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Former UBS AG Chief Executive Officer Marcel Rohner will take a 5 percent stake in a new Swiss bank that will open for business next year. The bank, founded by Thomas Matter and Daniel Hefti , will have equity capital of 20 million francs and 10 million francs ($10.3 million) in additional paid-in capital, according to... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Two U.S. senators are preparing to propose a China currency measure as an amendment to legislation extending tax breaks, according to two people familiar with the proposal. Senators Sherrod Brown , an Ohio Democrat, and Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican, plan to submit the amendment today, said the people, who spoke on... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Money managers tend to become fond of their favorite stock screens, just as baseball players tend to prefer one bat over others. One of my favorite screens is growth at a low price. I define a GALP stock as one that shows average annual earnings growth of 25 percent or more over the past five years, yet sells for 12 ti... | en | <|formal|> | {
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German investor confidence probably rose for a second month in December as Europe’s largest economy powered ahead of its euro-area neighbors. The ZEW Center for European Economic Research in Mannheim will say its index of investor and analyst expectations, which aims to predict developments six months in advance, incre... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Qantas Airways Ltd. , Australia’s biggest carrier, agreed to buy Western Australian charter operator Network Aviation as a mining expansion in the country’s Pilbara region boosts demand for flights. The airline plans to expand the charter carrier, which operates eight aircraft with between 30 and 100 seats, Qantas said... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Arabica-coffee futures jumped the most in three weeks as excessive rain hurt crops in Colombia, the second-largest grower. Flooding has threatened crops, damaged roads and delayed agriculture shipments, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service said on Dec. 10. The unusually heavy rain from a La... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Bank of England Deputy Governor Charles Bean said the strength of inflation has increased the risk to price expectations and there may also be less spare capacity in the economy than previously assumed. “Given the unexpected strength of inflation in recent months, this risk has probably increased of late,” Bean said in... | en | <|formal|> | {
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International Business Machines Corp. , the world’s biggest computer-services provider, plans to sell $1 billion of 18-month floating-rate notes as soon as today, its first offering of the securities in more than a year. The notes may yield 3 basis points more than the three- month London interbank offered rate, a lend... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Blackstone Group LP named Michael Chae , a senior managing director in its private-equity group, to head the firm’s buyout investing business in Asia. Chae, 42, will also be responsible for marketing to clients in the region while Ben Jenkins will continue to focus on deal- making, Blackstone said today in a statement ... | en | <|formal|> | {
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The Obama administration’s health- care overhaul unconstitutionally requires Americans to maintain a minimum level of health insurance, a federal judge ruled, striking down the linchpin of the plan. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson in Richmond, Virginia, said yesterday that the mandate on individuals in President Barac... | en | <|formal|> | {
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World steeplechase champion Marta Dominguez may lose multiple titles if there’s proof she doped, Jose Maria Odriozola , president of the Spanish track and field federation, said today. Dominguez, described as Spain’s “Grand Dame” of track and field by El Pais newspaper, is one of 14 people being investigated after poli... | en | <|formal|> | {
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The torn aorta that led to the death of Richard Holbrooke , the U.S. envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is an uncommon disorder that isn’t always recognized, doctors said. Holbrooke died today at age 69, at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, according to a member of his staff and a friend. He had bee... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Al Golden was hired as head football coach at the University of Miami after leading Temple University in Philadelphia to back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in 30 years. Golden, 41, succeeds Randy Shannon , who was fired Nov. 27 after a 7-5 season. Golden has spent the past five seasons at Temple and led th... | en | <|formal|> | {
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UniCredit SpA ’s planned sale of its Pioneer Global Asset Management SpA unit may hit a snag after a $19.6 billion lawsuit by the trustee liquidating Bernard L. Madoff ’s investment firm. Trustee Irving Picard on Dec. 10 sued Pioneer, UniCredit and its former chief executive officer, Alessandro Profumo , Bank Austria, ... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Australia’s four biggest banks may cut their borrowing costs by as much as 40 percent selling covered bonds after European lenders pushed sales of the asset- backed debt to a record. Westpac Banking Corp., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. and National Australia Bank Ltd. may be... | en | <|formal|> | {
