill battle
18 Nov 2009 13:17:36 PST
* Proposals put 0.25 pct tax on certain transactions * Some support in House, but backing elusive elsewhere WASHINGTON, Nov 18 - Proposed taxes on financial transactions face an uphill battle in the United States...
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ANALYSIS-Financial trade tax faces uphill battle in U.S.
18 Nov 2009 10:38:15 PST
* Proposals put 0.25 pct tax on certain transactions * Some support in House, but elsewhere elusive WASHINGTON, Nov 18 - Proposed taxes on financial transactions face an uphill battle in the United States with...
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FUND VIEW-Solaris bets on infrastructure, contractor revival
17 Nov 2009 20:32:05 PST
* Stock-pickers' paradise as market volatility eases * Opportunity in News Corp * Sees healthcare regulatory risk overdone * Shuns Telstra MELBOURNE, Nov 18 - Australian fund manager Solaris Investment Management is backing infrastructure and...
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WRAPUP 1-Singapore, Korean Air eye recovery after slump
10 Nov 2009 17:26:32 PST
* SIA's Q2 net loss S$159 mln vs consensus S$38 mln loss * Korean Air posts second straight net profit * SIA says advance bookings gradually recovering * Japan govt says considering ways to keep...
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UPDATE 4-Northrop to sell $1.65 bln unit to private equity
08 Nov 2009 17:54:02 PST
* Northrop agrees $1.65 billion deal to sell TASC * Follows spate of private equity deals (Adds comment on deal price in paragraph 5, second byline) NEW YORK, Nov 8 - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman...
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UPDATE 3-Northrop to sell $1.65 bln unit to private equity
08 Nov 2009 17:33:13 PST
* Northrop agrees $1.65 billion deal to sell TASC * Follows spate of private equity deals (Updates with more details about financing in graphs 12, 14) NEW YORK, Nov 8 - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman...
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UPDATE 1-Australia's Transurban rejects Canada funds' bid
04 Nov 2009 17:43:12 PST
* Transurban open to takeover talks * Shares surge 20 percent to nine-month high (Adds share reaction) MELBOURNE, Nov 5 - Australian toll road operator Transurban Group <TCL.AX> rejected a takeover approach from two Canadian...
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Australia's Transurban rejects Canada funds' bid
04 Nov 2009 17:42:50 PST
MELBOURNE, Nov 5 - Australian toll-road operator Transurban Group <TCL.AX> has rejected a takeover approach from two Canadian pension funds but said it would be open to talks on bona fide proposals. It said the...
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