Reuters: Mergers News:
PARIS, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Toshiba and GeneralElectric are both ready to offer more than 4 billioneuros for the power and transmission unit of France's Areva, the La Tribune newspaper reported on Monday. State-owned nuclear r (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Insurer Allianz said Monday that it swung to a third-quarter net profit of 1.32 billion euros ($1.97 billion from a loss of 2.02 billion euros a year earlier. The group said total revenue for the quar (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- French water and waste management utility Veolia Environnement said Monday that its total revenue in the first nine months of the year fell 2.8% to 25.36 billion euros and was down 1.7% at constant ex (Read More)
The Sydney Morning Herald World Headlines:
Indian giant Reliance Industries is set to buy assets from stricken US petrochemicals group Lyondell-Basell in a deal that could be worth up to 6 billion US dollars, a report said Monday. (Read More)
NY Post:
Northrop Grumman, the third-largest US defense contractor, agreed to sell a government-consulting unit to a group of investors led by General Atlantic and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts affiliates for $1.65 billion. (Read More)
The Guardian:
National digital station says rival BBC Introducing service is squeezing out commercial playersAmazing Radio, the national digital station that only plays unsigned artists discovered online, has lodged a complaint to the BBC (Read More)
mashable:
We know there are a lot of interesting and unique uses for Twitter. We’ve seen Twitter used for customer service, tweets to monitor power usage, and even 140 character marriage proposals, but we never thought about it being u (Read More)
economictimes.indiatimes.com:
What can Pantaloon shareholders expect in future? ET Intelligence Group finds out in a conversation with the company's managing director Kishore Biyani. (Read More)
World-The Times of India:
Acknowledging that there is "ingress of the ISI in every terrorist group", ex-president Musharraf said he has evidence to prove Afghanistan is under influence of Indian intelligence. (Read More)
India Times:
Reliance Communications today said it has entered into an agreement with Financial Technologies Group firm atom technologies for using its mobile financial solutions. (Read More)
Boing Boing:
Dan Gillmor sez, "Slow food was a great idea. Maybe we need 'slow news' in an era of accelerating -- and wrong -- information."Like many other people who've been burned by believing too quickly, I've learned to put almost all (Read More)
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Gangasudhan with contribution from Ravi Philemon >> TOC ReviewTOC caught up with Nominated Member of Parliament Mr Viswa Sadasivan who discussed his views in a candid chit-chat sessionTV personality, CEO, consultant, trainer (Read More)
L.A. Times - Business:
The defense contractor is unloading TASC to comply with a new conflict-of-interest law, which regulates firms that advise the government on weapons systems while also building them. (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Although the NYTCo (NYSE: NYT) continued to struggle on the display ad front in Q3, NYTimes.com GM Denise Warren finally sees some glimmers of hope. As the crucial holiday seaso (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Virginia:
Venture Philanthropy Partners on Monday will announce a $4.5 million grant to the local chapter of a national nonprofit group that prepares young people for technology careers, according to its president.
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
Volunteer Objectively with Incredible Care to Each (Voice) truly lives up to its name. This group is an employee-volunteering initiative of HP, which caters to needs of NGOs in the city. (Read More)
Financial Times:
When Europe's biggest industrial group was hit by a massive bribery scandal, it hired an outsider to transform the company radically. Siemens chief executive Peter Löscher talks to the FT in The Monday Interview. (Read More)
www.ft.com:
Bwin, the internet gambling group, has come a long way since its directors were arrested under France's anti-gambling laws, and investors are taking notice. (Read More)
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The following is an excerpt from the Malaysian InsiderThe Singapore government yesterday fired a clear signal that it intends to keep private homes affordable by announcing its land sales programme for the first half of 2010 (Read More)