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- Eurotunnel board urges investors to back rescue plan
- PARIS AFP — Eurotunnel, the troubled operator of the Channel Tunnel, on Thursday urged shareholders to accept a rescue plan as it seeks to escape possible liquidation. Eurotunnel's board recommended that shareholders accept a share swap under which they would receive one share in the entity's new holding company,...
- Research articles 2007-04-05
- Italy fends off criticism of Afghan hostage deal
- ROME AFP — Italy fended off criticism from NATO allies on Thursday that it had made hostage-taking in Afghanistan more likely after the swap of five Taliban prisoners for a kidnapped Italian journalist. Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said that he did not regret saving the life of La...
- Research articles 2007-03-22
- Critic's corner
- * CBS is still in its basketball drill, which means games on Thursday and Survivor (8 ET/PT) tonight. The losers have been so fascinating, it has been hard to focus on who should win. Well, Angie might have been nice, but that island ship has sailed. * In place...
- Research articles 2005-03-23
- Senate Democrats block Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, mining firm's Alaska land swap.
- By Becky Kramer, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 23--A federal land swap benefiting an Alaska gold mine proposed by Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. created a fracas last week at the nation's capital. Senate Democrats walked out...
- Research articles 2004-09-23
- CMBS investors snub 5-year deal.(Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities)
- Investors largely turned their noses up at a Goldman Sachs conduit offering backed by five- and seven-year loans. The senior classes of the $892 million transaction priced 311 bp wider than initial price talk. A 4.4-year class, rated triple-A, was priced to yield 29...
- Research articles 2004-04-09
- Icap bid for trading firm under scrutiny.
- The Securities and Exchange Commission has been asked to investigate an attempt by Icap, the London-based interdealer broking firm, to acquire control of Blackbird, an electronic swaps trading concern.The request has been made by the House financial services committee in Washington, and comes soon after the...
- Research articles 2002-08-01
- IRS eases rules on tax-deferred swaps of part of annuity.(ANNUITIES)
- IRS eases the rules on tax-deferred swaps of part of an annuity. IRS eases the rules on tax-deferred swaps of part of an annuity.
- Research articles 2008-03-20
- LaserSight signs Letter of Intent
- ORLANDO, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE-- Dec. 26, 1995--LaserSight Incorporated (NASDAQ:LASE) announced today that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the first of at least 12 to 15 major ophthalmic practices. The proposed transaction is a stock swap for restricted LaserSight shares and is non-dilutive. On an annualized...
- Research articles 1995-12-26
- Public TV solution not as simple as V's, U's. (VHF stations selling channels to UHF)
- Public broadcasters say they're open to just about any funding idea as Congress cuts their federal dollars, but one apparent get-rich-quick scheme to allow noncommercial VHF stations to sell their channel to commercial UHFs--isn't attracting many supporters. If allowed to make such a "V-for-U"...
- Research articles 1995-04-03
- Tighter IRS rules on deferred like-kind swaps will be scrapped.(United States. Internal Revenue Service)(Brief article)
- Tighter IRS rules on deferred like-kind swaps will be scrapped. Tighter IRS rules on deferred like-kind swaps will be scrapped.
- Research articles 2006-06-02
- Distributions from tax-deferred swaps of annuities drawing IRS scrutiny.(Brief Article)
- Tax-deferred swaps of part of an annuity are drawing IRS scrutiny. Tax-deferred swaps of part of an annuity are drawing IRS scrutiny.
- Research articles 2003-08-01
- IRS safe harbor on reverse like-kind exchanges.
- An IRS safe harbor on reverse like-kind exchanges is drawing flak. These are tax-deferred swaps where the seller acquires replacement realty before selling the original property...the opposite of a traditional swap. The Service will OK reverse exchan An IRS safe harbor on reverse like-kind exchanges is...
- Research articles 2000-12-22
- Cash payments complicate depreciation of assets in like-kind swaps.(DEPRECIATION, Internal Revenue Service )(Brief Article)
- Depreciating assets acquired in like-kind swaps is tricky. Generally, property that is received in a tax-deferred exchange has the same income tax basis for depreciation as the traded property. Depreciating assets acquired in like-kind swaps is tricky. Generally, property that is received in a...
- Research articles 2004-03-12
- Government Alert: City seeks airport input in land swap; Advisory board would give oversight; council speaker hopefuls make plans.(Briefs)(development of World Trade Center site and city airport; term-limits ruling; bills over water filtration plant)
- Officials discussing the swap of the World Trade Center site and the city airports are looking at creating an airport advisory review board that would give the city some input in running the airports, even if they were sold to the Port Authority of N Officials...
- Research articles 2003-04-21
- System swap game not an easy one to play.
- Spending a year working on a system swap for Newhouse Broadcasting Corp.'s suburban Chicago systems was well worth the effort for Tele-Communications Inc. With 488,000 subscribers in metro Chicago - 37 percent of the local cable homes - TCI was a Spending...
- Research articles 1995-03-06
- Swap around the clock.
- First, you acquire. Then you trade. That's the evolving scenario for the consolidating cable market, witness last week's three-way swap among Adelphia Communications, Comcast Corp. and Jones Intercable. After their recent multibillion-do First,...
- Research articles 1999-05-31
- AT&T Corp. and Comcast Corp. said that they were investigating a swap of about $1 1.8 billion in debt currently on AT&T's books once the planned merger between AT&T Broadband and Comcast is completed in the fourth quarter. (Briefs).(Brief Arti
- NEW YORK -- AT&T Corp. and Comcast Corp. said that they were investigating a swap of about $1 1.8 billion in debt currently on AT&T's books once the planned merger between AT&T Broadband and Comcast is completed in the fourth quarter. A NEW YORK...
- Research articles 2002-08-19
- The WTC land swap must fly.(Viewpoint)(Editorial)
- When word first surfaced that the city was seeking control of the World Trade Center site in return for giving the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey ownership of New York's two airports, the reaction was favorable. Now that progress is bein When word...
- Research articles 2003-04-07
- CORPORATE PLANS: Interest rate swaps may solve long-term liability dilemma.(for corporate pension funds )
- Byline: Vince Calio NEW YORK - For corporate pension funds, the use of interest rate swaps might be the answer to getting the albatross of long-term liabilities off their necks. Research analysts at Merrill Lynch & Co., New York, are propos...
- Research articles 2005-02-21
- TCA, CSI swap. (TCA Cable TV Inc swaps Vallejo, CA, system for Communications Services Inc. system in Fort Smith, AR)(Brief Article)
- TCA Cable TV Inc. says it has completed the swap of its cable systems in Vallejo, Calif., with Communications Services Inc., a subsidiary of TCI Communications, for that company's systems in Fort Smith, Ark. With the swap ... TCA Cable TV Inc. says it...
- Research articles 1996-10-14
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