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• Gresham Computing plc at Association of Finance Professionals Conference, Los Angeles October 19-22, 2008

  - 2008-10-17

  NEW YORK -- Gresham Computing plc ("Gresham") is pleased to announce that Eric Sepkes, Chairman of Gresham, is attending the upcoming Association of Financial Professionals AFP conference in Los Angeles. Eric Sepkes spent 38 years at Citi in various roles and is well known for his thought leadership in...

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• European shares lower on falling oil prices

  - 2008-09-03

  LONDON AFP — Europe's leading stock exchanges fell on Wednesday after Wall Street had closed lower overnight, dragged down by concern over falling oil prices. Equities fell "after a significant shift of opinion on Wall Street last night about the benefits of lower oil prices," said CMC Markets dealer...

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• Subsaharan Africa is missing out on clean energy: forum

  - 2008-09-03

  DAKAR AFP — Sub-Saharan Africa is missing out on investments from industrialised countries to develop clean energy projects in the region, participants at Africa's first "carbon market" said Monday in Dakar. Organised by the International Emissions Trading Association IETA, the Africa Carbon Forum is being held September 3-5 in...

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• GDF Suez buys US power company First Light

  - 2008-09-02

  PARIS AFP — Newly formed French energy giant GDF Suez said on Tuesday it will acquire US power firm First Light as part of its strategy to expand its presence in the US market. GDF Suez did not give a price for the acquisition but daily Le Figaro reported...

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• European shares rebound as oil prices dive

  - 2008-09-02

  LONDON AFP — Europe's leading stock exchanges rallied on Tuesday on tumbling crude oil prices and the prospect of lower interest rates, while British companies also benefited from a weaker pound. By late morning trade, London's FTSE 100 index of top shares showed a gain of 0.32 percent at...

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• Franchitti to replace Wheldon in 2009 Indy-car return

  - 2008-09-02

  INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana AFP — Scotland's Dario Franchitti, who left the IndyCar Series after winning last year's season title for an ill-fated US stock car venture, will replace England's Dan Wheldon for the 2009 season. Chip Ganassi Racing announced Tuesday that Franchitti, who edged Scott Dixon for the 2007 Indy-car...

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• Coca-Cola to buy China juice maker for $2.4bln

  - 2008-09-02

  SHANGHAI AFP — US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola said Wednesday it planned to buy Chinese juice maker Huiyuan Juice Group in a 2.4-billion-dollar deal that would be its biggest acquisition in China. Coca-Cola will offer 12.20 Hong Kong dollars (1.6 US dollars) per share in Hong Kong-listed Huiyuan, it...

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• Commerzbank shares drop 10 pct on news of Dresdner takeover

  - 2008-09-01

  FRANKFURT AFP — Shares in Germany's second biggest bank, Commerzbank, fell 10 percent on Monday after it announced a near 10-billion-euro takeover of number three Dresdner Bank. Investors pushed the share price down by 10.20 percent to 18.04 euros at the close on the Frankfurt stock exchange, while the...

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• Spurs sign Pavlyuchenko and Corluka

  - 2008-09-01

  LONDON AFP — Tottenham Hotspur have signed Russia striker Roman Pavlyuchenko from Spartak Moscow on a five-year deal and Croatian defender Vedran Corluka from Manchester City, the club confirmed on Monday. The club told the Stock Exchange they had signed the 26-year-old Russian for 14 million pounds (25.2 million...

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• European shares slide

  - 2008-09-01

  LONDON AFP — Europe's main stock markets dropped on Monday after Tokyo closed sharply lower and oil prices rose, while banking shares were in focus after Commerzbank snapped up German peer Dresdner. By late morning, London's FTSE 100 index of top shares showed a loss of 0.87 percent at...

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