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		<title>GE forms venture with China&#8217;s AVIC to develop electronics systems for C919, other jetliners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
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GE forms China JV to make airplane electronics
General Electric&#8217;s aviation unit is teaming with Aviation Industry Corp. of China to develop and market electronic systems for commercial aircraft customers, including the C919 narrow-body aircraft that China hopes will compete with jets made by industry giants Boeing and Airbus.
The goal is to launch the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bain Capital to pay $1B for Citigroup&#8217;s controlling stake in Japanese call center operator</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Citigroup sells stake in Japanese call center

NEW YORK — Citigroup Inc. said Sunday that it is selling its controlling stake in Japan&#8217;s leading call center operator, Bellsystem24, to private equity firm Bain Capital Partners in a deal that values the operation at $1.1 billion.
Under terms of the deal, Citi&#8217;s private investment unit, Citigroup Capital Partners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cott closes sale of $215 million in notes and gets 95 percent response to tender offer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Cott closes sale of $215 million in notes
NEW YORK — Canadian soft drink maker Cott Corp. said Friday its beverages subsidiary closed the private sale of $215 million in notes and repurchased notes due to mature in 2011.

The new 8.375 percent senior notes are due in 2017 and were issued by Cott Beverages Inc. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nortel sells wireless network ops, delays auction of optical networking, carrier ethernet ops</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Nortel delays auction deadline for some assets

TORONTO — Nortel Networks Corp. says it has completed the $1.13 billion sale of its wireless network business to LM Ericsson of Sweden but is allowing more time for bids in an auction for its optical networking and carrier ethernet units.
The former Canadian tech heavyweight has been selling assets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airvana to get $39.6 million for sales to Nortel before Nortel bankruptcy protection filing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Airvana to get $39.6M Nortel-related payment

CHELMSFORD, Mass. — Airvana Inc., which supplies products used by wireless operators, said Friday it will get a $39.6 million payment for outstanding invoices related to products and services it sold to Nortel Networks Inc. before Nortel filed for bankruptcy protection.
Airvana shares jumped 47 cents, or 7.9 percent, to $6.42 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spoils of Madoff&#8217;s feast _ furs, dishes, a Rolex _ going on auction block in Manhattan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Spoils of Madoff&#8217;s feast go on the auction block

NEW YORK — They&#8217;re the spoils of a feast that&#8217;s over forever: Bernard Madoff&#8217;s stuff on a government auction block.
Almost 200 items seized from the fallen financier&#8217;s homes are being sold Saturday in Manhattan, ranging from dishes, pens and stationery to decoy ducks, furs and a Rolex [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toreador creates special board to explore strategic alternatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Toreador to explore strategic alternatives

NEW YORK — French oil and natural gas company Toreador Resources Corp. said Friday it will consider a range of strategic alternatives, which include raising funds through equity or debt offerings, taking out a line of credit, equity investments and a possible partnership with its primary growth property, the Paris Basin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge delays bankruptcy auction for Philly newspapers 1 week while creditors appeal bid rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Judge delays auction for Philly newspapers 1 week

PHILADELPHIA — The bankruptcy auction for The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News is on hold one week while creditors appeal a key bid rule.
The auction to determine the next owner of the two major dailies had been set for next week.
The current owners are in bankruptcy trying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discount retailer Dollar General prices IPO shares at low end of range, trading begins Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Dollar General IPO set at $21 per share
PORTLAND, Ore. — Investors looking to have a hand in the future of frugal will watch shares of discount retailer Dollar General, which will begin trading Friday now that the company has priced its initial public offering.

Dollar General late Thursday priced its offering of 34.1 million shares at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ameren Energy to sell $250 million worth of senior notes to help repay debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Ameren Energy prices $250M senior notes sale

NEW YORK — Ameren Corp. unit Ameren Energy Generating Co. said Thursday it will sell $250 million of senior notes to help pay off debt.
The St. Louis-based power company said it would offer 6.3 percent senior notes due 2020. The transaction is expected to close on Nov. 17.
The joint [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank of America still in need of new CEO as Ken Lewis&#8217; retirement date approaches</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Bank of America CEO search still looms
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis retiring in less than seven weeks, analysts don&#8217;t see any candidate emerging as a front-runner for his successor.

