Economic and Finance
When Tom Voss asked the Missouri Legislature for help to build another nuclear power plant, the AmerenUE chief executive promised high-paying jobs to help […]
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The Treasury has raised its offer to Chrysler lenders with just over a week remaining for the embattled automaker to reach deals to cut […]
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NEW YORK – Oracle Corp. pounced on Sun Microsystems Inc. in a $7.4 billion deal Monday (dollar figures U.S.) after rival IBM Corp. abandoned its […]
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eBay Inc offered to buy South Korean online retailer Gmarket Inc for up to $1.2 billion, making it the leader in the world’s sixth-largest […]
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Express Scripts Inc has agreed to buy WellPoint Inc’s NextRx subsidiaries for $4.68 billion, the companies said in a statement.
NextRx subsidiaries provide pharmacy benefits […]
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The Treasury Department Wednesday confirmed that life insurers are qualified to join banks and carmakers on the list of industries getting taxpayer bailouts.
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Airline performance improved in 2008 for the first time in five years, according to an annual airline quality report released Monday.
The survey, conducted by […]
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HSBC shares jumped over 5 percent on Monday after its massive 12.9 billion pound ($18.9 billion) rights issue received a robust response from investors, […]
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Bond prices fell Thursday as investors fled to the stock market, which rallied at the start of a meeting of the world’s largest economies.
The […]
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MONTREAL – Michael Sabia received a $21-million golden handshake from BCE Inc. when he departed the telecom company last summer, before accepting his controversial […]
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