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General Electric Co. agreed to buy Wellstream Holdings Plc , a U.K.-based oilfield-services provider focused on Brazil, for 800 million pounds ($1.3 billion) in the company’s second purchase in the industry this year. Wellstream’s stockholders will receive 786 pence a share, including a 6 pence special cash dividend, G... | en | <|formal|> | {
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The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in South Africa. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names and prices are from the last close. South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell for a second day, losing 128.85, or 0.4 percent, to 31,488.81 at the 5 p.m. close... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Algeria is withholding 100 billion yen ($1.2 billion) in payments owed to Japanese contractors, including Kajima Corp., for a highway construction project in the northern African country, the Asahi newspaper said. Algeria refused to pay the money on grounds that the companies had failed to meet the terms of the contrac... | en | <|formal|> | {
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The United Nations climate agreement may encourage billions of dollars of private investment in protecting forests by allowing for emissions savings to be more accurately measured, according to the Tropical Forest Group lobby. A group of envoys representing 193 nations agreed on a plan to protect forests, known as Redu... | en | <|formal|> | {
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India may expand its rules that require solar-power projects to use domestic suppliers for a portion of their equipment, a government official said. A regulation that Indian-made equipment be used in solar plants may be extended beyond 2013 to include inverters, Deepak Gupta, secretary of the Ministry of New and Renewa... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Canadian industrial companies’ use of their production capacity rose more than predicted in the third quarter, the fifth straight advance from last year’s record low, led by manufacturing. The share of plant capacity in use increased to 78.1 percent in the July-September period from a revised 76.9 percent in the previo... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce was fired today by the Premier League club, which last month became the first Indian-owned English soccer team. “We have taken this decision as part of our wider plans and ambitions for the club,” poultry firm Venky’s Group said on the team’s website. Allardyce and assistant manag... | en | <|formal|> | {
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China Datang Corp. Renewable Power Co. raised the minimum $643 million sought in a Hong Kong initial public offering and rival Huaneng Renewables Corp. scrapped its sale, amid concern the Chinese economy will slow. Datang Renewable, China’s second-biggest wind-power producer by capacity, sold 2.14 billion shares at HK$... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Alexander Sarac , general counsel at JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s EcoSecurities unit, comments on the climate talks in Cancun, Mexico -- on national emissions targets and on United Nations offset trading. Dublin-based EcoSecurities invests in greenhouse-reduction projects. The European Union has committed to cutting emission... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Stadium officials in Minnesota may know by tonight whether the Metrodome’s collapsed roof can be repaired in time to host next week’s scheduled National Football League game between the Vikings and Chicago Bears. Roy Terwilliger , chairman of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, said workers from Amherst, New... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Metrodome Owners May Know Tonight If Stadium Can Host Vikings-Bears Game",
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U.K. government bonds fell for a second day as equity markets advanced, diminishing demand for the perceived safety of fixed-income securities. The decline drove the yield on the 10-year gilt within three basis points of the highest in almost six months after better-than-forecast economic U.S. data last week spurred de... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Kansai Paint Co. , Japan’s biggest paint maker, offered to buy the shares it doesn’t already own in Freeworld Coatings Ltd. in a deal that values the South African company at 2.45 billion rand ($357 million). Kansai, which owns 27.6 percent of Freeworld, offered 12 rand a share in a letter delivered to the board today,... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Genoptix Inc., a cancer testing company, put itself up for sale, said two people with knowledge of the process. The shares gained 17 percent. Genoptix hired Barclays Plc to run an auction, said the people, who declined to be identified because the matter is private. Genoptix, based in Carlsbad, California, had a market... | en | <|formal|> | {
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A Democratic U.S. senator is proposing what may be a last-ditch effort to extend the Build America Bonds program as part of legislation being considered by the Senate to continue the 2001 and 2003 income-tax cuts. Oregon’s Ron Wyden , an advocate of the securities who previously led Democrats in an unsuccessful bid to ... | en | <|formal|> | {