The bank said this week that Lewis&#8217; replacement could be announced by late November. The board is considering a handful of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discount retailer Dollar General expected to price shares in IPO, begin trading Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Dollar General IPO drawing draws investor buzz

PORTLAND, Ore. — Discount retailer Dollar General is expected to price shares for its initial public offering Thursday and begin trading Friday, betting investors will want to have a hand in the future of frugal.
Dollar General, based in Goodlettsville, Tenn., is one of the nation&#8217;s largest discount chains with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AOL may lay off many as it expects up to $200M more in spinoff-related restructuring charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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AOL to log additional $200M in restructuring costs

SAN FRANCISCO — New regulatory filings suggest many more layoffs could be coming at AOL LLC as the Internet company separates from Time Warner Inc. by the end of the year.
In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday, Time Warner said AOL will log up to $200 million [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Dow, DuPont sign soybean development deal
NEW YORK — Dow Chemical Co.&#8217;s Dow AgroSciences unit is teaming with DuPont to develop herbicide-tolerant soybeans.

Under the agreement, Dow AgroSciences is non-exclusively licensing its herbicide-tolerant trait technology for soybeans to DuPont&#8217;s Pioneer Hi-Bred unit. In addition, Pioneer is licensing non-exclusively its proprietary Optimum GAT trait for soybeans to Dow.
Financial [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Dow Chemical to divest more assets in 2010

NEW YORK — Dow Chemical Co. said Thursday it plans to sell more assets in 2010 as it continues to work toward paying off debt from its $16.5 billion acquisition of Rohm and Haas in April.
The company also predicted earnings in 2012 of $4 per share to $4.50 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valero says TRC offers to buy up to 5M shares, advises holders to reject below-market offer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
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Valero advises shareholders to reject TRC offer

SAN ANTONIO — Valero Energy Corp. said Thursday it has been notified of a mini-tender offer by TRC Capital Corp., and urged its shareholders not to tender their shares because the offer price is below market value.
The nation&#8217;s largest independent petroleum refiner said TRC made an offer for up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Technologies to buy GE&#8217;s security business for $1.82 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
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United Technologies to buy GE&#8217;s security business

HARTFORD, Conn. — United Technologies Corp. said Thursday it will buy General Electric Co.&#8217;s fire detection and electronic security business for $1.82 billion in a deal to expand its similar operations in North America.
United Technologies already sells portable fire extinguishers, consumer security systems and gas and flame detection products.
GE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Conversion completes tender offer to employees</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Energy Conversion completes tender offer
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. — Solar-products maker Energy Conversion Devices Inc. said Wednesday employees agreed to tender most of the restricted stock units covered by a recent offer.

The company said 62 employees, representing 97 percent of the covered units, accepted the offer.
The employees will exchange units issued in 2008 that were subject [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AOL lays off about 100 employees ahead of separation from Time Warner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
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AOL lays off 100 employees ahead of spinoff

SAN FRANCISCO — Internet company AOL LLC, which will soon be spun off from parent Time Warner Inc., laid off about 100 full-time employees Tuesday.
AOL spokeswoman Tricia Primrose said the layoffs were spread across the company.
The company will have about 6,900 employees after the job cuts.
New York-based AOL [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toll Brothers&#8217; fiscal 4th-qtr homebuilding revenue drops 30 percent, but signed contracts soar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Veiga</dc:creator>
		
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Toll Brothers fiscal 4Q homebuilding revenue drops

LOS ANGELES — Toll Brothers Inc. said Tuesday buyers signed 42 percent more contracts for new homes in its fourth fiscal quarter, but revenue dropped because the luxury builder has fewer communities around the country.
The company, based in Horsham, Pa., said buyers signed contracts for 765 homes valued at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US judge nixes creditors&#8217; use of $300M owed them to buy Philadelphia newspapers at auction</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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US judge nixes credit in bid for Philly newspapers

