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Vodafone Ups Kabel Deutschland Bid to 7.5 Billion Euros
Kabel Deutschland , Germany's largest cable operator, a source close to the situation has told CNBC. Vodafone's original offer was for 80 to 82 euros per share, but CNBC understands that the new offer is for around 85 euros per share, matching a rival offer made ...
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UPDATE 1-Deutsche Annington puts 18-21 euro price tag on listing
Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:22am EDT * Listing price values whole company at 4 bln euros * Offer period June 20 to July 2 * Shares to start trading on June 3 FRANKFURT, June 19 (Reuters) - Deutsche Annington, Germany's largest residential real estate company, plans to offer shares in its planned stock market listing in a range of 18 euros to 21 euros each, valuing the whole company at least 4 billion ...
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GOP senator IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa says his office has learned that the IRS is executing an agreement with the ...
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Budget office view boosts Senate immigration bill
View Photo Associated Press/Carolyn Kaster - People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June ...
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Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast. ...
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Obama relying on untested oversight board on NSA
The obscure oversight board that President Barack Obama wants to scrutinize the National Security Agency's secret surveillance system is little known for good reason. The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has operated fitfully during its eight years of its low-profile existence, stymied by Congressional in-fighting and its work at times censored by government lawyers. The ...
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Revision of Cypriot bailout terms not likely euro zone officials
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone does not intend to change the terms of Cyprus's bailout as requested by Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades in a letter sent to euro zone leaders and its lenders, three senior euro zone officials said on ...
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Euro Consolidates Gains before Fed
The sentiment remains mitigated on the fx markets ahead of the Federal Reserve policy verdict due today. In Japan, the equities traded to week high as the exports surprised to the upside in May, the shipments to US climbed. The Nikkei 225 advanced above 13,200 as confidence to Abenomics revived, yet the negative impacts of BoJ decision last week to not add further stimulus are still a concern in ...
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European car sales slow down to 20-year low in May
New car registrations dropped 5.9pc, 1.08 million vehicles from 1.15 million a year earlier, the Brussels-based European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA), said.Deliveries in Germany dropped 9.9pc. Sales declined 10pc in France, 8pc in Italy and 2.6pc in Spain.Demand in the UK rose 1pc, however. Car sales hit the lowest monthly level since 1993.The ACEA compiles data for the ...
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Afghan Taliban say they killed 4 U.S. troops
View Photo Associated Press/Ahmad Jamshid - Top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, Joseph Dunford, talks to media representatives at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June, 18, 2013. Dunford ...
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Ohio woman accuses 3 of holding her captive
authorities she was held captive for more than a year by three people who forced her to do housework, raided her bank account and menaced her with snakes ...
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Protesters out again in Brazils biggest city
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament - people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with ...
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Turkeys standing man to join ranks of icons
The image was stark (AP) -- a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central ...
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Investors look for answers on economy from Fed
In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Federal Reserve ends a policy meeting Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Investors have been nervously speculating that the Fed will soon scale back its economic stimulus and send interest rates up and stock prices down. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce ...
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G8 leaders are smart – but also casual
THERE was a lot of casual enforcement going on at the G8 in Fermanagh - look relaxed, don't wear a tie, and certainly don't object if you don't want ...
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Only the gift shop tills are ringing out as locals steer clear of ghost town
Camera crews wandered aimlessly through the pretty streets of the Fermanagh county town looking for another angle.But there were few shoppers - and even the police seemed to have melted away into the background as the summit at the Lough Erne Golf Resort came to an end.There were some exceptions to the rule when it came to business - at the town's hairdressing salons and in the gift ...
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Cyprus Calls for Bailout Overhaul to Save Economy
Cyprus' president has asked euro zone leaders for a complete revamp of his country's 10 billion euro ($13.4 billion) bailout, warning Nicosia may not be able to meet the rescue's current terms because it has harmed the country's economy and banking system even more than expected. In a letter sent last week and obtained by the Financial Times, Nicos Anastasiades wrote that the ...
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Boeing to Airbus Weve Got You Boxed and Bracketed
Boeing 's Dreamliner meet its new challenger in the form of the Airbus A350, the U.S. firm maintains that the new European aircraft will not affect its share of the wide body market, claiming: "We've got them boxed and bracketed." Randy Tinseth, vice president of marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, was speaking on a day that saw strong orders for Boeing's ...
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Reckless Bankers Should Face Jail UK Lawmakers
Britain should introduce laws making it possible to jail "reckless" bankers and claw back past bonus and pension awards, an influential panel of lawmakers said on Wednesday. The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, set up by the government last year ...
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Obama to renew calls for nuclear reductions
View Photo Associated Press/Evan Vucci - President Barack Obama listens to French President Francois Hollande during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, June 18, ...
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James helps Heat stave off elimination in Game 6
View Photo Associated Press/Lynne Sladky - San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker (9) and Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) collide during the second half of Game 6 of their NBA Finals basketball series, Tuesday, ...
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Euro hits four-month high following Draghi’s hawkish tone
Euro hit a four-month high versus the U.S dollar on Tuesday’s European trading session, after ECB’s President Mario Draghi said the central Bank will not hesitate to use interest rates and non-standard measures to help repair the Eurozone ...
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Suretank targets €50m sale of business
Louth-based Suretank Group Limited is in discussions with a Norwegian private equity firm to sell itself. The deal is expected to be confirmed before the end of this month. If it goes through, it will create a windfall for company founder Patrick Joy, who founded the company in the early 1990s. The firm specialises in making storage containers, and cryogenics for the offshore oil and gas ...
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Mixed day for ISE with slight rise
By the close in Dublin, the ISEQ Overall Index was up 0.3pc or 12.95 points to end the day at 3930.87.The Dublin market had a mixed day of peaks and troughs.The leaders included the state's two big banks ...
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Ulster Bank fly in Osborne ointment
An "important provision" is that taxpayers who rescued the banks in 2008 get their money back, Mr Osborne said in an interview with BBC Radio 4 yesterday."Absolutely at the heart of this is my determination that we have a banking system that works for the British economy rather than an economy that supports the banking system, which is what we inherited," he said.The comments ...
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Switzerland world's most competitive country
Switzerland is frequently pointed to as a model of good governance, prosperity, innovation and stability and is one of the happiest countries in the world. The recent competitive survey by the WEF underscored this, but came with a warning.
Switzerland truly is an impressive country, landlocked and small with no natural resources; it has developed into one of the richest countries in the world and was recently named the most competitive economy in the world. This is due in large part to its banking sector, which is one of the most advanced and its government structure, which is efficient in comparison to many other developed countries. Read more
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