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Alliance Aviation to launch $120 mln IPO Monday - MarketWatch
... transportation for resources workers in Australia, will begin a bookbuild Monday for an initial public offering, or IPO, in a deal that could raise up to 120 million Australian dollars (US$116 million), according to people familiar with the matter. ...
BOJ sends survey to banks on overseas intervention - MarketWatch
The central bank has been polling financial institutions in Tokyo for about the past two weeks, both in writing and verbally, according to people familiar with the matter. The brief survey asks several questions about how the bank can help the BOJ with ...
Samsung, Metals X reportedly in nickel ops talks - MarketWatch
... -(MarketWatch)- South Korean conglomerate Samsung Group is in talks to invest in a 2.23 billion Australian dollars (US$2.17 billion) project to mine nickel in the heart of the Australian Outback, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. ...
Ex-Olympus exec questioned in accounting scandal - MarketWatch
... -(MarketWatch)- Tokyo prosecutors on Friday questioned Olympus Corp. former Executive Vice President Hisashi Mori on a voluntary basis over his involvement in covering up investment losses, Kyodo News reported, citing sources close to the matter. ...
Taiwan's China Steel seeks to defer, cut shipments - MarketWatch
... who is directly involved in the talks but asked not to be named. "We have to take necessary measures to cope with the falling demand from our downstream customers," the official said. "It's very difficult to tell how long the deferral will last. ...
Belgian aides to lift nuclear-power-output tax - MarketWatch
BRUSSELS -(MarketWatch)- The Belgian politicians negotiating key priorities for a new government agreed to increase a tax on the production of nuclear power to EUR550 million a year from EUR250 million, a person close to the talks ...
Paulson cuts stakes in gold ETF, Citigroup, H-P - MarketWatch
The shift does not mean Paulson is moving away from his bullish view on gold, a person familiar with the matter said. Paulson has found ways to get exposure to gold through futures or other products that don't necessarily show up in regulatory filings, ...
UBS reportedly to name Ermotti as CEO - MarketWatch
The Zurich-based bank's board of directors will decide on Ermotti's nomination at a telephone conference later this week, Sonntagszeitung wrote, citing an anonymous source. UBS Chairman Kaspar Villiger told reporters Tuesday, that the bank's next ...
Seven SEC staffers disciplined over Madoff: report - MarketWatch
The Washington Post, citing a person familiar with the matter, added that an eighth person resigned before disciplinary action could be taken. Accused swindler Bernard Madoff (bottom) enters the Manhattan federal court house in New York March 12, 2009. ...
Brazil's Petrobras faces lower Q3 profit - MarketWatch
"If that balance stayed the same at the end of the third quarter, the impact of the appreciation of the dollar on profits would be about BRL7 billion to the negative," said a financial analyst who asked not to be named. The situation would be similar ...
China wealth fund prepares to restructure - MarketWatch
A source close to CIC told Caixin that restructuring is aimed at clarifying CIC's investment activities in overseas and domestic markets. Caixin is a Beijing-based media group dedicated to providing high-quality and authoritative financial and business ...
Citigroup takes steps to calm anger in Japan: WSJ - MarketWatch
Japan's banking watchdog likely will issue sanctions in the next two months against Citigroup, according to people familiar with the matter. Possible penalties range from a temporary suspension of banking operations to an order forcing Citigroup to ...
Sony may end LCD JV with Samsung - MarketWatch
... and a glut of panels for liquid crystal displays, Sony Corp. is considering options for its LCD panel joint venture with South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. , including possibly ending the alliance, a person familiar with the matter said Sunday. ...
Sony may end LCD JV with Samsung: report - MarketWatch
... and a glut of panels for liquid crystal displays, Sony Corp. is considering options for its LCD panel joint venture with South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. , including possibly ending the alliance, a person familiar with the matter said Sunday. ...
Italy asks Fiat to clarify production plans - MarketWatch
... SpA to provide more details about a EUR20 billion plan to revamp its factories amid a growing clamor among some union workers about the automaker's commitment to the country, according to a person familiar with the regulator's workings Saturday. ...
Blackstone takes minority stake in Leica Camera - MarketWatch
Based on Leica's share price Tuesday, and including a usual premium for such transactions, Blackstone paid slightly more than EUR130 million, said a person close to the matter. Herberg declined to comment on the price but added the acquisition was ...
China Development bank backs PdVSA loan: source - MarketWatch
... government-backed bank will provide loan guarantees needed by Venezuela's government-run oil company, Petroleo de Venezuela SA, to participate in construction of an oil refinery in Brazil, according to a person familiar with the transaction. ...
NBNK Investments to bid for Northern Rock: report - MarketWatch
... is preparing to bid for UK nationalized lender Northern Rock PLC after the banks board and government lifted a ban on it launching a bid, reports The Mail on Sunday newspaper, citing a person familiar with the matter, who wasn't identified. ...
India state oil companies to cut jet-fuel prices - MarketWatch
Indian fuel retailers will raise jet fuel prices to INR58,271 ($1189) a kiloliter (264.2 gallons) in New Delhi effective at midnight, said the official, who declined to be named. Jet fuel prices vary across India due to local taxes. ...
Diamond prices, latest frontier in industry battle - MarketWatch
People want to know why polished diamond prices are going up and down and Martin Rapaport can't really provide a satisfactory answer to that question, said one industry participant, who did not want to be identified for fear of potential legal ...
Japan government may wield more control over Tepco - MarketWatch
TO) over the years, as the troubled utility will almost certainly need an injection of new capital to deal with the aftermath of a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, people familiar with the matter said. "The government may acquire common ...
United Tech, Goodrich reportedly set for deal - MarketWatch
The potentially all-cash deal for Charlotte, NC,-based Goodrich will likely be in the range of $110 to $120 a share, reported Bloomberg, citing an anonymous source. A later Wall Street Journal report, also citing an unnamed source, ...
Fed mulling targets for jobs, inflation: report - MarketWatch
The report, citing people familiar with the matter, said Bernanke has asked Charles Evans, the president of the Chicago Fed and a prominent dove and Charles Plosser, the president of the Philadelphia Fed, and a prominent hawk, to work together on ...
Aerospace stocks rally - MarketWatch
based conglomerate /quotes/zigman/244482/quotes/nls/utx UTX -0.15% , part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, has tapped credit markets for funds that could top $20 billion, according to a Reuters report that cited an anonymous source. ...
SocGen CEO downplays potential Moody's duwngrade - MarketWatch
The bank's statements come ahead of an expected downgrade by Moody's Investment Service of the credit ratings of the country's three largest private banks, according to people familiar with the matter. Oudea said a possible downgrade would bring ...