Korea Gas Corporation, the world's single-largest buyer of LNG, has stepped up efforts to sell part of its stake in Australia's Gladstone LNG project, a company official told Platts Friday. The South Korean state-owned company has ...
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The UK government Friday gave its consent to Norway's Statoil to go ahead with the $7 billion Mariner oil field development which is set to be the UK's biggest new North Sea project in more than a decade. Statoil took the final ...
German retailer Tengelmann, together with its US subsidiary Emil Capital Partners, has acquired a shareholding in chocolate maker Tcho. The retail group has also bought a stake in VariBlend Dual Dispensing Systems, which makes containers ...
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Spanish food group Ebro Foods has acquired a stake in Italian rice producer Riso Scotti. Ebro, which last year told just-food it would look to make further acquisitions and expand its geographic reach, purchased the Scotti Group-owned ...
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Market sentiment was aided by news that China's Citic Resources was taking a big stake in Alumina. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.7 per cent at 5036.9. This year it is up 8.3 per cent after rising 15 per cent in 2012. Trading value ...
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The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index rose 33.2 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 5,036.9 points, and the broader All Ordinaries index was up 32.7 points, or 0.65 per cent, at 5,057.2 points. On the ASX 24, the March share price index futures ...
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In an interview with Reuters, the chief executive of Kuwait Energy says the company is committed to pumping gas and finding oil in southern Iraq, and will not risk aggravating Baghdad by pursuing deals in Iraqi Kurdistan. Sara Akbar ...
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Gladiator Games is a slots game with a difference. Unlike other slots, Gladiator Games has a strong ancient Roman theme to it, with gladiators, lions, Roman numerals and other such artifacts and historical references. Even the sound effects ...
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Google chairman Eric Schmidt plans to sell 3.2 million "A" shares worth $US2.5 billion ($2.44 billion) over the next year, Google says in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The sale amounts to 42 per cent of Schmidt's ...
The Zumtobel Group (also known as Zumtobel AG)(WBAG: ZAG) headquartered in Dornbirn, Austria is a leading European manufacturer of professional indoor and outdoor lighting, lighting management systems and lighting components as well as LED ...
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Unprecedented federal budget problems are creating a new reality for the software development operations of government IT units. The days of the big, lumbering, multiyear government IT projects are likely coming to an end as more and more ...
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Dutch retail giant Ahold has sold its stake in ICA, the Sweden-based retailer, to co-owner Hakon Invest. The SEK1.2bn (US$1.6bn) cash deal, announced this morning (11 February), will see Hakon take Ahold's 60% stake in ICA. Hakon already ...
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Associated British Foods has "emphatically" denied allegations of tax evasion on profits made by its sugar processing operations in Zambia. In a report published by Action Aid at the weekend, the charity claims the Ryvita and Silver Spoon ...
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Nokia said Tuesday it filed letters of objection in India to protest actions by the country's income tax authorities, including a raid on its factory, which it claimed ran counter to domestic laws and international standards. The Espoo, ...
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Yahoo is bidding to strengthen its presence in the increasingly important mobile space with the acquisition of Alike, a location discovery app. The move comes as Yahoo faces rising pressure to stay relevant and offer mobile products for ...
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