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...In the reverse, WWE made $130mn from consumer products such as toys; UFC’s equivalent was just $55mn....
...The homes business includes heating, ventilation and air conditioning controls, as well as security and fire protection products....
...Research from Cowen and Company, the US brokerage, shows the sector is highly fragmented; no single company has more than 5 per cent of the market....
...The Linde bid provided him with an exit, while as a non-executive director of International Power, he lived through the combination with GDF Suez....
...The purchase brings together two companies with complementary product offerings in the mining-equipment market – estimated to be valued at about $30bn – to give Caterpillar the widest range of products for...
...Many companies consider it one of the most important high jewellery events on the calendar....
...half the growth in Japanese gross domestic product between 2000 and 2007....
...If growth in developed countries starts to look like a “U”, in emerging markets it already is a “V”....
...S&P, however, reaffirmed the companies’ credit ratings....
...Last year, volumes in western Europe dropped 0.2 per cent, according to research group Zenith International....
...Famous for being the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, it caters for conferences, marquee events or dinners in the palace and state apartments....
...The exchange raised a record £27.9bn ($54.3bn) in new company listings in 2006, 71 per cent more than 2005. Of that figure, £10.3bn came from international company listings....
...Office Depot, the US office products retailer, said on Thursday it plans to take a controlling stake in AsiaEC, one of China’s largest dealers of office supplies and services....
...However, the company will begin selling units at Ritz-Carlton Clubs in Miami Beach, San Francisco and Kapalua, Hawaii with more projects to come in Kauai, Hawaii and Thailand....
...Shares will be listed on the Dubai International Financial Exchange while global depositary shares will be listed in London....
...Greenberg represented C.V. Starr & Co. Playing to type Hollywood blockbusters are supposed to be escapist....
...Last month, Cendant, a leisure and travel conglomerate, opted to break itself in four. Similar steps have been taken by Viacom, the media group, International Paper, and Anglo-American mining....
...Boots had been in discussions with SSL International about stocking the Durex Play range alongside its family planning products....
...Illinois Tool Works and Ingersoll-Rand of the US were again mentioned as potential bidders....
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