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The previously announced sale of a 70 percent stake in Skype for some two billion US dollars had been held up by lawsuits filed by Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Zennstrom, a Swede, and Friis, a Dane, settled the suits this month and...
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T Alfian , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta Thu, 11/19/2009 10:54 AM Business The central government has backed down from a plan to purchase a stake in copper producer PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (NNT) from US mining giant Newmont Corp, opening the way...
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British Airways alarmed passengers a decade ago by removing the Union Jack from its tailfins. But they now have the prospect of the Spanish flag flying alongside the national airline as BA closes in on a £3.96bn merger with rival Iberia.
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AES, the Arlington, Va.-based power generating company, said Friday that it would raise capital for new projects by selling a 15 percent stake in the company to a unit of China's sovereign wealth fund for $1.6 billion. AES said the China Investment Corp....
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Dutch biotechnology firm Crucell said on Monday Johnson & Johnson had bought 14.6 million new Crucell shares for 302 million euros ($443.5 million) as part of a flu vaccine development deal. Crucell said the collaboration will focus on developing a universal...
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The company told investors at the Morgan Stanley healthcare conference that despite two new reports of patients who have developed progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, or PML, it is too early to draw any specific conclusion. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based...
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The government may sell 10 percent of its stake through a public offering in power producer Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd, a senior company official said on Tuesday. The Himachal Pradesh government holds 25 percent stake in the firm, while the remaining...
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Media conglomerate Tribune Co. announced a definitive agreement Friday to sell all but a 5 percent stake in the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field to the billionaire Ricketts family, capping a tortuous selection process that began nearly 2½ years ago...Joe...
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Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd. agreed to sell its controlling stake in Israel's second-biggest cellphone provider, Partner Communications Co., in a deal worth about US$1.38 billion in cash and debt. The sale will allow Hutchison Telecommunications,...
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Carmel Valley solar developer Applied Solar, formerly Open Energy, said yesterday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It said it owes creditors $29 million but has assets of $17.6 million. The company's solar panels, made by another...
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