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LAFARGE EX-CEO DENIES KNOWING OF SYRIA PAYMENTS UNTIL LATE
Herrault apparently told Lafont about what was going on in Syria beginning in summer 2012 and of the jihadist payments in September-October 2013... READ MORE›
LAFARGE'S PARIS, BRUSSELS OFFICES SEARCHED OVER ALLEGED LINKS TO SYRIA JIHADISTS
Lafarge, which in 2015 merged with Swiss counterpart Holcim, has already admitted to unacceptable mistakes committed in Syria ... READ MORE›
FRENCH CEMENT-MAKER'S MURKY TIES TO IS IN SYRIA
Contacted Friday, Lafarge reiterated that it regrets and condemns the unacceptable mistakes committed in Syria... READ MORE›
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HSBC THERES NOW A VERY HIGH CHANCE OF A SEVERE FALL IN US STOCKS
With the U.S. stock market selling off aggressively on October 11, we now issue a RED ALERT, he writes... READ MORE›
THIS CHART PREDICTS TRUMP WILL WIN UNLESS THE SP RALLIES IN OCTOBER
But the pattern is solid, as shown in this chart by Sam Stovall, equity strategist for S&P Global Market Intelligence1... READ MORE›
CONSUMER ANXIETY IN CHINA UNDERMINES GOVERNMENTS ECONOMIC PLANS
Those who have lost money in the ongoing stock market crash are especially anxious... READ MORE›
GE TO MERGE OIL AND GAS BUSINESS WITH BAKER HUGHES
GE will own 62.5 percent of the new company, which will have combined revenue of 32 billion, while Baker Hughes shareholders will own 37.5 percent... READ MORE›
CHINAS PARTY-RUN MEDIA IS SILENT ON MARKET MAYHEM
The slump in the stock markets is destroying what remains of investor confidence, and this problem is profoundly serious, the paper said in a front-page commentary... READ MORE›
CENTURYLINK TO BUY LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS FOR $19.43 BILLION
Level 3's shares were up 3.9 percent at 56.15 in light premarket trading while CenturyLink's shares were unchanged... READ MORE›
DIALOG SEMICONDUCTOR TO BUY U.S. PEER ATMEL FOR $4.6 BILLION
Atmel financial adviser was Qatalyst Partners and its legal adviser was Jones Day... READ MORE›
U.S. TELECOM FIRM WINDSTREAM TO BUY EARTHLINK
Windstream shareholders will own about 51 percent of the combined company when the deal closes, while EarthLink shareholders will own about 49 percent... READ MORE›
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS ACQUIRES VALSPAR FOR $11.3 BILLION
Paint maker Sherwin-Williams has agreed to acquire coatings supplier Valspar in an all-cash deal valued at 11.3 billion that is expected to help its international expansion... READ MORE›
FINTECH FIRM FISERV RAISES OFFER FOR MONITISE TO $98 MILLION
This alongside Monitise directors' shares, meant that Fiserv had letters of intent or irrevocable undertakings for 229.6 million shares, representing 9.9 percent of Monitise's existing issued share capital... READ MORE›
BAKER HUGHES SAYS IN PRELIMINARY MERGER TALKS WITH RIVAL HALLIBURTON
Baker Hughes said in a statement it has engaged in preliminary discussions with Halliburton Company regarding a potential business combination transaction... READ MORE›
OPRAH LOSES 26 POUNDS, GAINS $12.5M ON WEIGHT WATCHERS STOCK
EST January 26, 2016 Oprah Winfrey has once again had a seismic affect on Weight Watchers, the company she acquired a 15 percent stake in last year... READ MORE›
STOCKS CLOSE OUT WEEK WITH WORST START TO YEAR EVER
Shares of the Shanghai composite index ended up 1.97 percent Friday, capping off the worst week for the Chinese stock market in its short 25-year history... READ MORE›
HOLCIM WINS BETTER TERMS TO GET LAFARGE TIE-UP BACK ON TRACK
A source close to the situation said the plan was for a new candidate to be named before Holcim's annual shareholder meeting on May 7... READ MORE›
EDITORIAL CHINAS CRACKDOWN ON RUMORS WILL ONLY HURT ITS ECONOMY
The authorities have punished 197 people for spreading rumors about the stock market and the explosion Xinhua the state-owned news service reported on Monday... READ MORE›
STOCKS RECOVER FROM AFTERNOON STALL, DOW UP 369, BENCHMARKS OUT OF CORRECTION
Wall Street traders also got confirmation that Wednesday's rally had legs when stock markets in China, Japan and then Europe all rallied earlier today... READ MORE›
DENMARK'S DSV TO BUY UTI FOR $1.35 BILLION TO BOOST GLOBAL REACH
It said the deal was expected to increase DSV's annual revenue by approximately 50 percent, creating one of the world's strongest transport and logistics networks... READ MORE›
CHINA'S ANBANG RAISES OFFER FOR STARWOOD TO $13.9B
Starwood dropped Marriott's bid on March 18 to opt for a 13 billion all-cash offer from Anbang, valued at about 78 per Starwood share... READ MORE›
CHINAS STOCK CRASH HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR FINANCIAL REFORMS
The stock market crash in China is a test of President Xi Jinping's stated goal of reducing the government's dominant role in the economy... READ MORE›
OPRAH LOSING $29M AS WEIGHT WATCHER SHARES CRASH DIET
Post to Facebook Oprah losing 29M as Weight Watcher shares crash diet Shares in Weight Watchers went on a crash diet Friday... READ MORE›
SEAWORLD SHARES FALL AFTER DIVIDEND CUT
Instead, SeaWorld will use the funds that would have gone to the dividend for opportunistically buying back SeaWorld shares... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA'S OBSESSION WITH EXAM SUCCESS
Final year high school students in South Korea are sitting annual entrance exams for universities and colleges... READ MORE›
SYNGENTA REJECTS CHEMCHINA'S $42 BILLION TAKEOVER OFFER
State-owned ChemChina's first offer valued the agricultural chemicals group at 449 Swiss francs per share, or 41.7 billion Swiss francs 41.72 billion, according to Bloomberg... READ MORE›
APPLE FAST CLOSING IN ON WEARABLE DEVICE MAKER FITBIT
Shipments of wearable devices more than tripled to 18.1 million units in the second quarter IDC said... READ MORE›
NELSON PELTZ'S TRIAN FUND TAKES $2.5 BILLION STAKE IN GE
GE could return over 40 percent of its current market value to shareholders by the end of 2018, Trian said in a report... READ MORE›
STOCK MARKET VOLATILITY COULD SLOW COOLING IPO MARKET
Even before the current market turmoil, 39 companies had withdrawn their IPO plans, compared with 32 at the same point last year... READ MORE›
DOW, S&P 500 FALL IN '15; NASDAQ UP 5.7%
Stocks in Europe were also ending the year on a negative note, with the broad Stoxx Europe 600 off 0.4 percent ... READ MORE›
ACTAVIS PLANS NEW MERGER APPROACH FOR ALLERGAN
A cash takeover would not have required a shareholder vote and could have put Allergan out of Valeant's reach... READ MORE›
HOLCIM LOOKED AT HEIDELBERGCEMENT BEFORE LAFARGE DEAL
A spokesman for Zurich-based Holcim declined to comment on the report... READ MORE›
ALL OR NOTHING IN 2016, TOP STOCK PROS SAY
Stock market will get a little bit more of a push higher in 2016... READ MORE›