BHP set to slim down mega-firm if Rio swallowed
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Mining group BHP Billiton   is set for a make-over if it manages to gobble up Rio Tinto , jettisoning a range of mines to focus on core operations.
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BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, said it held talks with Russia's energy ministry this week amid reports it was considering a significant investment in the country's massive energy reserves.
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BBC boss Mark Thompson is to announce  a shake-up on Tuesday which could lead to the loss of thousands of jobs.
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If BHP Billiton's new chief executive  Marius Kloppers eventually walks away from his bold proposal to  buy rival mining titan Rio Tinto, and that's a big if, it won't  be for lack of trying.
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China's move to become the biggest shareholder in Rio Tinto could face scrutiny by Australian regulators.
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Resource stocks such as BHP Billiton   BHP.AX slid on Tuesday, hit by weak commodity prices, raising   the risk for similar declines in European peers but oil and   gold eked out a small rebound after recent steep falls.
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Top global miner BHP Billiton Ltd.   named insider Marius Kloppers as its new chief executive, replacing Chip Goodyear, as markets bet on a rash of mega-mergers amid an unprecedented commodities boom.
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Facing continued top-line weakness, the company may have to cut costs.
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BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest mining company, agreed to sell an extra $3.2 billion of iron ore to four Chinese steelmakers, helping underpin expansion of its mines in Western Australia.
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Rio Tinto  , the  world&#39;s second-biggest miner, is considering gate-crashing  Alcoa Inc.&#39;s  $28.6 billion hostile bid for Alcan Inc.   , sources familiar with the matter said on  Friday.
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Business & money: Shares in world's largest miner down almost 6% in London after hostile Â£75bn takeover bid for Rio Tinto
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BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc ,  the world&#39;s biggest mining group, has revived plans for a $40  billion takeover of aluminium producer Alcoa Inc., the  Times newspaper said in an unsourced report on Monday.
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Northern Rock is likely to be grilled by shareholders over its sale process at a key meeting later on Tuesday.
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GLOBAL miner BHP Billiton Ltd and the world&#39;s largest aluminium producer, Alcoa Inc, plan to raise up to $US100 million ($138 million) in calendar 2004 by selling shares in their metal-processing
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The battle over Rio Tinto intensified after BHP Billiton increased its takeover offer to about $147 billion after a Chinese rival bought a stake last week.
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BHP Billiton Limited (BHP) announced today that it would undertake an off-market share buyback of between $1 billion and $1.5 billion.
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Top global miner BHP Billiton Ltd.    named insider Marius Kloppers as its new chief  executive, replacing Chip Goodyear, as markets bet on a rash of  mega-mergers amid an unprecedented commodities boom.