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Olive: GM slims down to prosper

Sometime this year Detroit will be abuzz over the prospect of General Motors Co. reclaiming its status as the world

Dubai’s Drydocks World gets $200M in financing

The shipbuilding and repair arm of indebted state conglomerate Dubai World says it has secured $200 million in immediate financing and plans to begin talks […]

Vatican creates financial watchdog amid bank probe

The Vatican on Thursday created a financial watchdog agency and issued new laws to fight money laundering and terrorist financing in a major effort to […]

More insider trading busts

In the latest phase of the government’s ongoing crackdown on insider trading, federal authorities said Thursday that they had made five arrests involving an […]

Novell draws bidding war; Attachmate offers $2.2B

Business software maker Novell Inc. said Monday it has found a new suitor to take over the company after rejecting a lower offer from a […]

Union questions feasibility of splitting AECL

A proposal by Toronto businessman Andrew Day to buy part of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. isn’t practical, says the union representing scientists, engineers and […]

Goldman’s O’Neill Says China, U.S. in `Grand Bargain’ on Yuan - Bloomberg

China is accelerating the yuan’s appreciation as part of the “grand bargain” to win U.S. support for Beijing to gain a bigger say at the […]

Barnwell, Cyanotech and Hawaiian Electric follow markets higher

Barnwell Industries Inc., Cyanotech Corp. and Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. were able to follow the broader markets higher during Friday’s trading, a day when most […]

Convention hotel site to become a plaza

The city of Portland and Metro, the area’s regional government, have begun demolishing an old restaurant near the Oregon Convention Center.
The site of the former […]