en-us Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:29:50 -0800 CMCSA CMCSA Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:24:03 -0800 CMCSA GE CMCSA,GE Reuters UK) - Mining group Xstrata XTA plans to boost capital spending next year by 89 percent to $6.8 billion (4.1 billion pounds) to expand output and is considering whether to close or sell any of its four profit-squeezed copper smelters.The firm, which aims to boost overall production by...]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:01:02 -0800 XSRA F XSRA F Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:37:28 -0800 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:06:00 -0800 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:03:50 -0800 Reuters UK) - The economy is likely to recover strongly in the coming years, though there is a risk the Bank of England's asset purchase policy may prove ineffective, central bank policymaker Adam Posen said on Tuesday.Posen, speaking to reporters after delivering a speech...]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:50 -0800 Reuters UK) - Barclays completed the sale of its asset management arm to U.S. fund manager BlackRock on Tuesday for $15.2 billion (9.1 billion pounds), or $1.7 billion more than when it struck the deal in June after a jump in BlackRock's share price.Barclays said it would book a...]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:47 -0800 BCS BCS Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:17:00 -0800 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:34:23 -0800 CMCSA CMCSA Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:27:45 -0800 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:53:22 -0800 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800 Reuters) - Dubai World has refused to offload assets at fire-sale prices to repay obligations, forcing it to seek a debt standstill, a newspaper report on Sunday quoted an unnamed source at the government-controlled firm as saying.Stocks from Tokyo to New York have been haunted by concern that banks...]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:15:19 -0800 Reuters UK) - Dubai World has refused to offload assets at fire-sale prices to repay obligations, forcing it to seek a debt standstill, a newspaper report on Sunday quoted an unnamed source at the government-controlled firm as saying.Stocks from Tokyo to New York have been haunted by concern that...]]> Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:00:57 -0800 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:28:32 -0800 Reuters) - ING ING priced a rights issue intended to raise 7.5 billion euros ($11.2 billion) at a steep discount, hoping to reduce its dependence on state aid by tapping shareholders made warier by Dubai's debt crisis.ING, which is issuing 1.768 billion new shares on top of...]]> Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:45:31 -0800 GS GS Reuters UK) - ING ING priced a rights issue intended to raise 7.5 billion euros (6.8 billion pounds) at 4.24 euros per share, luring shareholders with a hefty discount of close to 40 percent as it looks to pay back state aid.Europe's biggest insurer by assets will...]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:45:27 -0800 GS GS Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:18:03 -0800 DJ NWS DJ,NWS Reuters UK) - The price of garlic in China has nearly quadrupled since March, propelled by its very pungency to rank ahead of gold and stocks as the country's best-performing asset this year.The trigger for the bull run may have been the idea that the potent bulb can ward...]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:15:33 -0800