PHILADELPHIA — A judge says creditors trying to take over Philadelphia&#8217;s two major newspapers in a bankruptcy auction must bid in cash, not with the millions owed them.
The decision Tuesday overturns a bankruptcy court ruling that seemed likely to give The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 companies, Idaho city agree to clean up site of former wooden utility pole treatment plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Settlement reached to clean Idaho superfund site

BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. Department of Justice says two companies and the city of St. Maries, Idaho, have agreed to clean up creosote left at the site of a former wooden utility pole treatment plant.
The Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced the deal with St. Maries, Carney [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Qiagen buying test maker for $90 million
NEW YORK — Netherlands-based diagnostic products maker Qiagen NV said Monday it is buying privately held diagnostic test maker SABiosciences Corp. for about $90 million in cash.

Qiagen said the Frederick, Md., company has about 100 employees and focuses on tests used in biomedical research and in the development of [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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HSBC Finance sells auto loan business to Santander

METTAWA, Ill. — HSBC Finance Corp. said Tuesday it will sell its auto loan servicing business and $1 billion in car loan receivables for $904 million.
A cash deal has been reached with Santander Consumer USA Inc. It is expected to close in the first quarter of 2010.
HSBC said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU opens monopoly abuse probe into Thomson Reuters&#8217; datafeeds for traders</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
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EU opens monopoly abuse probe into Thomson Reuters

BRUSSELS — EU antitrust regulators said Tuesday that they are investigating whether Thomson Reuters Corp. is breaking monopoly abuse rules by preventing customers from applying their own codes to financial market datafeeds.
Thomson Reuters said it would fully cooperate with the investigation.
The probe centers on real-time market datafeeds on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bank tests find all but GMAC raised enough capital, but economic forecasts prove unrealistic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Economic forecasts in bank tests miss their mark

WASHINGTON — All but one of the 19 largest banks have raised the extra capital cushion regulators said they&#8217;d need to withstand a deeper recession — a sign, the Treasury secretary said, of how much the financial system has improved since the crisis began.
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		<title>AutoNation CEO says sales to stay depressed through next year; predicts gradual recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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AutoNation CEO sees depressed sales through 2011

DETROIT — U.S. auto sales should recover a bit next year but will remain at depression levels through 2010 until housing prices and job cuts stabilize, the CEO of the nation&#8217;s largest auto dealer chain said Monday.
AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson said in an interview that tight credit is holding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pro-gov&#8217;t group defends Argentina media law, counters criticism from international editors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vanessa Hand Orellana</dc:creator>
		
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Pro-government group defends Argentina media law

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine journalists, academics and ruling party lawmakers met Monday to challenge the conclusions of an international media group that Latin American leaders are exerting too much control over the press.
Supporters of a controversial new Argentine media law say it will limit monopolies and maintain a diversity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fed says GMAC only stress-tested bank without enough capital to withstand future downturn</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Fed: GMAC to receive more bailout money
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said Monday that GMAC is the only one of 19 stress-tested banks that needs more capital to withstand losses if the economy softens.

GMAC, a crucial player in the U.S. auto industry, has been unable to raise the $11.5 billion regulators said it needed after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kraft takes Cadbury bid to shareholders; hostile offer may need to go higher to seal deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Fredrix</dc:creator>
		
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Kraft&#8217;s $16.4B Cadbury bid starts takeover tussle

NEW YORK — Kraft Foods has gone hostile in its bid to buy Cadbury but didn&#8217;t sweeten its first bid, drawing an immediate rejection from the British candy maker in what is likely to be a lengthy takeover struggle.
Taking the same offer directly to Cadbury shareholders likely means that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>YRC Worldwide launches debt-for-stock swap covering 3 series of notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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YRC Worldwide launches debt-for-stock swap

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — YRC Worldwide Inc. said Monday it has begun a swap of stock for $536.8 million in debt, a move designed to stave off a bankruptcy filing and put the troubled trucking company on sounder short-term financial footing.
The company, which operates trucks under Yellow, Roadway and New Penn [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Airlines CEO steps up campaign to persuade Japan Airlines to ignore Delta&#8217;s advance</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Koenig</dc:creator>
		
