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Overnight Market News – August 25, 2010

25-Aug-10

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc Loses Market Share Underwriting Corporate Bonds as it Seeks to Promote itself as a Company Advisor Rather Than a USD 900B Hedge Fund BHP Billiton Ltd Posts its Best Half-Year Profit in Two Years With First-Half Net Profit Before One-Offs Rising to USD 6.77B From USD 4.59B a Year Earlier, Keeping [...]

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Overnight Market News – August 18, 2010

18-Aug-10

BHP Billiton Ltd Makes USD 40B Takeover Offer for Potash Corp of Saskatchewan Inc After an Initial USD 39B Attempt was Rejected General Motors Co to Consider the Sale of Preferred Stock to be Listed on the New York Stock Exchange Alongside its Initial Public Offering of Common Shares Job Vacancies at London’s Financial-Services Companies [...]

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Overnight Market News – August 12, 2009

12-Aug-09

Lloyds Banking Group to Sell Insight Investment Management Ltd to Bank of New York Mellon Corp for GBP 235mm or USD 386mm BHP Billiton Ltd, the World’s Largest Miner Reports 65% Decline in Profits to USD 3.26B for Six Months Ended June on Fall-Off in Metal Prices and Demand UK Unemployment Rises to Highest Level [...]

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Overnight Market News – August 4, 2009

04-Aug-09

Swiss Bank, UBS AG Widens Second Quarter Net Loss to CHF 1.4B (or USD 1.32B) from CHF 395mm a Year Ago on Hefty Charges France’s Biggest Bank, BNP Paribas SA Posts 6.6% Rise in Second Quarter Net Income to EUR 1.6B on Solid Investment Banking Performance BHP Billiton Ltd, the World’s Biggest Mining Company, Names [...]

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