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...The person close to NTT DoCoMo said it intends to seek similar clearance to take action in the Netherlands and in Germany, in order to target the Tata-Thyssen joint venture, should it be formed....
...Thyssen Krupp, the German steelmaker, gained 10.6 per cent, for the biggest rise on the FTSE Eurofirst 300 this week, to €14.51, attenuating a 28.3 per cent fall over the past three months....
...In Frankfurt, Thyssen-Krupp sank 2.7 per cent to €20.80 after analysts at UBS cut the stock to “sell” from “neutral” and forecast “another tough year” for the German steelmaker....
...Investors and analysts praised Mr Hippe as a strong chief financial officer, although he failed to become chief executive at Conti and Thyssen, where his headstrong and blunt approach clashed with the company...
...Thyssen’s remuneration system, which was praised by most shareholders, passed the vote with a majority of 99.55 per cent....
...At the southern end of the elegant boulevard, opposite the Prado, next to the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum and convenient for the Centro de Arte Moderno Reina Sofía, is the Westin Palace (www.westinpalacemadrid.com...
...Steelmaker Thyssen-Krupp added 1.6 per cent to €16.78, Austrian brickmaker Wienerberger gained 3.6 per cent to €8.73 and ArcelorMittal climbed 2.7 per cent to €22.08....
...Potential candidates include Jean-Luc Dehaene and Guy Verhofstadt, both former prime ministers; Hermann van Rompuy, president of the lower house of parliament; Didier Reynders, finance minister; and Marianne Thyssen...
...Arcelor and Thyssen-Krupp, having risen in the morning, finished the session by slipping back 0.7 per cent to €18.12 and 1.5 per cent to €15.39, respectively....
...Daimler, Bosch and ThyssenKrupp are making use of a German scheme. In France, Renault, chipmaker STMicro and Alcan Packaging are introducing shorter working using a similar measure....
...Lafarge, Thyssen Krupp, Repsol and Enel were big movers. Emerging markets have been casualties....
...The German steelmaker Salzgitter was up 23.2 per cent to €61.45, while the conglomerate Thyssen Krupp rose 16.8 per cent to €18.1 and Sweden’s SSAB jumped 16.2 per cent to SKr104....
...Krupp set the ball rolling more than a decade ago with its unsolicited approach to Thyssen. But ultimately the two sides agreed to a friendly merger....
...Thyssen-Krupp has greater earnings growth and the valuation is compelling,” said analyst Michael Shillaker....
...Thyssen’s strengths are its access to markets and higher-value product expertise....
...He is active as a consultant to many large companies, including Rio Tinto, SAP, ABN AMRO, GSK, ABB, Direct Wines, Ericsson, Kone, Exxon, WPP, Bombardier, Sara Lee, HSBC, Akzo Nobel, Roche, Thyssen Krupp,...
...German rival Thyssen-Krupp added 2.2 per cent at €40.54 after Credit Suisse upgraded the stock from “neutral” to “outperform” and raised its price target from €42 to €47 after substantially upgrading profits...
...Art galleries around the world – the New York’s Frick, Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza, London’s Tate – bear witness to fortunes made in trade being devoted to creating a softer artistic legacy....
...Unlike their counterparts at Thyssen, the board and main shareholders of Harris were keen to endorse a deal. One cannot blame them....
...Thyssen declined to comment, but the shares gained 2.8 per cent to €30.82....
...In other comments, Mr Mittal also indicated Arcelor Mittal might find a way to proceed with his plan to sell Arcelor’s Canadian subsidiary Dofasco to Thyssen-Krupp of Germany for $4.6bn....
...At Wednesday’s joint interim results Arcelor’s position had not softened; it made it clear that Dofasco would remain in a Dutch trust for 5 years, with there being no way to sell, or lease it, to Thyssen...
...Mittal had promised to sell Dofasco to Thyssen-Krupp if it was successful in taking over Arcelor, but Arcelor maintains that it wants to keep Dofasco....
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