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ISS plans $2.4bn Danish listing
The Danish outsourcing group is looking to tap into rising demand from cash-strapped western governments as it gears up for the biggest stock market listing in Europe so far this year
Manufacturing data lift Wall Street
The wider markets edged to new 30-month highs as blockbuster manufacturing data outweighed disappointing employment numbers
Cotton prices hit record as mills scramble
The cotton industry reeling as price prices shoot up after floods in Pakistan and surging demand from China as well as trade restrictions imposed by India have created shortages
Battle lines drawn between Della Valle and Geronzi
Diego Della Valle clearly wants to make sure his presence at Assicurazioni Generali is being felt – even though Cesare Geronzi is presumably in no mood to hoist the white flag
Australia farmers confront cyclone damage
Queensland farmers face significant losses to sugar cane and banana crops, as lower output has helped propel the sugar price to a 30-year high
German defence minister denies plagiarism
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Germany’s most popular politician, has been caught in a political storm following allegations of plagiarism in his law dissertation
US troops set for longer Afghan stay
US surge in Afghanistan is likely to stay in place long beyond Barack Obama’s initial plan to pull troops out in large numbers this year
Rentokil FY pretax profit rises
18 FEB 2011 07:30 GMT
LONDON (Reuters) - Pest control and cleaning firm Rentokil Initial Plc posted a 15 percent rise in full-year pretax profit and said it will focus on improving its struggling City Link business in 2011.
Pincer effect marks staples turning point
Consumer staples groups are having a tough reporting season with raw materials inflation pushing up costs while competition in to tap into emerging markets grows
US doubts over India jet fighter partner
The US government has expressed doubt about the suitability of corporate partnership with Indian state aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Madoff clean-up fees set to top $1.3bn
Winters lands in bay of plenty
Former JPMorgan Chase executive Bill Winters has found new premises for his fund management venture Renshaw Bay in one of Lord Rothschild's buildings in St James's Place
Brussels attacks rules on tax avoidance
European Commission says Revenue & Customs rules aimed at preventing tax avoidance stop investors moving their wealth abroad impinge on principles of the single market
Cotton prices hit record as mills scramble
Gains of 171 per cent from a year ago and warnings of more rises have left the industry reeling
Asian stocks set for best week in 2 months
Reuters Friday 18 February 2011 03:44
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks are set to finish their best week in two months as investors scooped up bargains amid signs that heavy selling of the past few weeks was drawing to a close. In the currency market, the Swiss franc was the main beneficiary of safety bids triggered by mounting tension in the Middle East.
BAA loses bid to appeal airports sale order
Reuters Friday 18 February 2011 03:44
LONDON (Reuters) - BAA will have to break up its network of airports after a court rejected on Thursday its bid to challenge a sale order by the competition watchdog. In March 2009, the Competition Commission ordered BAA to sell London's Stansted Airport and either Glasgow or Edinburgh airports in Scotland within two years.
Anglo American to keep its cash for investment
Reuters Friday 18 February 2011 03:44
LONDON (Reuters) - Anglo American, the world's No.4 diversified miner, is expected to buck the trend set by its biggest rivals and keep its cash for investment when it reports a jump in annual profits later on Friday. Rivals BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto , flush with cash as demand from China helps fuel a commodity price boom, announced billion dollar buybacks alongside recent results.
Anna Nicole Smith: big in life, now big in opera
18 FEB 2011 03:18 GMT
LONDON (Reuters) - The tabloid life of Playboy centrefold Anna Nicole Smith, who bought big breasts, married an oil billionaire and gave birth on TV, has made it to the opera stage in London in a production true to operatic tradition.
Daewoo wins $2 bln Maersk order, talks on $2 bln more:source
18 FEB 2011 06:51 GMT
HONG KONG/SEOUL (Reuters) - Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won a $2 billion order from A.P. Moeller-Maersk AS to build 10 of the world's biggest type of container ships , a source said on Friday.
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Acron asks Putin to stop potash merger: report
18 FEB 2011 06:13 GMT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian fertilizer producer, Acron , is asking Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the country's most influential politician, to block a merger between two potash producers, business daily Vedomosti wrote on Friday.