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California, the U.S. state that buys the most cars and trucks, set up an alliance of state agencies, utilities and automakers aimed at creating a charging network to handle 1 million electric vehicles by 2020. The California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative said today at a conference at Universal Studios in Los A... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Pfizer Inc., the world’s biggest drugmaker, will raise its quarterly dividend 2 cents to 20 cents a share, after cutting the payout to help fund its $68 billion Wyeth acquisition. The estimate fell short of the Bloomberg dividend forecast of 21 cents. Pfizer, based in New York, also named George Lorch board chairman, r... | en | <|formal|> | {
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General Motors Co. , the largest U.S. automaker, said it will offer early-retirement packages worth $60,000 each to about 2,000 skilled-trades workers at 14 U.S. plants. GM announced the offer today and aims to eliminate the positions by March, said Tom Wilkinson , a company spokesman. Eight of the 14 plants are schedu... | en | <|formal|> | {
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The U.S. Senate is poised to pass President Barack Obama ’s $858 billion proposal to extend Bush- era tax cuts for all income levels, cut payroll taxes and extend expanded jobless benefits. The chamber took up the measure today and will consider three amendments before final passage. The amendments would require a two-... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Palm oil futures surged to the highest level in more than 30 months on speculation that a drop in November output and stockpiles in Malaysia, the second- largest producer, may strain global supplies. February-delivery futures gained as much as 2.8 percent to 3,736 ringgit ($1,190) a metric ton, the highest since May 27... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was forced out of the Cabinet by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , who named the country’s atomic energy chief to replace him. The appointment of Ali Akbar Salehi on an interim basis was announced today by Ahmadinejad in a decree issued while Mottaki was on an official visit to... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Estonia’s resolve to adopt the euro on Jan. 1 is strengthening as politicians, companies and consumers bet the switch will make them safer, even after the currency quaked under $260 billion of bailouts. “We are at sea in a small boat tied to an ocean liner,” Finance Minister Jurgen Ligi said by e-mail. “In a storm or o... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Paulson & Co. and other creditors of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed a payout plan for the defunct firm that they said would spread an estimated $57.5 billion more equally among creditors than would Lehman’s own proposals. The group would take money from derivatives creditors and give it to senior bondholders, acco... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Evonik Industries AG, the German chemical company part-owned by CVC Capital Partners Ltd., said its management board has decided to sell 51 percent of its Steag power generation unit to a group of German municipal utilities. The group, which is led by the city of Duisburg’s utility , also agreed to buy the remaining st... | en | <|formal|> | {
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The following companies’ shares may have unusual moves in European trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are from the previous close. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose 0.3 percent to 276.99. The Stoxx 50 Index gained 0.2 percent to 2,615.47. The Euro Stoxx 50 Index , a benchmark for nations using the euro... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Crude rose in New York as China held off raising interest rates, boosting speculation that oil demand will continue to grow in the world’s largest energy user. China refrained from increasing borrowing costs after a report on Dec. 11 that inflation in the country climbed 5.1 percent, easing concern the economy may slow... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Harley-Davidson Inc. , the largest U.S. motorcycle maker, said it has bought back senior unsecured notes with a face value of $297 million that were scheduled to mature Feb. 1, 2014. The purchase will lower fourth-quarter pretax profit by about $82.7 million, Milwaukee-based Harley said in a statement sent by PRNewswir... | en | <|formal|> | {
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An index tracking industrial raw materials has surged to a record and may keep rising as a weaker dollar boosts U.S. exports and demand from investors, said Michael Pento , a senior economist at Euro Pacific Capital Inc. The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Spot Raw Industrials Index, which includes items that don’t trade... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Hong Kong’s home prices may be entering a “bubble” amid a battle between surging liquidity and government efforts to cool the property market, JPMorgan Chase & Co. said. Residential real estate values-to- gross domestic product has exceeded the island’s peak of 3.13 times in 1997 and may “overshoot” to 3.5 times next y... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Infineon Technologies AG ’s Chief Executive Officer Peter Bauer says a focus on tailor-made chips for cars and machinery is helping Europe’s second-largest semiconductor maker overcome the industry’s sharp price and demand swings. “Our risk profile is much lower” after getting rid of high-volume, commoditized chips use... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Treasuries rose before tomorrow’s Federal Reserve statement on the economy as 10-year note yields near a six-month high attracted investors. Bonds also advanced as a federal judge ruled against the U.S. health-care overhaul, easing concern that the government will struggle to contain record deficits. Less U.S. debt was... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Czech interest rates will probably remain stable for “a majority” of 2011, central bank Vice Governor Vladimir Tomsik said in an interview with newspaper e15. A debate about timing of adoption of the euro is “not a realistic or interesting theme,” Tomsik told the newspaper in the interview published today. “I am deeply... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Moody’s Investors Service Inc. said President Barack Obama ’s agreement to extend tax cuts raises the chance of a negative outlook for the U.S.’s Aaa credit rating unless offsetting measures are enacted. While the compromise package is likely to boost economic growth in the next two years, it will “adversely affect” th... | en | <|formal|> | {