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AMR CEO goes public in case to keep JAL deal

DALLAS — The CEO of American Airlines says Japan Airlines would be taking a risk and suffer financially if it breaks ties with American and joins an alliance with Delta Air Lines.
Gerard Arpey said Monday that American and its partner airlines &#8220;produce hundreds of millions of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>General Motor&#8217;s CEO Fritz Henderson in Germany discussing Opel future</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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GM CEO Henderson in Germany discussing Opel future

FRANKFURT — The chief executive of General Motors Co. met with leaders of its Opel unit on Monday to discuss the European subsidiary&#8217;s automaker&#8217;s future, a week after GM abruptly decided to keep it instead of selling a majority stake.
Fritz Henderson wanted to get a firsthand look at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cadbury says no to $16.4 billion hostile bid from Kraft</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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Cadbury rejects new Kraft bid
LONDON — Kraft Foods Inc. launched a 9.8 billion pound ($16.4 billion) hostile bid for Cadbury PLC on Monday — refusing to sweeten a previous offer rejected by the British candy maker.

The terms of the cash-and-stock approach were left unchanged, effectively representing a lower offer for Cadbury investors because of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cadbury says no to $16.4 billion hostile bid from Cadbury</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Cadbury rejects Kraft bid
LONDON — British candy maker Cadbury PLC rejected a renewed 9.8 billion pound ($16.4 billion) hostile bid from Kraft Foods Inc. on Monday after the U.S. company refused to sweeten a previous offer.

Kraft&#8217;s decision to keep the terms of its previously rebuffed cash-and-stock approach effectively means a lower offer for investors in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kraft launches $16.4 billion hostile bid for British candy maker Cadbury</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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Kraft makes hostile bid for Cadbury
LONDON — British candy maker Cadbury PLC has rejected a hostile 9.8 billion pound ($16.4 billion) hostile takeover bid from Kraft Foods Inc.

Cadbury says that Monday&#8217;s renewed approach from Kraft &#8220;does not come remotely close to reflecting the true value of our company.&#8221;
Kraft has refused to sweeten a previous offer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kraft launches new, lower $16.4 billion hostile bid for British candy maker Cadbury</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kraft-launches-new-lower-164-billion-hostile-bid-for-british-candy-maker-cadbury-223181/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Kraft makes hostile $16.4B bid for Cadbury

LONDON — Kraft Foods Inc. made a 9.8 billion pound ($16.4 billion) cash-and-stock offer for Cadbury PLC on Monday — an effectively lower bid than one previously knocked back by the British candy maker.
The hostile offer values each Cadbury share at 717 pence, less than Kraft&#8217;s previous rebuffed approach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kraft launches new, lower bid for British candy maker Cadbury</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Kraft makes new, lowered bid for Cadbury
LONDON — Kraft Foods Inc. has made a 9.8 billion pound ($16.4 billion) cash-and-stock offer for British candy maker Cadbury PLC.

Monday&#8217;s hostile offer values each Cadbury share at 717 pence, lower than Kraft&#8217;s previous rebuffed approach of 745 pence.
Kraft says the price &#8220;represents a substantial premium to the unaffected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss firm Sonova to buy US cochlear implant maker Advanced Bionics for $489 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Sonova to buy Advanced Bionics for $489M
STAEFA, Switzerland — Swiss hearing aid firm Sonova Holding AG said Monday it is buying cochlear implant maker Advanced Bionics Corp., based in California, for $489 million in cash.

