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Medtronic to buy Covidien for $42.9 billion, rebase in Ireland
June 16th, 2014
U.S. medical device maker Medtronic Inc said on Sunday it had agreed to buy Covidien Plc for $42.9 billion in cash and stock and move its executive base to Ireland in the latest transaction aiming for lower corporate tax rates abroad. ...
Wall St. slides on concerns about Iraq
June 13th, 2014
U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as concerns escalated about Iraq and after disappointing economic data on retail sales and jobless claims. The three major U.S. stock indexes ended off their session lows. With the day’s decline, though, the S&P ...
Dear Investors: China’s Problems Are Your Problems
May 27th, 2014
I have long argued that it will take a sizable shock to switch the current “risk on” investment climate to one of “risk off.” The robust U.S. stock market persists even though the housing recovery has stagnated, labor markets ...
BNP Case Shows French Companies Learn U.S. Law Hard Way
May 22nd, 2014
Some French companies have been slow to learn that doing business in the U.S. means obeying its laws. U.S. authorities are seeking a record fine against BNP Paribas SA (BNP) that would make it the first French bank since ...
Military pact between U.S and Philippines
April 28th, 2014
US President Barack Obama says that a new US-Philippine military pact will promote stability in the region. The deal, signed in Manila hours before Mr Obama touched down, allows a bigger US military presence in the country. Mr Obama ...
Russian Companies Shrug Off US Sanctions – For Now
April 23rd, 2014
Soon after U.S. sanctions targeting members of President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle were announced last month, Olga Promptova, a Russian business owner, received a message from a German client who was worried about the delivery of her Russian-made clothing. ...
Is the U.S. Shale Boom Going Bust?
April 23rd, 2014
It’s not surprising that a survey of energy professionals attending the 2014 North American Prospect Expo overwhelmingly identified “U.S. energy independence” as the trend most likely to gain momentum this year. Like any number of politicians and pundits, these ...
Europe Stocks Decline as Investors Weigh Ukraine Violence
April 15th, 2014
European stocks declined, after yesterday’s advance, as investors weighed violence in eastern Ukraine and further evidence of a slowdown in China’s economy. U.S. futures and Asian shares were little changed. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.4 percent to ...
Age of Gas Seen as Sideshow to U.S. Producers Prizing Oil
April 8th, 2014
The “golden age of gas” that the International Energy Agency foresees as a result of the U.S. energy boom is hardly the future being embraced by industry executives. At least based on comments from company officials presenting at the ...
Ukraine crisis: NATO suspends cooperation with Moscow
April 2nd, 2014
NATO will suspend “all practical civilian and military cooperation” with Russia because of its annexation of Crimea, saying it has seen no sign that Moscow was withdrawing troops from the Ukrainian border. Foreign ministers from the 28 members of ...