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U.K. home sellers cut asking prices for a second month in December to the lowest level in almost a year and may reduce them by a further 5 percent in 2011, Rightmove Plc said. Average asking prices in England and Wales fell 3 percent to 222,410 pounds ($351,000) from November, when they dropped 3.2 percent, the operato... | en | <|formal|> | {
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MMX Mineracao & Metalicos SA , the iron-ore miner controlled by Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista , plans to invest 5 billion reais ($2.9 billion) to expand mines in Brazil as Asian demand for raw materials increases. The Rio de Janeiro-based company’s board approved 3.5 billion reais of investment at the Serra Azul p... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos will visit South Africa this week, in the first official trip by a head of state since apartheid ended in 1994, as the countries pledge stronger trade and political ties. Dos Santos will be accompanied by Cabinet ministers and business executives during his three-day visit star... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Bill Gross , the co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co., spent $4.4 million of his own money this month to purchase shares of five municipal-bond funds run by his firm after tax-exempt debt tumbled. Gross, 66, who manages the world’s biggest bond fund at Pimco, has more than doubled his holdin... | en | <|formal|> | {
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The benchmark DAX Index was little changed after German investor confidence improved for a second month and U.S. retail sales surpassed estimates. Deutsche Lufthansa AG climbed 1.7 percent after Credit Suisse Group AG raised its recommendation on the shares. ThyssenKrupp AG , Germany’s largest steelmaker, fell after Fi... | en | <|formal|> | {
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South Africa’s National Treasury today released proposals on how to phase in a tax on carbon emissions to encourage businesses to use green energy. The ministry proposed directly taxing either carbon emissions, fossil fuel inputs, or products generated with the use of fossil fuels as an energy source, the Pretoria-base... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Martina Navratilova was discharged from a Nairobi hospital after recovering from high-altitude pulmonary edema, which forced her to give up climbing Mount Kilimanjaro three days ago, organizers of the fundraising event said. “I am feeling much better and really pleased to be going home,” the 18-time Grand Slam singles ... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Galderma SA , the Swiss maker of Cetaphil skin creams, agreed to buy Sweden’s Q-Med AB for as much as 7.45 billion kronor ($1.08 billion) to add products that smooth wrinkles and enhance breasts. Q-Med shareholders other than founder and Chairman Bengt Aagerup will receive 75 kronor a share in cash, the Swedish company... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Qualcomm Inc. , the largest maker of chips that run mobile phones, will start disclosing information that will allow South Korean companies to develop software for its chips, the country’s antitrust regulator said. Qualcomm will disclose the information in the next 2 to 10 months, Korea’s Fair Trade Commission said in ... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Freeworld Coatings Ltd. , a South African maker of decorative coatings, rose the most in 16 months after Japan’s biggest paint maker, Kansai Paint Co. , offered to buy shares in the group that it doesn’t already own for 12 rand each, valuing the company at 2.45 billion rand ($360 million). Freeworld climbed as much as ... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Municipal-bond issuance may drop 20 percent next year to about $340 billion, in part because of a likely decline in advance refundings, Citigroup Inc. analysts said in a research note. First-quarter sales may fall as much as 25 percent to $75 billion because borrowers moved up issues planned for early 2011 to this year... | en | <|formal|> | {
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The Philadelphia Eagles beat the Dallas Cowboys 30-27 to take a half-game division lead over the New York Giants, whose game was pushed back to today after the roof of the Metrodome in Minneapolis partially collapsed. Michael Vick threw two touchdown passes and also had a rushing score for the Eagles, whose win in Dall... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Crude advanced after a government report showed Chinese refineries ran at record rates last month, signaling oil demand will continue to increase in the world’s largest energy user. Futures gained as much as 1.5 percent, rising with global equity markets. China’s refiners increased crude processing to a record in Novem... | en | <|formal|> | {