Sonova expects the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, to be completed within three months.
&#8220;Sonova will offer the most comprehensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northrop Grumman sells advisory services unit TASC for $1.65B, expands buyback by $1.1B</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Northrop sells advisory services unit for $1.65B

LOS ANGELES — Northrop Grumman said Sunday it agreed to sell its advisory services business TASC Inc. to private equity firm General Atlantic LLC and affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &#038; Co. for $1.65 billion in cash.
The No. 2 defense contractor says it will use the proceeds to fund [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latin America news editors: Region&#8217;s populist leaders restrict press freedom, silence critics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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News group: Latin American gov&#8217;ts restrict press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Populist leaders around Latin America are increasingly making legal and political moves to silence their media critics, the president of the Inter American Press Association said Friday.
Tactics include revoking broadcast licenses, fostering hostility toward journalists and giving a free hand to government supporters who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AT&amp;T closes delayed acquisition of Centennial, adding 879,000 wireless subscribers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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AT&#038;T completes delayed Centennial acquisition

DALLAS — AT&#038;T Inc. said Friday that its acquisition of smaller wireless carrier Centennial Communications Corp., has closed after several delays due to the regulatory process.
AT&#038;T bought Wall, N.J.-based Centennial for $944 million in cash. The deal was announced a year ago, and was initially expected to close in the second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power company AES sells 15 percent stake to China; says 3rd-quarter earnings up 28 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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AES sells stake to China sovereign fund for $1.58B

ARLINGTON, Va. — Global power company AES Corp. said Friday it is selling a 15 percent stake in itself to China&#8217;s investment arm for $1.58 billion in a move to raise cash to develop projects around the world.
AES also said its third-quarter profit jumped 28 percent year-over-year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-union official: Bruno made pitch for NY fund manager, didn&#8217;t disclose he was being paid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Virtanen</dc:creator>
		
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Ex-official recalls Bruno&#8217;s NY investment pitch

ALBANY, N.Y. — A former Teamsters official testified that then New York state Sen. Joseph Bruno told him in 1994 that Wright Investors Service wanted to manage his local&#8217;s pension fund and didn&#8217;t disclose he was being paid by the company.
Howard Bennett, president and a fund trustee for Local 294 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Falls&#8217; Energy West acquires 83 percent of outstanding shares of Cut Bank Gas Co.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Energy West gets 83 percent of Cut Bank utility

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — Energy West Inc., a natural gas and energy marketing company in Great Falls, has bought 83 percent of the outstanding shares of Cut Bank Gas Co., a natural gas utility serving Cut Bank.
The deal, which was announced Thursday, was approved earlier in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CF Industries rejects rival Agrium&#8217;s increased takeover bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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CF Industries rejects Agrium&#8217;s newest takeover bid

NEW YORK — CF Industries Holdings Inc. has rejected rival fertilizer maker Agrium Inc.&#8217;s sweetened takeover bid, saying the $4.5 billion bid significantly undervalues the company.
CF Industries, which is based in Deerfield, Ill., rejected the latest bid in a statement on Friday, a day after its Canadian rival had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stanley Works cuts &#8216;09 profit guidance on charge for Black &amp; Decker acquisition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Stanley Works cuts forecast on Black &#038; Decker deal

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Hand tool maker Stanley Works on Thursday cut its 2009 earnings forecast to account for a charge stemming from its planned $4.5 billion purchase of rival Black &#038; Decker Corp.
Shortly after the market closed Thursday, Stanley said it expects to record a one-time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Task force divided on how to privatize Oklahoma&#8217;s workers compensation insurer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Group divided on worker&#8217;s comp privatization

OKLAHOMA CITY — A legislative task force recommended Thursday that Oklahoma&#8217;s workers&#8217; compensation agency be privatized, but it was divided on how to achieve that.
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		<title>Citi files plans for Primerica IPO, to sell rest of insurance company after it goes public</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Citi files plans to spin off Primerica in IPO

NEW YORK — Citigroup Inc. filed plans for an initial public offering of its Primerica Inc. life insurance unit late Thursday, and said it will sell the rest of the unit after it goes public.
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		<title>Report warns that Columbus Blue Jackets need new tax revenue or other solution to stem losses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Report: Columbus Blue Jackets need financial fix

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus may have trouble holding on to the NHL&#8217;s Blue Jackets because the club has been losing $12 million a year in central Ohio, according to a report released Thursday by a business group.
The report commissioned by the Columbus Chamber offers a variety of options for [...]]]></description>
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