Sun May 20, 2012 10:12pm BST (Recasts first paragraph, adds bail details) By Andrew Stern and James B. Kelleher CHICAGO May 20 (Reuters) – Two more men have been arrested in Chicago for threatening behavior before a NATO summit, bringing to five the number of people charged with
...UPDATE 1-ICE grain contracts kick off turf war with CME
Sun May 13, 2012 11:37pm BST * ICE launches U.S. agricultural contracts * Launch seen challenging CME Group’s ag market dominance * Establishing liquidity seen as crucial challenge * Contracts trade electronically, nearly around-the-clock * Corn contract first to trade (Updates with
...Nikkei set to fall sharply on euro worries, US jobs
Mon May 7, 2012 12:25am BST TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to open sharply lower on Monday after elections in France and Greece raised concerns over the euro zone's ability to carry out further austerity measures and U.S. jobs data came in weaker
...Australia’s Spotless bows to A$720 mln bid from PEP -source
MELBOURNE, April 30 | Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:25pm BST MELBOURNE, April 30 (Reuters) – Australian business services firm Spotless Group is set to announce it has agreed to a A$ 720 million ($ 752 million)takeover offer from Pacific Equity Partners, a source close to the process said on
...UPDATE 2-Egypt cancels gas deal with Israel
Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:22pm BST * Israel relies on Egypt for 40 percent of gas supply * Egyptian denies decision is political (Recasts with Israeli minister, Egypt company comments, adds byline) By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM, April 22 (Reuters) – Egyptian energy companies, citing a trade
...PRESS DIGEST-Australian Business News – April 2
Sun Apr 1, 2012 9:31pm BST Compiled for Reuters by Media Monitors. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (www.afr.com) Some of the largest institutional investors in Australia, including Dimensional Fund Advisers,
...PRESS DIGEST-Australian Business News – April 2
Sun Apr 1, 2012 9:31pm BST Compiled for Reuters by Media Monitors. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (www.afr.com) Some of the largest institutional investors in Australia, including Dimensional Fund Advisers,
...MPS top investor names Profumo as chairman-sources
By Stefano Bernabei ROME, March 18 | Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:46pm GMT ROME, March 18 (Reuters) – The top investor in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Italy’s No.3 bank, has formally backed former UniCredit boss Alessandro Profumo as the bank’s new chairman, sources
...Investors back hedge funds as performance rebounds
Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:00pm GMT * Net inflows 2.1 pct vs 1.12 pct a year ago * Hedge funds return 4.95 pct in first 2 months of the year-HFR By Laurence Fletcher LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) – Investors ploughed more money into hedge funds over the past month, data from hedge
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