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France is a place where philosophers crib from Wikipedia, teachers belittle their pupils, and paper pushers forever clamor for more files. Or so it seems to French author Corinne Maier, who has decamped to Belgium and written “Tchao la France,” a book listing 40 reasons to abandon the world’s top tourist destination. M... | en | <|formal|> | {
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The U.S. bond market is giving dollar bulls more reason to be optimistic after driving the greenback higher against the other 16 major currencies since the first week of November. Inflation-adjusted, or real, yields on benchmark 10-year Treasuries are higher than for similar-maturity notes in Germany, the U.K. and Japa... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Wall Street’s biggest banks, rebounding after a government bailout, are set to complete their best two years in investment banking and trading, buoyed by 2010 results likely to be the second-highest ever. The five largest U.S. firms by investment-banking and trading revenue -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , JPMorgan Chase ... | en | <|formal|> | {
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The dollar fluctuated against the yen and euro before the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s meeting to review its policy of debt purchases to bolster the U.S. economy. The U.S. currency fell against 15 of 16 major counterparts as Treasury yields increased after U.S. retail sales rose more than forecast during November, ... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Morgan Stanley Chairman John Mack , Chief Executive Officer James Gorman and other executives won a dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit filed over $45 billion paid to the firm’s employees over three years. New York State Supreme Court Justice Shirley Werner Kornreich threw out the lawsuit, citing a requirement that shar... | en | <|formal|> | {
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In 2010, I once again sipped thousands of wines looking for the few worth recommending. I’m happy to report I found more compelling high quality wines than ever -- especially from the 2009 vintage in Germany, Beaujolais, Bordeaux, and Burgundy -- among a sea of plonk and expensive disappointments. Here are my 10 picks ... | en | <|formal|> | {
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The U.S. Senate is set to hold a procedural vote today on the $858 billion tax-cut package that President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans announced last week. The vote, which requires 60 senators’ approval, would clear the way for final passage of the bill on Tuesday. The bill would extend all existing incom... | en | <|formal|> | {
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China may allow yuan options trading to help banks and companies protect their earnings from swings in foreign-exchange rates, according to four people with knowledge of the plan. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange , the nation’s currency regulator, has asked for some banks’ opinions on the issue, according t... | en | <|formal|> | {
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High levels of “good” cholesterol may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease later in life, a Columbia University study found. People with the most high-density lipoprotein , or HDL, were 60 percent less likely than those with the least to develop Alzheimer’s disease over four years, according to research reported today in t... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Egypt plans to spend 100 billion Egyptian pounds ($17.25 billion) on infrastructure projects, Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali said. This budget will only be partially funded by the government, he told reporters in Cairo today. To contact the reporter on this story: Ola Galal in Cairo at ogalal@bloomberg.net To c... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Sprint Nextel Corp., which continues to hold discussions with Clearwire Corp. regarding further investments, said it has no plans at present to acquire Clearwire. To contact the editor responsible for this story: Vivek Shankar at vshankar3@bloomberg.net | en | <|formal|> | {
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European stocks climbed for a sixth day, extending a two-year high, as China refrained from raising interest rates even as inflation surged at the fastest pace in more than two years. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index advanced 0.3 percent to 277.14 at 8:02 a.m. in London. To contact the editor responsible for this story: Andr... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Hooters of America Inc., a restaurant chain known for its tank top-clad waitresses, sued a buyout firm over its challenge to the proposed sale of the company to Wellspring Capital Management LLC. Officials of Hooters sued a unit of Chanticleer Holdings Inc. on Dec. 7 in Delaware Chancery Court over the buyout firm’s bi... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Universities are expanding Islamic finance courses as demand for professionals qualified in Shariah law outstrips supply in the $1 trillion industry. The International Islamic University of Malaysia plans to start postgraduate courses specializing in Shariah-compliant capital markets, banking and insurance after enroll... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Security forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo , the Ivory Coast leader enmeshed in a political standoff, blocked a road leading to an Abidjan hotel where his rival Alassane Ouattara has been staying, leading to a clash between the two factions today. Shots were fired when the Republican Guard members were confronted by the p... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Growthpoint Properties Ltd. said it has recently started talks that could affect its share price. The company didn’t give details on the talks. To contact the editor responsible for this story: Vernon Wessels at vwessels@bloomberg.net | en | <|formal|> | {
