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Three mull first US lawsuits against Murdoch: source - Reuters Canada
By Mark Hosenball (Reuters) - Three people who believe they were targeted by a private investigator working for Rupert Murdoch's News of the World while they were in the United States are considering suing his company in US courts, a source close to ...
GM hesitates over Peugeot alliance plan: source - Reuters Canada
Intense public scrutiny is also undermining the draft deal, in which GM would take a small Peugeot stake as part of a 1 billion euro ($1.34 billion) share issue by the cash-strapped French automaker, the source said, adding: "This is not a done deal ...
Pakistan rejects US envoy visit: official - Reuters Canada
"Ambassador Grossman asked to visit Pakistan but we conveyed to him that it was not possible at the moment," a senior government official, who declined to be named, told Reuters. Relations between Islamabad and Washington are at the lowest point in ...
Hungary aiming for 10-15 billion euro IMF/EU deal: analysts - Reuters Canada
Asked about the details of the December 9 note, a government official said the specifics of any agreement would emerge during talks expected to start in January. "This issue is in a preparatory stage, how it unfolds will be decided in concrete ...
Bidders queue for MF Global LME stake: sources - Reuters Canada
"It'll be done in the short term I believe," the source said. A sale of MF Global's 4.7 percent stake could shift the odds in the takeover battle for the LME, the world's biggest metal market, which has thrown its doors open to a potential 1 billion ...
UniCredit to announce cap hike, equity unit cuts - Reuters Canada
... is set to announce a 7.5 billion euro ($10.34 billion) rights issue, thousands of job cuts and the exit from its London-based equity sales and trading business to substantially shore up its capital, sources close to the operation said. ...
All options in play as MF Global seeks sale:source - Reuters Canada
A number of interested parties were considering several possible deals, including buying all or parts of the troubled US futures brokerage run by former Goldman executive Corzine, said the source, who requested anonymity. "The goal is squarely for some ...
Air Canada flight attendants open to more talks - Reuters Canada
TORONTO (Reuters) - Flight attendants at Air Canada are willing to resume talks with the country's biggest airline to avert a strike that could begin Thursday, a source close to the bargaining process said on Tuesday. "We are open to further discussion ...
Groupon gets into online retailing with Groupon Goods - Reuters Canada
Last Wednesday, Groupon sent a test batch of emails, with discounts on products like Ray Ban sunglasses, mattresses, and cutlery, but had not branded it under Groupon Goods at that time, the source said. Although there is no visible presence on site, ...
US sports magnate charges against SEC unfounded: source - Reuters Canada
... Securities and Exchange Commission has concluded that the accusations of investigative misconduct against the enforcement division by Dallas Mavericks basketball team owner Mark Cuban have no merit, according to a person familiar with the matter. ...
Mark Cuban charges against SEC unfounded: source - Reuters Canada
The person declined to be named because the findings have not yet been made public. An attorney for Cuban and the SEC's inspector general could not be immediately reached for comment. John Nester, a spokesman for the SEC, declined to comment. ...
PE firms circling AOL turn attention to Yahoo - Reuters Canada
Allen & Co and Bank of America Securities are advising AOL on strategic alternatives, including a possible sale, sources said. Problem is, the private equity firms have now turned their attention to Yahoo, which is reportedly seeking its own sale after ...
Cuba shuts down second Canadian trading company - Reuters Canada
Like other people who spoke to Reuters about the clampdown on the company, she asked that her name not be used. Tokmakjian Group is estimated to do around $80 million in business annually with the Caribbean island, mainly selling transportation, ...
Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Loan Star win Anglo Irish loans: sources - Reuters Canada
The total price paid for all the loans was between $7 billion and $8 billion, the source said. To attract a large pool of potential buyers, the portfolio was broken into eight separate pools according to the performance of the loans and the length to ...
Talent agency CAA mulls Silicon Valley office - Reuters Canada
CAA, whose client roster includes Brad Pitt, Oprah Winfrey and Peyton Manning, wants an "on the ground presence" in Palo Alto, these sources said. An outpost in Silicon Valley would help ease the travel load of CAA agents, some of whom already shuttle ...
China's Sina invests up to $40 million in Tudou: source - Reuters Canada
"We haven't discussed about more cooperation yet but it is a possibility in the future," the source said. Tudou declined to comment while Sina could not be reached for comment. Tudou, which raised $174 million in its Nasdaq public offering, ...
Insurgents killed eight Afghan security officials - Reuters Canada
KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents killed eight Afghan security officials who were kidnapped a day earlier in one of the most dangerous areas in central Afghanistan, a government official said on Saturday, and the Taliban claimed ...
Avista, Cinven among bidders for Reuters' Kondor: sources - Reuters Canada
Final-round bids for Kondor are expected by mid-September, one of the sources said. Thomson Reuters, as well as Cinven, Bridgepoint and Montagu, declined to comment. Avista was not immediately available for comment..
Shots fired near George Clinton concert in Cleveland - Reuters Canada
The official, who declined to be named, said he could not confirm reports one person was killed and three others injured in the shooting. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the head and a 20-year-old female was hit in the neck when shots broke out during a ...
Strong earthquake hits Central Asia: USGS - Reuters Canada
She did not want to be identified. She said that local residents also reported damage to low-rise apartment blocks in the nearby town of Margilan, a silk production center. "It's an old town and some of the old houses have been destroyed," she said. ...
Ontario official says TMX in talks with Maple Group: report - Reuters Canada
TORONTO (Reuters) - TMX Group is now in talks with a Canadian consortium whose hostile bid for the operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange scuppered a friendly combination with the London Stock Exchange, a government official said on Wednesday. ...
Lagarde to give China bigger IMF job - Reuters Canada
IMF sources said Min Zhu, a Chinese national who was a special advisor to Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was expected to fill a new deputy managing director post to be created by Lagarde. "Min Zhu is expected to be named to deputy managing director," an IMF ...
Dealtalk: Private equity scours Hewlett-Packard for cracks - Reuters Canada
... Blackstone Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and TPG Capital would like HP to break up and sell them some of its unit, arguing that the world's No.1 PC maker and tech powerhouse is stretched too thin, according to people familiar with the matter. ...
Exclusive: Up to 15 EU banks to fail stress test: sources - Reuters Canada
By Marc Jones and John O'Donnell FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Up to one in six European banks is set to fail an EU-wide financial health check, according to euro zone sources close to the stress-testing, as officials scramble to set up backstops for ...
Law Times: Canadian lawyers quick to file on Sino-Forest - Reuters Canada
"I think the hasty filings were completely irresponsible," said the lawyer, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "If we're going to have mature, credible class actions against Sino-Forest, we need responsible behavior on all sides, and that includes ...