The Danish outsourcing group is looking to tap into rising demand from cash-strapped western governments as it gears up for the biggest stock market listing in Europe so far this year
Manufacturing data lift Wall Street
The wider markets edged to new 30-month highs as blockbuster manufacturing data outweighed disappointing employment numbers
Cotton prices hit record as mills scramble
The cotton industry reeling as price prices shoot up after floods in Pakistan and surging demand from China as well as trade restrictions imposed by India have created shortages
Battle lines drawn between Della Valle and Geronzi
Diego Della Valle clearly wants to make sure his presence at Assicurazioni Generali is being felt – even though Cesare Geronzi is presumably in no mood to hoist the white flag
Australia farmers confront cyclone damage
Queensland farmers face significant losses to sugar cane and banana crops, as lower output has helped propel the sugar price to a 30-year high
German defence minister denies plagiarism
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Germany’s most popular politician, has been caught in a political storm following allegations of plagiarism in his law dissertation
US troops set for longer Afghan stay
US surge in Afghanistan is likely to stay in place long beyond Barack Obama’s initial plan to pull troops out in large numbers this year
Rentokil FY pretax profit rises
18 FEB 2011 07:30 GMT
LONDON (Reuters) - Pest control and cleaning firm Rentokil Initial Plc posted a 15 percent rise in full-year pretax profit and said it will focus on improving its struggling City Link business in 2011.
Pincer effect marks staples turning point
Consumer staples groups are having a tough reporting season with raw materials inflation pushing up costs while competition in to tap into emerging markets grows
US doubts over India jet fighter partner
The US government has expressed doubt about the suitability of corporate partnership with Indian state aerospace company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Madoff clean-up fees set to top $1.3bn
The army of lawyers and consultants helping to recover funds from Bernard Madoff’s $19.6bn fraud stands to earn more than $1.3bn in fees
Winters lands in bay of plenty
Former JPMorgan Chase executive Bill Winters has found new premises for his fund management venture Renshaw Bay in one of Lord Rothschild's buildings in St James's Place
Brussels attacks rules on tax avoidance
European Commission says Revenue & Customs rules aimed at preventing tax avoidance stop investors moving their wealth abroad impinge on principles of the single market
Cotton prices hit record as mills scramble
Gains of 171 per cent from a year ago and warnings of more rises have left the industry reeling
Asian stocks set for best week in 2 months
Reuters Friday 18 February 2011 03:44
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks are set to finish their best week in two months as investors scooped up bargains amid signs that heavy selling of the past few weeks was drawing to a close. In the currency market, the Swiss franc was the main beneficiary of safety bids triggered by mounting tension in the Middle East.
BAA loses bid to appeal airports sale order
Reuters Friday 18 February 2011 03:44
LONDON (Reuters) - BAA will have to break up its network of airports after a court rejected on Thursday its bid to challenge a sale order by the competition watchdog. In March 2009, the Competition Commission ordered BAA to sell London's Stansted Airport and either Glasgow or Edinburgh airports in Scotland within two years.
Anglo American to keep its cash for investment
Reuters Friday 18 February 2011 03:44
LONDON (Reuters) - Anglo American
Anna Nicole Smith: big in life, now big in opera
18 FEB 2011 03:18 GMT
LONDON (Reuters) - The tabloid life of Playboy centrefold Anna Nicole Smith, who bought big breasts, married an oil billionaire and gave birth on TV, has made it to the opera stage in London in a production true to operatic tradition.
Daewoo wins $2 bln Maersk order, talks on $2 bln more:source
18 FEB 2011 06:51 GMT
HONG KONG/SEOUL (Reuters) - Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering has won a $2 billion order from A.P. Moeller-Maersk AS to build 10 of the world's biggest type of container ships , a source said on Friday.
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Acron asks Putin to stop potash merger: report
18 FEB 2011 06:13 GMT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian fertilizer producer, Acron , is asking Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the country's most influential politician, to block a merger between two potash producers, business daily Vedomosti wrote on Friday.
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