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The following companies may have unusual price changes in China trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of the last close. The Shanghai Composite Index , which tracks the bigger of China’s stock exchanges, gained 81.91, or 2.9 percent, to 2,922.95. The CSI 300 Index rose 3.1 percent to 3,261.... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the U.S. for not pushing Israel to impose another freeze on West Bank settlement construction ahead of a meeting today in Jerusalem with U.S. envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell. “After a year and a half spent in unproductive discussion on additional building in settlement... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Copper and lead output in China, the largest consumer of both metals, advanced to records in November as producers increased output following price gains. Aluminum production declined for a third month. Output of refined copper climbed to 443,000 metric tons last month, 4.5 percent higher than the month before, while p... | en | <|formal|> | {
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More than 1,000 Democrats, Republicans and independents gathered today in New York City to create “ No Labels ,” an organization that says it’s devoted to reducing “excessive polarization and hyper-partisanship” in U.S. politics. The group will pressure “elected officials to put the labels aside at critical times and w... | en | <|formal|> | {
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ConocoPhillips sees Qatar as being “at the top of the list of countries” where the company is likely to invest, Chief Executive Officer James Mulva said. ConocoPhillips “continues to look for opportunities” to cooperate with the Persian Gulf state in areas such as petrochemicals, oil and gas infrastructure, Mulva said ... | en | <|formal|> | {
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European Union carbon permits erased early gains as natural-gas prices slumped, damping demand for emission allowances and undermining optimism that followed an agreement reached at the global climate summit in Mexico. EU allowances for December 2011 dropped 0.3 percent to 14.85 euros ($19.88) a ton on London’s ICE Fut... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Surging yields shouldn’t deter investors from buying Spanish bonds as European Union efforts to tackle the region’s sovereign debt crisis will make a default unlikely, according to Aviva Investors. “If you buy the thesis that these bonds will be paid back in full, then I think spreads have widened out sufficiently,” sa... | en | <|formal|> | {
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John Wood Group Plc , a U.K. oil and gas services company, agreed to pay $955 million for PSN Ltd. to create the world’s leading brownfield production services provider. Shares rose to a record close in London trading. Wood Group will pay $627 million to PSN shareholders in cash and its shares and will finance $328 mil... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Wood Group Buys PSN for $955 Million to Boost Service",
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The won rose after China refrained from increasing interest rates, easing concern efforts to tame inflation will dent demand for South Korea’s exports. The People’s Bank of China last week said reserve requirements will increase 50 basis points starting Dec. 20, instead of adding to October’s rate increase. Inflation a... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "South Korean Won Gains After China Holds Bank From Raising Interest Rates",
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Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Royal Bank of Canada ’s credit rating for the first time in at least 15 years to Aa1 from Aaa because of the lender’s increased focus on investment banking and trading. Royal Bank’s commitment to its capital markets business “potentially exposes bondholders to increased earnings vol... | en | <|formal|> | {
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Copper prices climbed to a record in London and closed at an all-time high in New York after China refrained from raising borrowing costs over the weekend, bolstering speculation that metal demand will continue to rise. Last week, China increased reserve-requirement ratios for banks by half a percentage point amid acce... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Copper Surges to Record in London, 31-Month High in N.Y. on Chinese Demand",
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Chinese banks, avoiding dollar- denominated loans as the yuan appreciates, are scaling back funding to shipyards and vessel owners two years after the government told them to boost their commitment to the industry. As credit extended to companies building, servicing and operating boats climbed 24 percent to $32.3 billi... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Shipping Loan Market Share Tumbles 94% as Yuan Beats BRICs: China Credit",
"Journalists": [
"Katrina Nicholas",
"Irene Shen... |
Marubeni Corp. , the Japanese owner of Chile’s third-biggest water company, will spend 25 billion yen ($297 million) to double the size of its international water assets in two years. Marubeni, based in Tokyo, plans to buy water-service companies in Southeast Asia, Australia and the Middle East as well as add to assets... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Marubeni to Spend $297 Million to Double Global Water Assets by March 2013",
