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...By April 2001 Enron had grown to be a $70bn energy market titan with interests in retail energy, distribution, transportation and even broadband. (It was the tail-end of the dotcom era after all.)...
...Trump suggested the state diner for Xi be replaced with Big Macs. Wisconsin governor Scott Walker went further, and called for Xi’s visit to be cancelled altogether....
Snowfall impedes US travel but New York escapes worst
...Melissa Cook is Founder & Managing Director, African Sunrise Partners LLC. cook@afrsun.com Back to beyondbrics Is Africa’s bond rush too risky?...
...Gox or its Delaware subsidiary, Mutum Sigillum, LLC....
...It even grabbed the spotlight for Mel C at June’s launch of the Spice Girls’ musical Viva Forever!...
...Milan-based Campari, which owns the eponymous red aperitif brand as well as Wild Turkey bourbon and American spirits maker Skyy Spirits, will buy an 81 per cent stake in Lascelles from C.L....
...The National Transportation Safety Board, which is responsible for investigating air crashes and other serious accidents, said that it was also monitoring the situation....
...(Toni) Sacconaghi Jr, Sanford C. Bernstein Toni Sacconaghi is the senior research analyst covering IT hardware stocks at Sanford C. Bernstein....
...The FCC proposal is a “nuclear option” with “profoundly negative impact on capital investment”, said Craig Moffett, analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, in a client note....
...those stock opportunities appear in the following sectors, Bernstein says: • European industry groups with lower-quality long candidates include Utilities, Materials, Consumer Services, Capital Goods, Transportation...
...On Friday, Citigroup, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — all recipients of government largesse — accounted for 18% of shares traded on U.S. exchanges....
...Analysts at Oppenheimer boosted their profit outlook and share price target for the Mac computer, iPod and iPhone manufacturer....
...Real estate brokers say that sales have come to a near standstill since the government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in early September....
...David Moffett If anyone is prepared to oversee the break up and sale of Freddie Mac’s assets, it’s David Moffett....
...If the buyers lose the legal argument over the Mac, there is a $900m break-up fee. Admittedly, at $2 a share, that is slim consolation for Sallie Mae....
...The main value of the Mac lay in its deterrent value, especially for the financial sponsor who would have to dole out some of the pain to investors....
...The Delaware courts have traditionally taken extremely narrow views of MAC clauses, making it difficult for merger partners to walk away from takeovers without paying a break-up fee....
...The buyers also claim that Sallie Mae has been affected more severely by the changes in the credit markets than other financial companies, allowing them to invoke a second “MAC”....
...For every 100 Big Macs sold, 30-50 Ms cross the counter; in France, 17 per cent of customers saying the “M” is their favourite McDonald’s burger....
...That compares with C$350-C$425 per sq ft in fashionable Westboro, just a few blocks away. Hintonburg residents also have access to several forms of city transportation....
...Meanwhile, two other elephantine finance targets, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, are not straightforward companies but government-sponsored enterprises, which would surely deter even today’s daredevil private...
...Freddie Mac, one of the leading providers of funding for US mortgages, on Tuesday said it would stop buying the high risk subprime loans, casting another cloud over the sector....
...Food companies, already under pressure from high energy prices (which raise packaging and transportation costs), are feeling the impact of higher wheat and grain prices and are passing some of the cost on...
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