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...Globally, 1.3mn people die in car crashes each year, or about 3,700 deaths per day — more than were killed in the September 11 attacks....
...(FT) Hypocrisy at sea Members of the International Maritime Organization, a secretive UN agency, are tasked with regulating the climate impact of the shipbuilding industry....
...Shares in Coty dropped 8.1 per cent to $4.78 on Monday. That’s well below the $11.65 level at which JAB purchased more shares in the business last year....
..., to name some of the main anti-poverty expenditures....
...(FT) Barclays runners and riders Following the sacking of Antony Jenkins as chief executive on Wednesday, the names of potential contenders for the top job have emerged....
...The demise of MF Global, which collapsed with $1.6bn in customer funds trapped inside the firm, led to costly new regulations....
...Shares in companies with significant cross-border exposure were hit, Lloyds Banking Group which owns Bank of Scotland, and RBS were down 1.4 per cent to 74.8p and 2.4 per cent to 351.5p, respectively....
...Shanghai Composite down -0.97% at 2,178 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +1.00% at 478.29 CNX Nifty up +0.44% at 5,930 Currencies €/$ 1.31 (1.31) $/¥ 97.41 (97.71) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.07 at 103.74...
...CP Group, which had already bought 3.2 per cent in the Chinese insurer from the UK bank, was planning to part-fund the balance with loans from China Development Bank....
...Following the news on Tuesday that the group had become the latest energy company to split itself in two at the prompting of investors, shares in Murphy Oil rose 8 per cent to $63.74, taking its market valuation...
...“In its economic outlook, published on Tuesday, the OECD said it expected growth of 1.4 per cent next year in the group of 34 wealthy economies that make up the membership of the Paris-based organisation...
...Wynn Resorts fell 1.9 per cent to $109.80 on reports that Kazuo Okada, the casino operator’s vice-chairman, had sued the company for access to financial records in a dispute over the use of funds....
...BofA talks to Gulf funds to cut $17bn CCB stake Bank of America has held exploratory talks with the principal investment funds of Kuwait and Qatar about selling part of its $17bn stake in China Construction...
...The ISI provided assistance to Lashkar,” Mr. Headley testified quietly. Asked what kind of assistance, he said, “Financial and military.”...
...Given the shrinking state of the private equity industry in recent years, Mr Hands may struggle to raise another fund, especially as he invested £1.75bn ($2.7bn) of his investors’ money in the buy-out of...
...50, www.musee-delacroix.fr Gustave Moreau Musée Gustave Moreau, Paris Drawings, paintings and sculptures by a leading light of the Symbolist movement. +33 1 48 74 38 50, www.musee-moreau.fr Paul Klee...
...While investors have stuck with the strategy – which saw $3.7bn of inflows over the first half of the year – many of its biggest names have struggled....
...Beleaguered fund manager Gartmore climbed 6.1 per cent to 104¾p on a report that it may agree a takeover by Henderson Group within weeks....
...In addition to the funds, Mr Flowers bought a small Missouri bank in his own name to circumvent regulations on private equity firms owning banks....
...the US to bring suspected pirates 1,000km south to face justice....
...I have also provided an additional central assistance of Rs.1,200 crore for drought mitigation in the Bundelkhand region in the Budget....
...In Germany, JC Flowers owns more than 26 per cent of HSH Nordbank, the Landesbank that specialises in maritime finance....
...The solar power sector was down sharply in spite of the prospect of renewed government focus on renewable energy....
...Hedge funds have large short positions on VW’s stock, and Porsche’s revelation led to a scramble for the remnants of the free float to cover their positions (the state of Lower Saxony owns 20.1%)....
...British American Tobacco dropped 2.2 per cent to £10.74, Imperial Tobacco lost 1.6 per cent at £15.07, and Gallaher fell 1.1 per cent to 849p....
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