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Ashok Leyland Ltd. won an order for 600 vehicles worth 1.25 billion rupees from VRL Logistics Ltd., according to an e-mailed statement today. To contact the editor responsible for this story: Tuhin Kar at tkar1@bloomberg.net | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Ashok Leyland Wins $28 Million Order for 600 Vehicles From VRL Logistics",
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A French teenager who held 20 nursery school children and their teacher hostage in Besancon, eastern France, for more than four hours today is now in police custody, the interior ministry said. Local police SWAT teams “succeeded in bringing to a close, very quickly and without casualties, the detention of 20 children, ... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "French Police Free Preschoolers Held Hostage by Sword-Wielding 17-Year-Old",
"Journalists": [
"Vidya Root"
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"Date": "2010... |
Clashes between Somali government troops and Islamic militants killed at least 13 people and injured 25 yesterday in the capital, Mogadishu, medical officials said. Fighting erupted when the al-Shabaab militia attacked positions of the army and African Union peacekeepers at the Dabka junction, which links the president... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Somalia Fighting at Dabka Junction in Mogadishu Leaves 13 Dead, Injures 25",
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"Date": "2010... |
South Africa’s government will back a request by farmers for preferential access to European markets for its sugar exports, Business Day said, citing Department of Trade and Industry spokesman, Charles Mnisi. The free-trade agreement between South Africa and the European Union, which has been in force since 2001 and wh... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "South Africa Seeks Preferential European Sugar Deal, Business Day Says",
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"Date": "2010... |
The volume of uranium sold in the spot market, used by utilities to have material delivered within a year and by investors to speculate on the price of the fuel, hit a record this year on Asian demand. Some 41.6 million pounds of uranium-oxide concentrate was sold in the market for the week ending Dec. 10, breaking a p... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Uranium Spot Market Trading Volume Hits Record on Asian Demand",
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"Date": "2010-12-13T02:... |
Russia’s biggest quarterly stock rally this year is drawing bondholders to the equity market, increasing the cost savings for companies selling debt convertible into shares. OAO Lukoil raised $1.5 billion in Russia’s biggest sale of convertible bonds last week. The 2015 notes rose, cutting the yield to 2.037 percent on... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Lukoil Yield Cut 50% as Stock Rally Boosts Convertible Debt: Russia Credit",
"Journalists": [
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Eli Lilly & Co. suspended a late- stage clinical trial of a medicine in skin-cancer patients after 12 patients in the study died. The deaths, among the 300 patients in the study, “may be treatment-related,” said Amy Sousa , a Lilly spokeswoman, in a telephone interview today. Lilly was testing the drug, tasisulam, as a... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Lilly Suspends Late-Stage Trial for Melanoma Drug in Which 12 People Died",
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"Date": "2... |
Gold rebounded from the biggest weekly loss in a month after China’s decision to refrain from raising borrowing costs boosted demand for the precious metal. Silver and palladium also climbed. Last week, commodities dropped on bets that China would increase interest rates over the weekend, damping consumption of raw mat... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Gold Futures Rebound After China Refrains From Increasing Interest Rates",
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"Date": "2... |
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Finance Committee added Morgan Stanley , Wells Fargo & Co. and Jefferies Group Inc. to a pool of banks that were recommended to manage its bond sales. The Finance Committee of the largest U.S. transit agency, meeting in New York today, approved 10 investment banks that will c... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo Added to New York's MTA Underwriting Pool",
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"Date": "2010-... |
Swings in the Brazilian real are slowing to a 27-month low as central bank dollar buying and a tax on foreigners’ bond purchases offset investment flows into Latin America’s biggest economy. Implied volatility on one-month options for the real versus the dollar, which reflects traders’ expectations for currency fluctua... | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Real Volatility Ebbs as Mantega Takes on Foreign Investors: Brazil Credit",
"Journalists": [
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"Ben Bain"
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The Obama administration’s health- care overhaul is unconstitutional because it forces individuals to buy insurance, a federal judge said, striking down the linchpin of the president’s plan. To contact the editor responsible for this story: John Pickering at jpickering@bloomberg.net | en | <|formal|> | {
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"Headline": "Obama's Health-Care Law Ruled Unconstitutional Over Insurance Requirement",
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"Date": "2... |
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