Hints and tips:
...Job Moves Rio Tinto has appointed director Simon Thompson as its new chairman, after seriously flirting with the idea of naming Xstrata man Mick Davis to the role....
...It has shut down one of its main engineering sites, making about 40 staff redundant, and put the V-Charge on ice....
...And non-US companies can be forced to answer a case if they have a considerable presence in the US, as is shown by Sarei v Rio Tinto....
...Did I mention Rio Ferdinand has his own shoes too? I tried a soft black leather number, apparently called a “Rory fashion trainer” (£120)....
...Analysts at Macquarie said the price moves in iron ore were “a classical V-shaped recovery” and reflected the fall and rise in demand....
...The trip starts on January 3 2013 in Punta Arenas, Chile, and ends in Rio de Janeiro in late February....
...- Chinalco buys $1.5bn Rio Tinto shares....
...Economists dispute the nature of the recovery – is it a bounce-back “v” or a double-dip “w” – while old market hands caution that the summer rally could eventually give way to a correction....
...“No, it’s a D- process – and it will be long…. ” - Once Rio is in the grasp of China Inc, it’s unlikely to ever escape it - The case for bankers — they’re not all villainous scum - The three-percent solution...
...ICICI’s managing director, K V Kamath, called the rumours “baseless and malicious”....
...Kindler, Chairman and CEO, Pfizer Inc., USA Klaus Kleinfeld, President and CEO, Siemens AG, Germany Mustafa V....
...The earnings season continued this week with Humana, the health insurance company, falling 2 per cent to $53.79 after its fourth quarter earnings came a hair short of market estimates....
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