http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us Australia's competition regulator has rejected Caltex Australia Ltd.'s proposed 300 million Australian dollar (US$277.5 million) takeover of Exxon Mobil Corp.'s Australian filling stations, highlighting an intense level of public and regulatory sensitivity to any deals in the gasoline sector.... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4727264-caltex-mobil-accc-hurdle business-news Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:43:49 -0800 The World Bank has agreed to examine new ways of raising its funding commitment for India’s highway projects, Road Transport and Highways Minister Kamal Nath said here on Wednesday. After his meeting with World Bank President Robert Zoellick, who is... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4729465-india-zoellick-mukherjee-multilateral-pranab business-news Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:52:23 -0800 Geithner on Wednesday urged Congress to quickly pass legislation to rein in derivatives, the exotic and complex financial instruments that exacerbated the economic crisis. Mr. Geithner told a Senate panel on Wednesday that regulating derivatives would reduce risk to the... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4730543-geithner-derivatives-praises-defends business-news Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:40:42 -0800 Siemens AG said it has reached a settlement with its former chief executive officer, Heinrich von Pierer, and five other former board members over damage claims tied to a far-reaching bribery scandal at the German industrial conglomerate. The settlement marks... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4729649-siemens-pierer-von-damages business-news Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:44:00 -0800 The Yorkshire and Chelsea building societies confirmed they would be merging in a move that would create "a second major force" in the sector behind Nationwide , but which will see branches closed and jobs cut. Chelsea, which made a... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4730499-societies-merge-debt-agree business-news Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:24:41 -0800 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSL) on Wednesday joined hands with BT to offer ‘global conferencing solutions’. BT providing its best practices to design, offer and support seamless customer solutions to enterprises for end-to-end service delivery. “The solution has unique differentiators... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4729496-bsnl-united-kingdom-zain-conferencing business-news Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:02:41 -0800 Home buyers will have to pay more cash upfront to get a mortgage backed by the Federal Housing Agency and will need to achieve higher minimum credit scores under changes announced today by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan.... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4731397-fha-mortgages-borrowers-skin business-news Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:36:07 -0800 Justice Department asked for a court order allowing it to get the names of investors who held offshore accounts from the business records of indicted Texas financier R...Securities and Exchange Commission sued Stanford, two associates and three of his businesses... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4731826-united-states-stanford-seeks-irs business-news Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:02:54 -0800 An analysis of U.S. shoppers in November shows the month was sharply divided among retail sectors with luxury goods down but Internet sales brisk. SpendingPulse, which monitors spending for MasterCard Advisors, said e-commerce rose 12.3 percent in November, compared to... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4727906-stumble-soar-electronics-shoppers business-news Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:14:28 -0800 At the present moment, the Dalai Lama's institution is useful to the Tibetan culture and the Tibetan people. Thus, if I were to die today, I think the Tibetan people would choose to have another Dalai Lama. In the future,... noreply@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/news/4727541-zephyr-monk-tibetan-cove business-news Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:57:26 -0800