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Merck & Co Inc Posts Q02 2010 Earnings per Share, Excluding One-Offs of USD 0.86 up from USD 0.83 a Year Ago and Topping Wall Street Views for Flat Results French Oil Company, Total SA Posts 43% Increase in Q02 2010 Profit to EUR 3.1B (USD 4.05B) Lifted by Higher Production and Oil Prices Hong [...]

Telefonica SA Agrees to Buy Portugal Telecom’s Stake in Vivo Participacoes SA for USD 9.8B, 32% Higher Than its Initial Bid in May Google Inc in Talks with Gaming Companies as it Seeks to Develop a Service to Compete with Social Networking Website Facebook PSA Peugeot Citroen Reports First-Half Net Income of EUR 680mm Compared [...]

BP PLC to Name Managing Director Robert Dudley to Succeed Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward, Widely Criticized for His Handling of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s US Apparel Chief, Dottie Mattison Resigns, Marking the Third Departure in Less Than a Month European Banks to Raise USD 4.5B of Capital Following the [...]

The Boeing Co Receives USD 9.1B Order for 30 Long-Range Jets from Emirates Airline Moody’s Investors Service Downgrades Ireland’s Credit Rating by One Notch to Aa2 as Costs to Rescue its Financial Sector Mount Hungary’s Talks with the International Monetary Fund Halt as the Government Refuses to Implement Austerity Measures to Achieve Budget Deficit Target [...]

Intel Corp Swings to Second-Quarter Profit of USD 0.51 per Share Versus Year Ago Loss of USD 0.07 per Share as Demand Improved Singapore Forecasts 2010 Economic Growth of Between 13-15% Following a Record 19.3% Expansion in Q02 2010 Mining Giant, Rio Tinto Group Plc Says Iron Ore Output Fell 2% to 43.6mm Metric Tonnes [...]