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New UK markets watchdog told to improve its game
ReutersBy Huw Jones LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - Britain's new markets watchdog lacks clarity and must be bolder about protecting consumers hit by years of misleading sales tactics, two former top policymakers said on Thursday. The financial crisis prompted...Tags: Marketing, United Kingdom, Consumers, Money and Monetary Policy, Financial and Business Services
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Exclusive: Goldman offers top clients automated block trading
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has quietly offered some top clients a tool that allows them to plug into its trading system and buy or sell large blocks of stock electronically. The technology is part of a broader platform called Marquee,...Tags: Marketing, Bank of America Corp., Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Citigroup Incorporated, Prices
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Reuters(Adds Google, Dish, Kapstone and others; updates Elan, JBS SA, ONGC, Marubeni Corp, Travelers Co) June 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2015 GMT on Monday: ** Google Inc is finalizing a deal to...Tags: T-Mobile, Marubeni Corporation, Softball, Economy, Business and Finance, Restructuring and Recapitalization
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KapStone Paper to buy Longview Fibre for $1.03 billion
ReutersNEW YORK, June 10 (Reuters) - KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp said on Monday it struck a deal to buy Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging Inc for $1.03 billion in cash, in a move to bulk up its production of containerboard used in making cardboard boxes....Tags: Bank of America Corp., Longview Fibre Company, Wells Fargo & Co.
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Barclays chair doesn't see Sumitomo stake sale leading to others
ReutersMONTREAL, June 10 (Reuters) - The sale by Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp of about half its stake in UK lender Barclays Plc does not mean other major shareholders are likely to follow suit, Barclays Chairman David Walker said on Monday. "My...Tags: Japan
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US power regulator's JPMorgan case could be on summer simmer
ReutersBy Patrick Rucker and Scott DiSavino WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, May 31 (Reuters) - Even before the chief U.S. power market regulator announced his resignation this week, the agency pursuing a contested probe against JPMorgan Chase & Co for alleged market...Tags: Dan Kildee, Marketing, Energy Resources, Politics, Dwayne Johnson
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PRESS DIGEST - British Business - May 31
ReutersMay 31 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Telegraph EUROPE ROWS BACK ON FTT PLANS European countries pressing for...Tags: Corporate Crime, Economy, Business and Finance, Media Industry, Labor Markets, News Corp.
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Shuanghui's Smithfield deal pushes M.Stanley to top of Asia M&A tables
ReutersBy Denny Thomas HONG KONG, May 30 (Reuters) - Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd's $4.7 billion agreed offer for Smithfield Foods Inc has injected life back into Asian M&A, and helped Morgan Stanley to claim the top slot in the advisory league table in...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Japan, Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, China
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Lehman, Barclays battle over 2008 sale goes before appeals panel
Reuters* Lehman accuses Barclays of asset grab * Matter has been appealed twice * Outcome significant for Lehman brokerage creditors By Nick Brown NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers' defunct brokerage told an appeals court on Wednesday it was...Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Bankruptcy, Lawyers, Judges
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Sears Burning Through Cash, Sapping Lampert's Time To Divest
Sears Cash Burn Saps Lampert's Time to Divest: Corporate Finance Sears Holdings Corp., which reported a quarterly loss more than four times analysts' estimates last week, will exhaust its cash within five months at its current burn rate, endangering a...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, JC Penney Company Inc., Nordstrom, Inc., Restructuring and Recapitalization, Sears Canada Inc.
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PRESS DIGEST - British Business - May 28
ReutersMay 28 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Telegraph HSBC VETERAN NIALL BOOKER TO LEAD TROUBLED CO-OP BANK Niall...Tags: Foreign Aid, Economic Sanctions, HSBC Holdings plc, International Organizations, United Kingdom
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Dish adds Scotiabank to finance Sprint deal -sources
ReutersBy Nicola Leske May 23 (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp has added Canada's Scotiabank to the four banks it had already lined up to finance its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, according to two people familiar with the matter. Reuters reported on...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Japan, Royal Bank of Canada, Finance
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