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GENERAL Sat Aug 16, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- Sat Aug 16, 6:11 AM ET ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS AG's (UBSN.VX) chairman is sure the troubled Swiss bank will still be independent in two years' time, according to an interview published on Saturday. "I am certain about that," Peter Kurer told Swiss newsp.. Read More

GENERAL Sun Jun 15, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- By Toni Clarke 2 hours, 56 minutes ago BOSTON (Reuters) - Shareholders of Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB.O) will meet shortly to decide whether one of the world's biggest and oldest biotechnology companies should remain independent or be put up for sale by billi.. Read More

GENERAL Wed May 28, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- 31 minutes ago DALLAS (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp shareholders on Wednesday voted down a high-profile proposal urging the company to hire an independent chairman to lead its board. About 39.5 percent of the shares voted at the Exxon annual meeting wer.. Read More

GENERAL Mon May 19, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- By Mariko Katsumura Mon May 19, 2:41 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stressed his company's independent spirit on Monday, after a report the social networking site might be sold to software giant Microsoft (MSFT.O),.. Read More

GENERAL Mon May 12, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- 1 hour, 34 minutes ago LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC (HSBA.L) is underestimating problems at its troubled U.S. consumer finance arm, a rebel shareholder said on Monday and called on the bank to appoint an independent financial advisor to consider options for.. Read More

GENERAL Sat Feb 9, 2008 @ 9:03am neoform

news.yahoo.com -- Sat Feb 9, 5:19 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Blackstone (BX.N) is considering a fresh bid for British engineer FKI (FKI.L), the Independent newspaper said on Saturday. The paper, without citing sources, said FKI had invited Blackst.. Read More

GENERAL Sat Dec 22, 2007 @ 9:01am neoform

news.yahoo.com -- Fri Dec 21, 9:30 PM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fedex Corp (FDX.N) said on Friday that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service found that its FedEx Ground independent contractors should be reclassified as employees for tax purposes and that the company faced r.. Read More

GENERAL Sun Oct 7, 2007 @ 3:00pm neoform

news.yahoo.com -- 1 hour, 18 minutes ago LONDON (Reuters) - Investment bank Citigroup (C.N) is planning to help keep Northern Rock (NRK.L) independent by arranging a consortium of bidders to bail it out, or by directly offering it a loan, according to conflicting weekend.. Read More