http://bloggybiz.com Lets Talk about Business and Money! Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:48:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/glencore-xstrata-deal-meets-shareholder-opposition/ http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/glencore-xstrata-deal-meets-shareholder-opposition/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:46:28 +0000 anabel http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/glencore-xstrata-deal-meets-shareholder-opposition/ By Sarah Young and Eric Onstad LONDON | Tue Feb 7, 2012 9:31am EST LONDON (Reuters) – At least two top 10 shareholders in miner Xstrata plan to vote against a takeover by commodities trader Glencore, threatening the creation of a powerhouse spanning mining, agriculture and trading. Standard Life Investments and Schroders said on Tuesday [...]

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]]> http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/wall-st-edges-lower-as-greece-deal-advances/feed/ 0 http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/greeks-delay-bailout-talks-as-merkel-demands-action/ http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/greeks-delay-bailout-talks-as-merkel-demands-action/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:13 +0000 anabel http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/greeks-delay-bailout-talks-as-merkel-demands-action/ By Lefteris Papadimas and Daniel Flynn ATHENS/PARIS | Mon Feb 6, 2012 10:11am EST ATHENS/PARIS (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greece on Monday to make up its mind fast on accepting the painful terms for a new EU/IMF bailout, but the country’s political leaders responded by delaying their decision for yet another day. [...]

]]> http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/greeks-delay-bailout-talks-as-merkel-demands-action/feed/ 0 http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/wall-street-falls-as-greece-concerns-weigh-again/ http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/wall-street-falls-as-greece-concerns-weigh-again/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:10 +0000 anabel http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/wall-street-falls-as-greece-concerns-weigh-again/ By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK | Mon Feb 6, 2012 10:23am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock fell on Monday after a five-week rally on concerns Greece may be unable to avoid a chaotic default as it struggles to reach terms on a new bailout package. Athens allowed another deadline to slip as political leaders [...]

]]> http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/wall-street-falls-as-greece-concerns-weigh-again/feed/ 0 http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/glencore-xstrata-hammering-out-final-deal-details/ http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/glencore-xstrata-hammering-out-final-deal-details/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:42:24 +0000 anabel http://bloggybiz.com/business-management/glencore-xstrata-hammering-out-final-deal-details/ By Clara Ferreira-Marques and Victoria Howley CAPE TOWN/LONDON | Sun Feb 5, 2012 10:03am EST CAPE TOWN/LONDON (Reuters) – Top executives at trader Glencore (GLEN.L) and miner Xstrata (XTA.L) are hammering out the final details of an $80 billion tie-up to seal the industry’s largest ever takeover, which could be announced as early as Tuesday. [...]

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