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Aug 28 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in The New York Times business pages on Thursday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * The Justice Department will roll back a conversational set of ...

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EASTON, Pa. Paragon Technologies Inc. , which makes material-handling systems, said Wednesday it had increased the amount of stock management is allowed to repurchase by about 18 percent. Paragon said its board had amended its stock buyback ...

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Allianz (ALVG.DE: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) is set to sell Dresdner Bank to Commerzbank (CBKG.DE: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) in a deal that will fuse Germany's second- and third-biggest lenders ...

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Aug 28 (Reuters) - Cazenove upgraded Alcatel-Lucent (ALUA.PA: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) to "outperform" from "in-line" and said it sees potential for change at the company, following a report that Mike Quigley, the group's highly ...

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares in Esprit Holdings, the world's No. 5 fashion retailer, plunged nearly a fifth on Thursday to their lowest in two years after the firm missed earnings forecasts and warned investors of tougher times ahead. Esprit (0330.HK ...

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Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian dollar climbed from its weakest level in 11 months and the New Zealand dollar rose from near a two-week low as U.S. and Asian stocks advanced, giving investors more confidence to buy higher-yielding assets. The ...

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) _ Database provider InfoGroup Inc. said Thursday its founder Vinod Gupta has stepped down as chief executive. Gupta's resignation Wednesday was part of a proposed settlement of a shareholder lawsuit, documents filed with the ...

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PHILADELPHIA Canada's Precision Drilling Trust has reached an agreement to buy U.S. drilling company Grey Wolf Inc for about $2-billion (U.S.) in cash and stock, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The deal comes after Grey Wolf shareholders ...

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WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) struck a deal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to buy back billions of dollars of auction-rate securities, in a settlement little ...

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BANGKOK, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets mostly rose on Friday, with high crude and palm oil prices driving gains in plantation firms such as Malaysia's IOI Corp (IOIB.KL: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) and Singapore's ...

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RIYADH/DUBAI, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's stock market rallied more than 5 percent on Saturday as investors piled into blue chips on a new rule that allows foreigners to buy shares through licensed Saudi intermediaries for the first time. The ...

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Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc. shareholders say Maurice ``Hank'' Greenberg and other executives owe them almost $1 billion for diverting funds to a company controlled by the former AIG chief executive officer. A Louisiana ...

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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian stocks rallied the most this month as easing inflation and rising global growth prospects boosted raw material producers and Citigroup Inc. recommended investors buy shares in the nation's biggest banks. Cia ...

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It was the sort of week in the markets that makes many a participant wonder why they bother playing. After several down days, U.S. stocks climbed yesterday, bringing levels back close to where they started out on Monday. In Canada, it was a similar ...

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NEW YORK - The past four weeks on Wall Street have been quite a welcome contrast. Stocks have risen, the dollar has strengthened and oil prices have plummeted. Investors are not sure yet, however, if it's a turnaround with staying power or just a ...

The worrisome outlook for the global economy has investors jittery, and on Friday an early rally on the back of falling commodities and a stronger dollar fizzled by day's end. Looking ahead investors will be watching for further erosion in the crude ...

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ER Urgent Care Holdings, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ERUC) is pleased to announce that the Company's Board of Directors has approved a plan to offer to Shareholders the opportunity to exchange their Common Stock for shares of a new series of Preferred Stock ...

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NEW YORK Wall Street rebounded Thursday, rising sharply as oil prices fell and investors took advantage of bargains in financial stocks after two straight days of heavy declines. The Dow Jones industrial index rose 82.97 to close at 11,615.93 ...

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Business support services company Gatekeeper Systems Inc (GKR.L: Quote , Profile , Research ) on Friday swung to a first-half pretax loss on higher costs, but its shares rose sharply as the company announced a share buyback and ...

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ATLANTA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc (BBY.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) will be the first national retailer to sell Apple Inc's (AAPL.O: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) iPhone in the United States in a partnership that ...

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Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks fell in Europe and Asia and U.S. index futures retreated after JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it will write down at least $1.5 billion as trading conditions ``substantially deteriorated'' and Citigroup Inc. recommended ...

