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	<title>FT Alphaville</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Will BHP strike again?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is almost a year since BHP Billiton abandoned its $62bn pursuit of Rio Tinto and...

people are starting to speculate.

Earlier this week, the Australian Financial Review asked whether BHP might bid again if  the proposed iron ore joint venture (IOJV) between the two companies collapses.
Sources say Rio will either walk away under pressure from its shareholders to secure a higher premium for handing BHP all the optionality in its best interests;...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>British Airways defies financial gravity</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hidden away in British Airways' half-year results is this tidbit:



That means British Airways NAPS pension liabilities now stand at a whopping £2.66bn -- more than twice the £1.17bn reported at the end of last fiscal year.

What's more -- we are still waiting for the results of the BA pension trustees' triennial revaluation,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Sun shareholders left swinging</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of October, FT Alphaville came across some strange goings on in Oracle's pending $7bn acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

Oracle had withdrawn its Russian antitrust filing, an unexplained move prompting speculation the deal was about to unravel.

With proceedings snagged in Brussels after EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes voiced monopoly concerns,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Germany, Russia furious at Opel blow</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Germany and Russia reacted furiously to General Motors’ surprise decision this week to abandon the sale of Opel/Vauxhall to Canada’s Magna and Russia’s Sberbank and set the stage for a fresh confrontation between Germany and GM, over whether Berlin would allow Opel to go bankrupt or step in to support GM financially....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Siguler Guff buys into MDM Bank</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siguler Guff, the US group specialising in emerging markets and distressed debt investments, has made a rare private equity investment in a Russian bank by acquiring a stake in MDM Bank, one of the country’s biggest lenders. Russia Partners, Siguler Guff’s Moscow-based buy-out arm, will announce on Thursday the purchase of 3.3% of MDM from SM Group,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Beijing acts on Panasonic-Sanyo deal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[China is forcing Panasonic to sell off assets in Japan to secure approval for its acquisition of Sanyo Electric, the first time Chinese competition authorities have compelled disposals outside of the country in a monopoly review. The landmark ruling by China’s commerce ministry clears the way for Panasonic’s long-delayed Y805bn ($9.4bn) tender offer for Sanyo Electric,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Aviva eyes ING break-up</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aviva, the UK’s second-biggest insurer, will examine the break-up of ING to see if it will yield any acquisition opportunities, according to Andrew Moss, Aviva’s CEO. The Dutch financial services group is selling its insurance and investment management business in order to win European Commission approval for the receipt of state aid....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Kradbury: Come on Irene</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kraft's third quarter earnings might have been delivered with jazz hands-a-waving, but those looking for hints of a heavily sweetened Cadbury offer were left disappointed.

While "remaining interested", chief executive Irene Rosenfeld said Kraft would maintain a "disciplined approach" in its flirtation with the UK chocolate company....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Further reading</title>
		<link>http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/04/81341/further-reading-392/?source=rss</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elsewhere on Wednesday,

- If the economy's stagnant, why are stocks up?

- The edge: a golden opportunity remains.

- On the clash of economic theories (and commentators).

- John Paulson once had self-doubts.

- A curious meeting at the US Treasury.

- The women who made it on Wall Street:  Lessons from Krawcheck....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Snap news</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking pre-market news on Wednesday,

- Societe Generale Q3 net doubles on investment bank - statement.

- Bank of Ireland H1 income falls 73 per cent to €162m - statement.

- BNP Paribas still looking at Societe Generale La Tribune newspaper says; BNP denies - Reuters.

- Northern Rock mortgage arrears rise in Q3 - statement....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
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