English Headlines » Business http://englishheadlines.com Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Analysis: China eschews fiscal fanfare for supportive spending http://englishheadlines.com/analysis-china-eschews-fiscal-fanfare-for-supportive-spending http://englishheadlines.com/analysis-china-eschews-fiscal-fanfare-for-supportive-spending#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:30 +0000 Sophia http://englishheadlines.com/analysis-china-eschews-fiscal-fanfare-for-supportive-spending BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s focus on fine-tuning monetary and fiscal policies to fight the risk of a sudden economic slide worries investors pricing in a sixth successive quarter of slowing growth with no obvious sign of the solid stimulus they want.


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]]> http://englishheadlines.com/analysis-china-eschews-fiscal-fanfare-for-supportive-spending/feed 0 Stock index futures signal early rebound http://englishheadlines.com/stock-index-futures-signal-early-rebound-2 http://englishheadlines.com/stock-index-futures-signal-early-rebound-2#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 09:11:26 +0000 Sophia http://englishheadlines.com/stock-index-futures-signal-early-rebound-2 PARIS (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.85 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.49 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.79 percent at 0842 GMT.


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]]> http://englishheadlines.com/stock-index-futures-signal-early-rebound-2/feed 0 DaVita to buy Healthcare Partners for about $4.4 billion http://englishheadlines.com/davita-to-buy-healthcare-partners-for-about-4-4-billion http://englishheadlines.com/davita-to-buy-healthcare-partners-for-about-4-4-billion#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 07:58:39 +0000 Sophia http://englishheadlines.com/davita-to-buy-healthcare-partners-for-about-4-4-billion (Reuters) – DaVita Inc , the biggest U.S. operator of dialysis clinics, said it agreed to acquire HealthCare Partners for about $4.42 billion in a cash and stock deal.


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]]> http://englishheadlines.com/davita-to-buy-healthcare-partners-for-about-4-4-billion/feed 0 Apple,Samsung CEOs in U.S. court talks over patent row http://englishheadlines.com/applesamsung-ceos-in-u-s-court-talks-over-patent-row http://englishheadlines.com/applesamsung-ceos-in-u-s-court-talks-over-patent-row#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 07:58:36 +0000 Sophia http://englishheadlines.com/applesamsung-ceos-in-u-s-court-talks-over-patent-row SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The chief executives of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd come face to face on Monday in court-directed mediation in the United States over a dispute in which the iPhone maker claims the Korean firm has “slavishly” copied some of its products.


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]]> http://englishheadlines.com/applesamsung-ceos-in-u-s-court-talks-over-patent-row/feed 0 Alibaba buys back 20 percent stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 billion http://englishheadlines.com/alibaba-buys-back-20-percent-stake-held-by-yahoo-for-7-1-billion-2 http://englishheadlines.com/alibaba-buys-back-20-percent-stake-held-by-yahoo-for-7-1-billion-2#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 07:08:07 +0000 Sophia http://englishheadlines.com/alibaba-buys-back-20-percent-stake-held-by-yahoo-for-7-1-billion-2 SHANGHAI/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Chinese Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma is buying back up to half of a 40 percent stake in his Alibaba Group from Yahoo Inc for $7.1 billion, in a deal that moves the Chinese e-commerce leader closer to a public listing.


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]]> http://englishheadlines.com/alibaba-buys-back-20-percent-stake-held-by-yahoo-for-7-1-billion-2/feed 0 Opel CEO to face heat from workers over likely plant closure http://englishheadlines.com/opel-ceo-to-face-heat-from-workers-over-likely-plant-closure http://englishheadlines.com/opel-ceo-to-face-heat-from-workers-over-likely-plant-closure#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 06:05:47 +0000 Sophia http://englishheadlines.com/opel-ceo-to-face-heat-from-workers-over-likely-plant-closure FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) – The head of General Motors unit Opel will face workers’ concerns on Monday over reported plans to shut one of its four German plants as the automaker pulls production of the Astra, its best-selling model, from the country.


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]]> http://englishheadlines.com/opel-ceo-to-face-heat-from-workers-over-likely-plant-closure/feed 0 Ex-Goldman director faces U.S. jury in insider case http://englishheadlines.com/ex-goldman-director-faces-u-s-jury-in-insider-case http://englishheadlines.com/ex-goldman-director-faces-u-s-jury-in-insider-case#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 04:42:25 +0000 Sophia http://englishheadlines.com/ex-goldman-director-faces-u-s-jury-in-insider-case NEW YORK (Reuters) – Barely a day went by at the insider-trading trial of multimillionaire hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam a year ago without mention of Rajat Gupta, a boldface name in business and charity circles.


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]]> http://englishheadlines.com/ex-goldman-director-faces-u-s-jury-in-insider-case/feed 0 Qantas to cut another 500 maintenance jobs http://englishheadlines.com/qantas-to-cut-another-500-maintenance-jobs http://englishheadlines.com/qantas-to-cut-another-500-maintenance-jobs#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 04:11:09 +0000 Sophia http://englishheadlines.com/qantas-to-cut-another-500-maintenance-jobs MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s top airline Qantas Airways said on Monday it is eliminating 500 jobs by merging maintenance facilities to save up to A$100 million ($98.4 million) annually, as high fuel costs and weak demand take a toll on airline profits.


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]]> http://englishheadlines.com/qantas-to-cut-another-500-maintenance-jobs/feed 0 Nasdaq to revamp system after tech problems on Facebook IPO: WSJ http://englishheadlines.com/nasdaq-to-revamp-system-after-tech-problems-on-facebook-ipo-wsj http://englishheadlines.com/nasdaq-to-revamp-system-after-tech-problems-on-facebook-ipo-wsj#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 03:10:39 +0000 Sophia http://englishheadlines.com/nasdaq-to-revamp-system-after-tech-problems-on-facebook-ipo-wsj (Reuters) – The Nasdaq is planning to revamp its systems for handling stock offerings after acknowledging that technology problems had affected trading in millions of newly issued Facebook shares on Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported.


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]]> http://englishheadlines.com/nasdaq-to-revamp-system-after-tech-problems-on-facebook-ipo-wsj/feed 0 Alibaba buys back 20 percent stake held by Yahoo for $7.1 billion http://englishheadlines.com/alibaba-buys-back-20-percent-stake-held-by-yahoo-for-7-1-billion http://englishheadlines.com/alibaba-buys-back-20-percent-stake-held-by-yahoo-for-7-1-billion#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 02:57:22 +0000 Sophia http://englishheadlines.com/alibaba-buys-back-20-percent-stake-held-by-yahoo-for-7-1-billion (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc said it is to sell up to half of its stake in Internet entrepreneur Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group back to the Chinese company for $7.1 billion, and hand most of the sale proceeds to its shareholders.


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