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Google China Pullout Would Be Permanent, `Burn Bridges,' Ex-Executive Says Google Inc. would probably be
unable to return to China should it withdraw from the market
instead of abiding by the country’s censorship laws, a former
executive at the company said.
Icahn Offers to Buy All Lions Gate Shares After Movie Studio Rejected Bid Carl Icahn began a $574 million
hostile offer to buy Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. after the
film studio rejected his efforts to increase his stake to as
much as 30 percent.
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Crude Oil Futures Drop the Most in Three Weeks as Dollar Gains Versus Euro Crude oil tumbled the most in three
weeks as the dollar strengthened against the euro, curbing the
appeal of commodities as an alternative investment.
Oil India, Indian Oil Said to Make Rejected $600 Million Gulfsands Offer Oil India Ltd. and Indian Oil Corp.
jointly made the bid for Gulfsands Petroleum Plc that the U.K.
company with assets in Syria and the Gulf of Mexico rejected
last week, three people familiar with the matter said.
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Bernanke Says Large Bank Bailouts `Unconscionable,' Must Not Occur Again Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S.
Bernanke said government bailouts of large financial firms are
“unconscionable” and must be ended as part of a regulatory
overhaul following the worst financial crisis since the 1930s.
Cameron Plans Bank Tax to Recoup Bailout Cost If Conservatives Win in U.K. U.K. Conservative Party leader
David Cameron said he will impose a tax on banks if he wins this
year’s election, as both main parties battle to convince voters
they’re determined to prevent a future banking crisis.
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Obama Heads to U.S. Capitol Today as Health-Care Measure Hangs in Balance President Barack Obama heads to
the U.S. Capitol today to urge House Democrats to back
legislation overhauling U.S. health care on the eve of a vote
that party leaders are voicing confidence they can win.
House Democrats Give Up Plans for Deem and Pass Vote on Health Care Revamp House Democrats will drop plans to
avoid a direct up-or-down vote on Senate health-care legislation
when the bill comes to the floor tomorrow, Representative Henry
Waxman said.
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AIG Chief Benmosche's Salary Remains $7 Million This Year, Feinberg Says American International Group Inc.
Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche, the highest-paid
executive at the bailed-out insurer, will get a $7 million
salary again this year, said paymaster Kenneth Feinberg.
Bernanke Asked by Congress About Friedman's Goldman Sachs Stock Purchase A House committee requested that
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke turn over documents
related to Stephen Friedman’s purchase of Goldman Sachs Group
Inc. shares while he was on the boards of both the Wall Street
firm and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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Allianz, Corio May Acquire Italy's Biggest Shopping Mall for $582 Million Allianz SE and Corio NV are in
talks to acquire Italy’s largest shopping center for about 430
million euros ($582 million), according to three people with
knowledge of the transaction.
California `Full Speed Ahead' on Build America Sales After Florida Delay California, the largest U.S. issuer
of municipal debt, is pursuing its next sale of Build America
Bonds, even as Florida suspended its offerings on concern that
the Internal Revenue Service may block interest-cost subsidies.
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Bharti Airtel Board Said to Approve $9 Billion Bid for Zain Africa Assets Bharti Airtel Ltd., the Indian
phone company planning a $9 billion purchase of Zain’s African
wireless assets, intends to make a formal offer next week, after
Bharti’s board today approved the bid, according to two people
with knowledge of the negotiations.
Kabel Deutschland Raises $1 Billion in Germany's Biggest IPO for Two Years Kabel Deutschland Holding AG raised
almost 760 million euros ($1 billion) selling shares near the
low end of its price range in Germany’s biggest initial public
offering in more than two years.
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British Airways Flight Attendants Strike in Bid to Halt Pay, Staffing Cuts British Airways Plc said it got off
to a “good start” in the first of three days of stoppages by
12,000 cabin crew in an attempt to force Chief Executive Officer
Willie Walsh to drop cuts to pay and staffing levels.
`Disingenuous' UPS Seeks to Change Strike-Limit Law It Backed, FedEx Says FedEx Corp. chief Fred Smith said
United Parcel Service Inc. is being “disingenuous” in trying
to remove FedEx workers from a strike-limiting labor law that
the companies considered backing jointly almost a decade ago.
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