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Glencore tells Xstrata investors its bid is final
Commodities trader Glencore has laid out what it says is a final $36-billion takeover offer for Xstrata, warning it would not improve the terms again.
Glencore raises offer for Xstrata to salvage deal
Commodity trader Glencore has raised its offer for miner Xstrata to salvage a bid, now worth about $37-billion.
Shareholders to meet over Glencore takeover
Xstrata says shareholders will vote on September 7 on the miner’s planned $26-billion takeover by Glencore.
‘Read my lips, nationalisation doesn’t work’
Governments must steer clear of the "blind alleys" of nationalisation and excessive tax, Anglo American’s Cynthia Carroll said on Thursday.
To the victors, the spoils: a post-Lehman scorecard
For Barclays and Nomura, the collapse of Lehman Brothers was the opportunity of the lifetime — a chance to grab a seat at banking’s top table.
Credit crunch fuels investor thirst for art, wine
Rollercoaster markets may have cooled investor appetites for shares or property, but interest in offbeat investments is booming as a growing number of art and wine funds compete…
Funds bristle at rich-country wariness
The United States and other countries must not demonise sovereign wealth funds as they come to the aid of troubled United States banks, some of the world’s biggest state-run…
RBS group unveils $98bn rival ABN Amro bid plan
A trio of banks led by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has proposed a €72-billion (-billion) bid for ABN Amro, threatening to thwart an agreed takeover of the Dutch bank by…