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Exclusive - India team to seek boost in Iran imports for oil - Reuters UK
India could also step up exports in a range of goods, including farm products such as wheat, industrial goods and gems and jewellery, a senior government official said, who did not wish to be identified because of the sensitivity of the subject.
Carrefour board approves CEO change - source - Reuters UK
Board members took the decision at a meeting on Sunday evening, the source said, but gave no further details. Plassat, 62, head of private-equity backed retailer Vivarte, replaces Lars Olofsson, who had been living on borrowed time after a string of ...
Slovakia - Factors To Watch on January 27 - Reuters UK
... a senior government official said, potentially averting huge job losses but straining the budget of the struggling Balkan country. related news ======================== ECONOMIC DATA ===================== Real-time economic data releases.
Dealtalk: As suitors circle, AMR has upper hand in any deal - Reuters UK
British Airways, meanwhile, is keen to protect its partnership with AMR in the international oneworld airline alliance and would be open to making a minority investment if needed to solidify that relationship, separate sources said.
Exclusive: Dubai's Zabeel Investments' $1.6 billion debt talks - Reuters UK
... restructuring talks at Zabeel Investments, owned by the crown prince of Dubai, have ground to a halt with multiple loans in limbo and few assets available for sale, leaving banks facing steep haircuts, five people familiar with the matter said.
Morgan Stanley nears Quilter wealth unit sale -sources - Reuters UK
N) is close to selling a British wealth management unit to private equity firm Bridgepoint, marking the second time it has sold the firm after re-acquiring it through its majority interest in Smith Barney, two sources said. Bridgepoint BRDG.
Suspicion grows China was behind hack of US commission - Reuters UK
But US officials who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity said the roundabout way the commission's emails were obtained strongly suggests the intrusion originated in China, possibly by amateurs, and not from India's spy service. ...
Youngman eyes fresh bid for Saab: sources - Reuters UK
The Chinese group remains interested and is prepared to make an offer, which one of the sources said would be worth several billion Swedish crowns. A second source with knowledge of the process confirmed that a bid was likely next week. ...
BP eyeing support for European refiner Petroplus - Reuters UK
S), on whom the oil giant relies upon to supply its UK refined products retailing network, industry sources said. Petroplus has been forced to shut down three refineries and to halve output at two others after lenders cut its credit lines. ...
Exclusive - GM, German union in talks to restructure Opel - Reuters UK
One idea would be shifting production of the high-volume Chevy Cruze small car to Gliwice, Poland, and then swapping production from that Opel plant to others in Western Europe, according to the sources, who asked not to be identified discussing union ...
Hua Hong, Grace to retain 8-inch fabs after merger - sources - Reuters UK
By Lee Chyen Yee | HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hua Hong Grace, the product of a merger between China's No.2 and No.3 contract chipmakers, plans to continue operating all three of its 8-inch semiconductor foundries, industry sources said on Monday, ...
Ireland warns bank CEOs of crisis probe - sources - Reuters UK
I), Irish Life & Permanent and EBS Building Society warning them that they face possible investigation over their roles in the run-up to the country's banking crisis, sources said on Friday. Ireland's government, which controls all local lenders bar ...
Yahoo names PayPal's Thompson as CEO - Reuters UK
One of his signature management styles involves creating different groups, each tasked with achieving the same goal and pitting them against each other, said one PayPal manager who asked to remain anonymous. "He's not afraid to experiment," the person ...
Swiss stocks - Factors to watch on Jan 4 - Reuters UK
TAX US prosecutors accused three Swiss bankers on Tuesday of conspiring with wealthy US taxpayers to hide more than $1.2 billion in assets from tax authorities, and sources briefed on the matter said the three worked for Wegelin & Co, ...
Petroplus gets provisional financing, shuts French plant - Reuters UK
S) has obtained provisional financing from its lenders, sources close to the matter said on Friday, even as the debt-laden group prepared to shut down its French refinery as crude oil supplies dwindled. "A provisional financing agreement has been found ...
Huawei CEO's message presages management transition - Reuters UK
Ren, who revealed in the message that he twice underwent cancer surgery a few years ago, hopes the new system will help strengthen corporate governance as Huawei seeks to grow globally, analysts and the source said. "The company is gearing up for ...
Tensions simmer as Iraqi leaders try to resolve crisis - Reuters UK
"(Some of) Iraqiya bloc's ministers are on medical leave or participating in official delegations outside Iraq," a senior cabinet official, who declined to be named, told Reuters. "Just the finance and science and technology ministers did not attend ...
Egypt's military rulers study plan to speed up vote - Reuters UK
"Other changes will have to take place if this plan passes, such as how long the constitutional committee will take to draft the constitution," the source said, adding that Tantawi would first have to ratify any new voting timetable. ...
Exclusive - Pakistan army wants Zardari out but not a coup - Reuters UK
It's not just the opposition and the man on the street but people within the government too," said one military source who asked not to be named. "But there has to be a proper way. No action is being planned by the army. Even if we tried, ...
Russia's Chechnya: How did Putin's party win 99 percent? - Reuters UK
"United Russia is the party of Putin, and Chechnya would never vote for Putin," said one middle-aged resident of the regional capital of Grozny, who declined to give his name for fear of retribution. "In the mind of every Chechen he is associated with ...
MF Global US clients face wait on UK claims - Reuters UK
A source close to the process said on Wednesday it was too soon to talk numbers. "It is simply too early in the process to talk seriously about how much will be claimed back and it is largely dependent on how much is in segregated client funds and how ...
Analysis: Russia's wealth gap wounds Putin - Reuters UK
A high-ranking government official who declined to be identified said: "Putin is not losing his power, but he realises he is losing the people." Putin, a former KGB officer, is widely expected to win the March 2012 presidential election even though the ...
RBS nears $2.2 billion property loan disposal: source - Reuters UK
The handover of the loans to a Blackstone-managed real estate fund - a transaction the source said was dubbed Project Isobel - represents a watershed in state-controlled RBS's bid to free itself from its legacy of profligate lending before the ...
India targets hunger with huge food subsidy plan - Reuters UK
The bill will be sent to parliament next week, a senior minister who asked not to be named told Reuters. "The food security bill is cleared," the minister said. The government's Congress party-led coalition has a majority and the multi-billion dollar ...
James Murdoch looks lonelier after week of probes - Reuters UK
"It really became personal with the challenge by Crone and Myler," said a person close to Murdoch, referring to the News of the World's ex-legal chief and last editor who appeared at an inquiry this week. The public opposition between Colin Myler and ...