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SHELL has sold down a big chunk of its 34 per cent stake in Woodside, ending speculation it would launch another bid for the company.

ZURICH, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Swiss medical device maker Synthes
Inc acquired privately owned U.S. surgical tools maker
The Anspach Effort, Inc, for an undisclosed purchase price, the
Swiss group said…

BANGALORE, Nov 8 (Reuters) – The following corporate
finance-related stories were reported by media on Monday:

LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Private equity firm Doughty
Hanson [DOUHA.UL] is set to buy Vue Entertainment [VUENT.UL],
Britain’s third-biggest cinema chain, in a deal valuing the
business at about 450…

ORICA today forecast 2010-11 profit to rise as trading conditions continue to improve and says it is assessing acquisition opportunities.

<ul><li>Edison Pena, the so-called Running Miner who was among 33 Chilean miners who survived being trapped underground for 69 days, ran the New York Marathon Sunday.</li><li>Wearing a brace on his left knee, Pena finished the 2…

<ul><li>Severe corrosion is rotting BP’s pipelines in Alaska, an internal company report says.</li><li>The document, obtained by ProPublica, shows that as of Oct. 1, at least 148 BP pipelines on the Arctic North Slope got an &qu…

LONDON (Reuters) – Standard Chartered said investors representing 98.5 percent of its shares signed up for its $5.3 billion rights issue, which will boost the Asia-focused bank’s capital ahead of…

If you’re already confused about what drives the stock market, try mulling this one over: The major indexes have climbed back to their spring highs, while we’ve grown more pessimistic.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is expected to buy the parent company of Diapers.com for $540 million to $545 million, according to media reports.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc
is expected to buy the parent company of Diapers.com for $540
million to $545 million, according to media reports.

Leading to next week’s G20 leaders in Seoul, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) finance ministers held their own conference in Kyoto, where they largely repeated the same statement as released couple of weeks ago in Gyeongju….

Welcome to edition twenty two of Insider Weekends. Insider buying increased significantly last week with insiders purchasing $32.8 million of their stock when compared to $3.42 million in the week prior. Selling also increased with insiders selling $3….

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