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02/05/2012 06:16 PM

INDABA: Miners Ready To Pounce On IPOs If Markets Stabilize -E&Y

A record number of postponed initial public offerings of miners from 2011 may likely come to the fore in the second half of this year if the equity markets stabilize over a sustained period of time, one of the divisional heads of Ernst & Young said Monday.




02/05/2012 06:16 PM

INDABA: Global Mining, Metals M&A Up 43% To $162.4 Billion In 2011 -E&Y

The global value of mergers and acquisitions in mining and metals rose 43% in 2011 and is expected to continue rising this year, driven by robust demand fundamentals, strong balance sheets and appetite for growth, Ernst & Young said in its annual mining-transactions report Monday.




02/05/2012 06:16 PM

INDABA: Global Mining, Metals Loans, Bonds Rose In 2011 As IPOs Faded -E&Y

Mining-and-metals companies around the world shifted to alternative sources of financing in 2011 to execute their growth strategies given the turbulence in the equity markets during the year, Ernst & Young said in its annual transactions report Monday.




02/05/2012 04:34 PM

Glencore May Pay Larger Premium Than Expected For Xstrata - Report

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02/05/2012 09:53 AM

EBRD Mirow: Greek Growth Needed Or Debt Cuts Won't Suffice-Report

Greece urgently needs to kickstart economic growth or debt reduction alone won't be enough to put the euro-zone member on a sustainable footing, the head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development told Italian daily La Stampa in an interview published Thursday.




02/05/2012 08:16 AM

Thomas Cook To Sell Indian Foreign Exchange Business-Report

Travel company Thomas Cook Group PLC (TCG.LN) has hired Credit Suisse Group AG (CS) to sell off its Indian foreign exchange business, The Sunday Times reported without citing sources.




02/05/2012 07:51 AM

Pakistani Bidder Emerges For Retailer Peacocks - Report

Alshair Fiyaz, a Pakistani textile billionaire, is working on a bid for collapsed clothing chain Peacocks, The Sunday Times reported without citing sources.




02/05/2012 11:50 AM

EARNINGS PREVIEW: European Steelmakers Face Tough Year End

European steelmakers are expected to post lower earnings for the last quarter of the year compared to the same quarter a year earlier after rising global steel consumption in the first half of 2011 slowed down globally toward the end of the year amid concerns about the health of the global economy, particularly in Europe and China.




02/05/2012 11:33 AM

IIF Chief Dallara Arrives At Greek Prime Minister's Office

The two heads of a private sector creditor's committee negotiating a debt write-down plan with Greece arrived at Prime Minister Lucas Papademos' office late Sunday.




02/05/2012 09:53 AM

Xstrata Investors Seek Premium In Glencore Merger Talks -Report

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02/05/2012 06:41 PM

Ford calls foul on Chevy Super Bowl ad

General Motors ignored a request from Ford Motor Co. and ran a humorous Chevrolet truck ad during the Super Bowl that takes a slap at Ford.


02/05/2012 12:00 PM

Stocks: Let the good times roll?

Stocks surged last week to their highest levels in years, but there are few key economic reports slated for the week ahead to sustain the rally.


02/03/2012 06:06 PM

Disney employees now allowed to grow beards

Mickey Mouse can finally grow that goatee he's always wanted. Until now, Disney parks and resort employees had been prohibited from growing beards and goatees. Starting Friday they may do so, so long as they're a quarter-inch or shorter.


02/03/2012 03:34 PM

Beat stress for less

This year the end of the holidays probably didn't bring the usual stress relief; there are still worries about unemployment, a flailing housing market, and a volatile stock market, all of which may be taking a toll on your health.


02/03/2012 02:15 PM

New York sues banks over foreclosures

The New York attorney general sued some of the nation's biggest banks on Friday, accusing them of unlawful and deceptive practices for relying on a private electronic registry that tracks mortgages.


02/03/2012 02:58 PM

Micron CEO Steve Appleton dies in plane crash

Micron CEO and chairman Steve Appleton died Friday morning in a small-plane crash in Boise.


02/03/2012 02:22 PM

Big drop in unemployment rate for blacks

The unemployment rate for blacks fell more than 2 percentage points last month to its lowest level since March 2009.


02/03/2012 11:47 AM

Place your bets on Facebook's IPO -- literally

Facebook has finally filed for an IPO, but it likely won't start trading for months. For those who can't wait to gamble on the stock market, bookies are accepting bets.


02/03/2012 11:29 AM

Kiss QE3 hopes goodbye. And good riddance!

The strong January jobs report may finally put a nail in the QE3 coffin.


02/03/2012 11:52 AM

Stealth jobs boom: 6 months, 2 million jobs

Companies are saying the job market is getting better. Workers are saying it's already kicked into high gear.





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08/01/2011 05:32 PM

Rural towns will really feel post office closures

Welcome to Yellow Pine, Idaho. Population: 32. Miles to nearest (big) town: 60. Cell phone service: None. Post Office: One, in the bottom floor of the postmaster's home.


07/31/2011 01:20 PM

Businesses have role to play in thwarting terror

"He hasn't done anything unlawful — it doesn't prevent me from being curious," said gun shop employee and former policeman Greg Ebert of his reporting a suspicous customer to police.Ultimately, it was the keen eye of a Texas gun shop clerk that helped authorities find an AWOL soldier who'd stashed bomb-making material in his nearby motel room for a planned attack on Fort Hood soldiers.





07/31/2011 02:05 PM

Drought is damaging Texas' oyster fisheries

Workers shuck oysters at Jeri's Seafood in Smith Point, Texas. Oysters are a $217 million industry on the Gulf Coast.  Tracy Woody heaved a hemp bag filled with oysters across the deck of his boat and began inspecting his catch. One shell after another was empty.





07/26/2011 02:15 PM

NY could profit from legalizing gay marriage

Candy Casey, left, kisses Diane Wnek, after a group same-sex marriage in Niagara Falls on Monday.A lot of people are happy to see same-sex marriage legal in New York: lawyers, marriage counselors, insurance agents.





07/21/2011 06:11 PM

Silicon Valley spawns another gold rush

Silicon Valley, the mother lode of the high tech business, has another gold rush under way. And that means a lot of suddenly wealthy people .


07/12/2011 03:28 PM

Customer jailed after trying to cash bank check

Ikenna Njoku of Auburn, Wash., says he was mistakenly jailed for four days after he tried to cash a Chase cashier's check at a Chase bank branch. Tha bank has apologized.For 28-year-old Ikenna Njoku, what should have been a simple check deposit turned into  four days in jail and losing his car and job.





07/07/2011 07:22 PM

Court burns Dillard's over hot dog canning

The Indiana Court of Appeals says a department store wasn't justified in firing a worker who took two leftover hot dogs from a company picnic, so it must pay him unemployment.


07/04/2011 10:41 AM

10 cities that will take a decade to recover

The city’s economy relies on gaming and tourism, two industries which have been hit extremely hard by the recession.The IHS report lists 37 metropolitan areas which are not expected to return to peak employment until after 2021. These areas are facing a “Lost Decade.”





06/29/2011 07:12 PM

Amazon to cut off California-based Web affiliates

Amazon.com says it will stop working with online affiliates based in California since the state passed a new rule that forces online retailers to collect sales tax there.


06/22/2011 03:40 PM

Chicago showdown as hot dog makers in court

"This is Chicago, and we take hot dogs seriously," says Tanya Russell, a mail carrier who stopped at Fast Track, a downtown stand, to deliver some letters and grab a Vienna hot dog.This is a dog fight Chicago will relish.