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CAIRO, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Egypt's Suez Cement SUCE.CA reported a 28.8 percent rise in first-half net profit before minority interest, the stock exchange said on Sunday. A subsidiary of Italy's Italcementi (ITAI.MI: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - The richest man in Oregon has $1.5 billion more in the bank but now owns less stock in the company he started. Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight sold 18 million shares of his stock in the world's largest athletic shoe and ...

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TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Japanese shares reversed earlier losses and closed higher on Friday after investors moved to buy back stocks, encouraged by a weaker yen and firm performance by other Asian equities. The dollar was last trading at 109.61 ...

Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks rose for a third day as better-than-estimated earnings from Axa SA and Barclays Plc and a plan to cut investment at Veolia Environnement SA eased concern the economic slowdown will stifle profits. U.S. index ...

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LOS ANGELES - Sony Corp. said Tuesday it is buying Bertelsmann AG out of their 50-50 music venture Sony BMG for $900 million, giving it full ownership of a roster of artists including Alicia Keys and the increased ability to leverage music over an ...

Interest rates hold steady; Dow Jones average increases more than 330 points NEW YORK - An already soaring Wall Street extended its advance Tuesday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and assuaged some of the market's fears about ...

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Aug 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0530 GMT on Wednesday. (For Reuters columns on deals, click on [DEALTALK] ** China's Tongling Nonferrous Metals ...

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NEW YORK - Shares of KeyCorp dropped Thursday, alongside the broader market, as investors fled financial stocks over continued concerns about the economy and the remaining fallout from the housing market. Shares fell 54 cents, or 4.7 percent, to $10 ...

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Mumbai: It is expected that Indian banks and residents will be allowed to trade in foreign currency futures by the month-end, going by the new guidelines announced by the Indian central bank here Wednesday.

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Delphi Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:DFG) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share on the Company's common stock, payable on September 3, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 20, 2008.

Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN) today announced the pricing of its public offering of 3,500,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $87.50 per share, resulting in estimated net proceeds to Illumina of approximately $297.9 million. The company has granted the underwriter an option to purchase up to 525,000 additional shares of common stock from the company. The underwriter may ...

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TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The dollar touched a seven-week high against the yen on Wednesday, supported by lower crude oil prices that helped offset any disappointment the market may have felt over slightly diminished prospects of an interest rate hike ...

MUMBAI, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee should strengthen on Wednesday, bolstered by a rise in stocks across the region and subdued oil prices. * Oil CLc1, India's biggest import, traded above $118 a barrel, close to a three-month low and well ...

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Aug 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0530 GMT on Wednesday. (For Reuters columns on deals, click on [DEALTALK] ** China's Tongling Nonferrous Metals ...

The traditional summer travel boom failed to materialise for British Airways last month as its aircraft flew nearly one quarter empty. BA carried 94,000 fewer passengers than in July last year as higher fares and the worsening economic environment ...

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A person familiar with the situation says HSBC Holdings PLC is seeking to lower its US$6 billion offer for a controlling stake of Korea Exchange Bank after the region's stock markets suffered steep declines in the last year. London-based HSBC offered ...

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Americans have turned more negative on prospects for the stock market than at any time in the past 20 years. That may be good news for investors. The Conference Board, in its consumer confidence report released in the past week, found that 55 percent ...

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Bill Gates investment firm may exercise its right to buy up to 20% of trash hauler Republic Services Incs stock, according to a filing on Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm, Cascade Investment LLC , also disclosed ...

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Canadian pension funds are being courted to play a critical role in Teck Cominco Ltd.'s bid for Fording Canadian Coal Trust because, without help from tax-exempt investors, the $14-billion (U.S.) deal could be in jeopardy. Mounting deal-risk concerns ...

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LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Major European stock indexes were set to drop at the open on Friday, financial bookmakers said, tracking hefty losses in equities worldwide after disappointing U.S. economic data revived fears of a U.S. recession. Financial ...

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Just days before the annual Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, a talk on Apple's FileVault encryption system has been abruptly canceled by its presenter. Researcher Charles Edge told the Washington Post that he had signed confidentiality ...