News: UBS Lobbies for Swiss-U.S. Deal

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UBS has stepped up its lobbying efforts for a U.S.-Swiss tax deal over confidential bank data, urging parliamentary representatives to vote for the passage of the deal.

News: EU Advances Draft Rules for Hedge Funds

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Brussels Beat: European officials rebuffed criticism from U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that suggested a draft law aimed at regulating hedge funds would discriminat...

News: Bill Cara’s Blog for March 12, 2010

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Morning Call [5:28am ET] Traders are speculating whether the financial crisis in Greece will serve to ultimately weaken or strengthen the European Monetary Union. In a colum...

News: Citi to sell stake in Primerica | WOPULAR Alerts - "Redecard SA"

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... New York-based bank bailed out by the U.S. for $52 billion, plans to sell its stake in Brazilian credit card processor [bn:WBTKR=RDCD3:BS] Redecard SA . ...

News: Retail Buyouts Return in `Goldilocks’ Market After Credit Freeze Thawed

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By Jason Kelly and Lauren Coleman-Lochner March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Private-equity firms looking to buy retail and consumer companies said they’re now able to finance deals an...

News: BHP, Anglo, Xstrata Bypass Europe on 10,000-Mile Coal Route to China Ports

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By Heather Walsh March 12 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Plc , Anglo American Plc and Xstrata Plc are shipping coal 10,000 miles to China from their Cerrejon mine in Colombia for...

News: Monsanto May Have Antitrust Edge as Protecting Patents Trumps Competition

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By Jack Kaskey and William McQuillen March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Monsanto Co. , facing antitrust probes into its genetically modified seeds, may benefit from previous court ruling...

News: `Invisible Power’ of London Money Exposed as Lord Mayor Fights Politicians

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By Simon Clark March 12 (Bloomberg) -- When money needs to talk in London, it’s the lord mayor who speaks. Nick Anstee , the 682nd mayor of the U.K. capital’s financial di...

News: Apple, Netflix Wait in Wings While Cable’s TV Everywhere Stamps Out Free

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By Ronald Grover, Tom Lowry and Cliff Edwards March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Once upon a time, not so long ago, a bunch of small companies in Silicon Valley thought the future of tel...

News: Twin Lahore Blasts Leave 53 People Dead, 95 Injured, Rescue Service Says

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By Khalid Qayum and Farhan Sharif March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Two suicide bombings in Pakistan’s Lahore killed at least 20 people and wounded 45 others, the second attack in the...