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China's Everbright delays $US6bn IPO - Business Spectator
China Everbright Bank delayed its up to $US6 billion Hong Kong share offering, sources said on Friday, the latest casualty of a rout in global equity markets which casts doubt over billions of dollars worth of other fundraising plans. ...
IMF chief charged with attempted rape - Business Spectator
"This might definitely cause some delays in the short term," a Greek official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. "Strauss-Kahn had a very good knowledge of Greece's situation." Since taking over the IMF, the Frenchman has won praise for putting it ...
Chrysler could raise interest rate in trade talks - Business Spectator
NEW YORK - Potential debt investors in Chrysler Group LLC may push for a higher interest rate on the US automaker's term loan to better offset business risks, people familiar with the matter said yesterday. Chrysler's top executives held a conference ...
ECB's Stark signals rate hikes to come - Business Spectator
"They are forming an opinion that there are difficulties," said one senior government official who requested anonymity. "They are concerned there is a high risk revenue targets will not be met and are pressing for more spending cuts. ...
Hochtief set to surrender to ACS - Business Spectator
"There is only a very slim chance that ACS will not get its way at the annual general meeting," said an analyst who declined to be identified. "Hochtief may make a last attempt at trying to come up with a compromise solution," said the analyst. ...
NYSE eyes big fee from Nasdaq before coming to table - Business Spectator
That is far higher than the hundreds of millions of dollars that Nasdaq is prepared to offer, two other sources said, and the issue is likely to be yet another sticking point in its contentious bid to buy the New York Stock Exchange owner. ...
NMDC decision on Riversdale bid by month end - Business Spectator
"ICVL is considering the entire issue," the NMDC official, who declined to be named as the move was not public yet, said. Miner Rio Tinto Ltd made a $3.5 ...
THE DISTILLERY: Swan gazing - Business Spectator
... which are still struggling to recover from the global financial crisis, the persons who declined to be named told Dow Jones Newswires. ...
QR shares close higher on debut - Business Spectator
He declined to be named because he was not authorised to speak to media. Meanwhile, Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser lauded the result, tipping history ...
THE DISTILLERY: Riding the QR rails - Business Spectator
... whether multiple insider-trading rings reaped illegal profits totalling tens of millions of dollars, according to people familiar with the matter. ...
China to approve Samsung, LG's LCD plants: source - Business Spectator
"China has decided to approve Korean firms' investment plans but they have yet to receive official confirmation from the Chinese side," a source close to ...
Centro seeks buyers for $4bn of assets: report - Business Spectator
... indicative bids on over 40 properties, including the Galleria in Perth, worth $550 million and The Glen in Melbourne, worth $400 million, a source said. ...
Reliance Industries hires banks for $US bond: source - Business Spectator
The company planned benchmark-sized bond issues due in 10 years and 30 years, the source said, after a scheduled meeting with investors from Oct. 6 and ...
China targets rival Potash bid - Business Spectator
... and gas sector over the past year, but was unlikely to move on its ambitions while it is tied up with its bid for Potash Corp, a source said on Friday. ...
Not all weak China local-govt loans to sour: source - Business Spectator
The source, who declined to be identified, was responding to media reports that about 23 per cent of the 7.66 trillion yuan ($A1.25 trillion) that banks had ...
AIG board to consider AIA's future: sources - Business Spectator
The sources declined to be identified as the details were not public. AIA, seen as AIG's Asian crown jewel, is a key cog in the bailed-out insurer's plans ...
Wheat slips on US crop outlook - Business Spectator
The Philippines, the world's top rice importer, will ship in less rice in 2011 than the record imports of 2010, a government official said on Tuesday. ...
BP's Hayward feels US Congress's wrath - Business Spectator
BP is being advised by the Blackstone Group, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse and UBS, sources said. The banks all declined to comment. ...
BP agrees to fund for spill claims - Business Spectator
However, they dipped again as an administration official said the $US20 billion would not cap the amount BP is responsible for paying. ...
Oil execs turn on BP to stave off regulation - Business Spectator
One oil industry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Shell, Exxon Mobil and the other oil companies had no choice but to turn against BP at ...
US, China to support Europe - Business Spectator
At the weekend, a senior US Treasury official, who declined to be identified, had said the European crisis would have minimal impact on the world economy. ...