Reuters: Mergers News:
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov 24 (Reuters) - Capmark Financial
Group Inc [CPFNG.UL] said on Tuesday that it agreed to sell its
mortgage loan servicing business to a joint venture between
Berkshire Hathaway and Leucadia, which raised its bid on Monday
to value the unit at about $468 million.
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Reuters: Deals:
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Capmark Financial Group Inc said on Tuesday that it agreed to sell its mortgage loan servicing business to a joint venture between Berkshire Hathaway and Leucadia, which raised its bid on Monday to value the unit at about $468 million.
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Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch has spent months complaining that Google is ruining the newspaper business, and now he wants to do something about it.
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Reuters: Private Equity:
LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Analysts believe Informa
will need another, much bigger equity injection to fund any buy
of Springer Science and Business Media but a tie-up could create
a global giant. [ID:nGEE5AN0BD]
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CNN:
When Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina made his infamous "You lie!" outburst during the president's healthcare address to Congress in September, he wasn't the only one stepping into the spotlight. The next day, an Austin startup called Piryx set up a Web site to facilitate donations to Wilson. (Read More)
Reuters: Mergers News:
LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Marsh & McLennan
, the second-largest global insurance broker by assets,
is exploring a deal to buy part of HSBC's insurance
business, the Daily Telegraph reported in its Tuesday
editions.
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Reuters:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc said it is buying Silicon Valley display advertising technology startup Teracent, which expands its competition with display leader Yahoo Inc.
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Reuters: Private Equity:
LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - British media and events group
Informa has held early stage talks with its rival Springer
Science and Business Media over buying the German academic
publisher, the Financial Times said.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama should look abroad for ways to boost jobs at home, the biggest U.S. business lobby group said on Monday, urging the administration to advance three pending free trade agreements.
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Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc unveiled on Monday an offering that lets customers using its network for Web-surfing on laptop computers or netbooks avoid the obligation to sign a two-year contract with the operator.
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Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will propose an emissions reduction target at U.N. climate change talks in Copenhagen in December with an eye toward winning support from U.S. lawmakers who must agree to put it into law.
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Reuters: Deals:
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc said it is buying Silicon Valley display advertising technology start-up Teracent, which expands its competition with display leader Yahoo Inc.
. (Read More)
Reuters: Mergers News:
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Web search leader Google
Inc said it is buying Silicon Valley display
advertising technology start-up Teracent, which expands its
competition with display leader Yahoo Inc .
. (Read More)
Reuters:
LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who shot to fame after her audition for "Britain's Got Talent" was aired in April, appears set to have the biggest album in Britain this year, music retailer HMV said on Monday.
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