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Google lender bender - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Google is not likely to finance a buyout of Yahoo! without getting an equity stake as part of the deal, said a source close to the situation. At the same time, antitrust regulators would likely frown on any deal that would give Google a stake in a ...
Bank customers urged to report suspect transactions immediately - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
An official from Citibank, who requested anonymity, said residents should immediately report to their banks such fraudulent transactions for the bank to act on it. Cases like this, the official said, will take 30 days to a maximum of 120 days before ...
GOP leaders rip Os Buffett tax on rich What a load of bull! - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Hell veto any bill that takes one dime from Medicare benefits that seniors rely on, without asking the wealthiest Americans and the biggest corporations to pay their fair share, an administration official said. But given its lack of support from the ...
Govt seeks to import liquefied natural gas from US - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
13--The government will seek to import liquefied natural gas from the United States to enhance thermal power generation, government sources said Tuesday. The government wants to expand the number of countries that supply the nation with LNG as demand ...
HPCL trains personnel for a dynamic petrol pricing model - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
We may consider it for our own operations," said a top IOC executive, who asked not to be identified. While the automobile fuel retail market is dominated by state-run oil retailers, private sector oil firms such as Reliance Industries Ltd, ...
Building 19 shuts doors - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
A man who refused to give his name because he was playing hookey from work rummaged through a rack of baseball batter gloves, looking for a homerun. But shoppers Wednesday mostly had to settle for smaller scores because not much merchandise remained. ...
Fresh Market in, Aaron's out at South Park - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
An Aaron's store manager who asked not to be identified said the retailer is moving into an existing location "across from the mall." "We are hoping to be out by next month," the manager said. "Fred's is going, too, as far as I know. ...
BofA CEO meets with top U.S. officials - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Moynihan's meeting with Geithner was pretty routine, part of an ongoing dialogue about housing and the economy, a person familiar with the matter said. Geithner meets fairly regularly with bank CEOs, the person said. Boston University School of Law ...
Govt to discuss Bimal Jalan committee report - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
The ministry will finalize its view on the report in two-three weeks after the consultation process is over, said a finance ministry official, who declined to be named. Stock markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India is expected to take ...
Power firms to stop paying taxes as Bengal govt blocks tariff hike plans - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
... tariff by the end of fiscal 2012, the two utilities have decided not to pay the state the '550 crore it owes the government in principal and interest for a 20-year loan, according to state government officials, who did not want to be identified. ...
Indian delegation to Sri Lanka to take up Tamil reconciliation issue - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
... Nations (UN) that called for a probe into "credible allegations" of human rights abuse resulting in tens of thousands of civilian deaths in the final stages of a civil war on the island in 2009, a government official said, requesting anonymity. ...
Bhel pursues contracts worth '1200 cr in Iraq - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
"We are actively pursuing these two orders which are of large value," said a Bhel executive who did not want to be identified. While Iraq has an 8.6% share of the world's oil reserves with 115 billion barrels of proven reserves and a 15% share of West ...
U.S. presses Lebanon to sever ties with Syria: report - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Lebanese officials and a Western diplomat, who requested anonymity, said a recent visit by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffery Feltman to Beirut was aimed at persuading Lebanese officials to distance themselves from Syria, ...
Christian meeting to discuss presidency - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
... political leaders under the sponsorship of Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai will focus on the need to boost the president's prerogatives, as well as follow up on issues from the first meeting, sources close to the church told The Daily Star. ...
R&T agents make inroads into your life - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
"These statements may be sent on your MF's letterhead, but in reality your MF's R&T has letterheads on which they print your account details," says the head of operations of one of the top five fund houses, who refused to be named as he is not the ...
Big Lots sale won't go through; shares fall - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
The Wall Street Journal, quoting people familiar with the matter, said yesterday that two groups of private-equity firms -- Bain Capital and TPG Capital, and Thomas H. Lee Partners and Advent International -- had bid on Big Lots. ...
Private freight terminal rules may be eased after lukewarm response - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
May 13--Faced with a less-than-enthusiastic response to its policy to get container operators to set up so-called private freight terminals (PFTs), the railways could come up with new norms in the next couple of weeks, a government official said. ...
Tata's Gabon deal may prompt more acquisitions abroad - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
"The availability of gas is assured, and now only the price is to be negotiated," a government official said on condition of anonymity. The Oman India Fertiliser Co. SAOC, a joint venture of Oman Oil Co. SAOC, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd ...
Police questions meat supplier president on E. coli deaths - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
... rules in July 2009 to omit the trimming procedure after Yamatoya Shoten sent it an e-mail in May that year indicating that beef to be shipped need not be trimmed at the restaurant outlets, said the senior official, who asked not to be named. ...
RIL faces pressure on gas for fertilizer units - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
This person, too, did not want to be identified. When it happens, the letter from the fertilizers ministry will follow a 21 March note from chemicals and fertilizers minister MK Alagiri to petroleum minister S. Jaipal Reddy, asking the latter to direct ...
Syria remains a crucial player in regional politics - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
Instead, these regimes used the military machine to muzzle the voices demanding change, democracy and transparency with regard to governance, said the ambassador, who asked not to be identified. He added that Western states are now expected to give the ...
Kingdom 'could cash in on killing of terrorist chief' - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
"With this piece of news coming in, it is the perfect opportunity for the dollar to look up and the country's economy to enliven at the same time," said the banker, who declined to be named. "This is also very good news for dollar-pegged currencies ...
CORRECTED: Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to get half stake in Indonesia life insurer - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
... Sumitomo Insurance Co. plans to acquire 50 percent of total outstanding shares in a life insurer of Indonesia's Sinar Mas Group in view of the country's promising market and the shrinking market in Japan, sources close to the deal said Friday. ...
Tax refund exercise leads to liquidity problem for govt - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
... of the income tax department's ongoing exercise to post all tax refunds by the end of the month took the rest of the ministry by surprise, according to three officials with direct knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. ...
Japan to scrap workers' annual radiation dose limit at normal times - istockAnalyst.com (press release)
... dose limit for nuclear power plant workers at normal times for the meantime to secure enough workers for maintenance and checkups of nuclear power plants other than the crisis-hit Fukushima power station, sources close to the matter said Wednesday. ...