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Suez may be close to merger with Veba and Viag
Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, the French multi-utility, is thought to be close to a merger with the German power groups Veba and Viag, which are themselves merging to form E.on. Most details are...
President Assad's death - end of an era
Syria's ruling party has officially nominated the son of the late President Hafez al-Assad to succeed the "great lion" who ruled the country for 30 years.The leadership of the Baath Party sa...
Carlsberg ups earnings forecast
Carlsberg, the world's sixth-largest brewer, delivered a double surprise on Wednesday, by upgrading its earnings forecast for the full year and revealing that soft drinks were mainly respons...
Judge orders Microsoft breakup
U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, after two years of hearing the antitrust case against Microsoft Corp., on Wednesday lambasted the company for failing to recognise it broke the l...
Lessons of a disaster
The FNI crash: the lessons - Analysis by Lucian Croitoru In a developed market economy, the bankruptcy of an investments fund the size of FNI would not have created too much panic. In a norm...
Lower interest rates may be the best thing about the IMF accord
The drop in interests on the banking market and maintaining them at an acceptable level might account for the greatest gain of the extension of the accord with the IMF, since the opening of...
When politicians leave no room for turning back
The unexpected results of the Bucharest city hall elections brought parties, except for the PDSR, in a rather unusual state. The question is who to negotiate with, and what. Of course, appar...
Tarom privatisation, veiled by air giants' mergers
The fever of mergers between air companies, which has spread to British Airways and KLM Royal Dutch on one hand, and American and Delta Airlines on the other, is likely to make even less vis...
The magic word that steals reason and money
Most of the time, cons are done out of the law and using institutions established for a purpose other than the stated one. However, the credit cooperatives-popular banks, most of which have...