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...as much as 16 per cent to roughly €127m and £112m, respectively....
...Edwards’ shares rose just over 11 per cent to end at $81.08....
...A repeal of the tax has been floated as part of a compromise which would give the Republicans a face-saving victory and get the government running again....
...and the US....
...Edwards shares fell 6.6 per cent to $70.87. Mosaic , the phosphate and potash producer, fell 5.2 per cent to $54.20 after reporting earnings of $1.17 a share for the quarter ended August 31....
...It is not the first Aim company to have been snapped up by a US giant at a substantial premium, and it will not be the last....
...And many US gas producers have hedged output at prices far above current levels, weakening the economic incentive to shut valves....
...It no longer makes low-technology components such as copper cables but focuses on products such as valve systems for power plants which are as complex as they are lucrative – and hard for competitors to...
...The conventional response is to say that US and European industry needs to move continually upmarket, developing new products and processes, to maintain its position....
...They are the brand names of two companies, in Germany and Japan, that make specialist products in the fields of valves and measuring systems....
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