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NEW YORK, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Millennium India Acquisition Company, Inc. ("MIAC") (Nasdaq: SMCG - News) today announced US GAAP results for the year ended March 31, 2008 for SMC Group of Companies ("SMC Group").
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By Jennifer Ablan and Dan Wilchins 1 hour, 15 minutes ago NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc (LEH.N) is paying more of employees' compensation in stock this year, the company said in a memo sent to employees on Wednesday.
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HOUSTON, July 2 /PRNewswire/ -- GSFSGroup® is proud to announce GSFS Risk Retention Group, Inc. has merged into Sentruity Casualty Company ("Sentruity"), a sister property and casualty insurer. Concurrent with the merger, Sentruity has received a rating..
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A new state law allows the northeast Mississippi city of Amory to issue $5 million in bonds to help a company develop a steel rebar minimill.
Gov. Haley Barbour signed the bill into law Wednesday. Legislators passed it last week...
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GREENVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Continental Engines, specializing in the sales and service of emergency generators and industrial gas and diesel engines, announced today their acquisition of Highway Equipment & Supply Company. Highway Equipment & Suppl..
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1 hour, 4 minutes ago ATLANTA (Reuters) - Circuit City Stores Inc (CC.N) shares sank as much as 16 percent on Wednesday after Blockbuster Inc (BBI.N) abandoned its bid for the electronics retailer, saying a deal was not in the movie rental company's bes..
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PARIS and NEW YORK, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris : FR0000130577] announced today that it has acquired Kekst and Company, Incorporated, a leading strategic and financial public relations firm based in New York. Kekst and..
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40 minutes ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) said on Tuesday it plans to close another 500 underperforming stores and eliminate as many as 12,000 full- and part-time positions, lifting shares nearly 6 percent.
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JACKSON, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: CALM - News) today announced that it closed the previously reported acquisition of the majority of the assets of Zephyr Egg Company, located in Zephyrhills, Florida. The acquisition was close..
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LAKEVILLE, Conn., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (Amex: SAL - News), the holding company for Salisbury Bank and Trust Company, announced today that the Board of Directors has adopted a stock repurchase program. Th..
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In the news release, U.S. VC-Backed Companies See Exit Drought in 2Q08 as Total Liquidity Plummets 47% to $4.7 Billion, issued earlier today by Dow Jones & Company over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the release has been revised. Complete..
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The brewer InBev SA on Tuesday urged Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. shareholders to challenge the biggest U.S. beer company's rejection of its $46 billion buyout bid.
InBev CEO Carlos Brito insisted in a statement that his offer of $6..
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LONDON (AP) -- A $2.1 billion bid by Manitowoc Company Inc. for Enodis PLC was endorsed by the British cooking equipment supplier Tuesday, ending a takeover fight with Illinois Tool Works.
Enodis said that it will recommend a 328 pence ($6.55) per share..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Technology services provider Unisys Corp. spent $470,000 to lobby the federal government in the first quarter, according to a disclosure form.
The Blue Bell, Pa.-based company lobbied on various appropriations bills, health information..
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RIVERWOODS, Ill. (AP) -- Credit card company Discover Financial Services said Tuesday it has completed its $165 million acquisition of Diners Club International from Citigroup Inc.
The agreement was announced in April.
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HOLLYWOOD, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pricester.com, Inc. (OTCBB:PRCC - News), an Internet marketing and technology company, announced a reorganization of the company to better suit recent and planned acquisitions, as well as the addition of new online produc..
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Deutsche Post AG expects to get more than $1.57 billion back, the delivery and logistics company said Tuesday, after a European Union court ruled that regulators were wrong to make it return a German government subsidy.
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MANITOWOC, Wis., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE: MTW - News) announced today that it has been notified by the UK Takeover Panel that Enodis plc (LSE: ENO - News) intends to recommend Manitowoc's offer following complet..
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LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SCPIE Holdings Inc. (NYSE:SKP - News), a major provider of healthcare liability insurance, today announced the completion of its merger with The Doctors Company.
On October 15, 2007, SCPIE entered into a merger agreement wit..
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chemicals company Huntsman Corp. spent $190,000 lobbying in the first quarter on federal oversight of natural gas futures trading and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report.
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