BHP Billiton CEO: won't favor buybacks over growth
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BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc.   the world's biggest miner, warned on Friday that big profits in  the industry on the back of soaring metals prices will not  necessarily mean more industry share buybacks.
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Goldcorp Inc. Chief Executive Robert McEwen says he was always reluctant to expand by acquiring other gold producers. That&#39;s why McEwen is making one last purchase before he steps down and handing the reins to Ian Telfer.
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Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has moved to shrug off mounting concerns over his leadership by insisting his side will reverse the slide which has dented the club's European and domestic ambitions.
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MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) remains in the hunt for WMC Resources Ltd. (WMC) with an internal team assessing its options for making a counter offer to Xstrata PLC&#39;s (XTA.
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BHP Billiton chief executive Chip Goodyear yesterday insisted this week&#39;s record profit &quot;isn&#39;t as good as it gets&quot;, as the market wrestled with how to value the stock amid speculation that its share price was near cycle peaks.
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The world&#39;s largest miner, BHP Billiton, yesterday said that high oil prices were affecting spending worldwide but China&#39;s demand for commodities over the longer term was heartening.
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The aluminum producer Alcoa said in a statement that it would continue to pursue its $27.4 billion cash and stock bid for a rival, Alcan, despite the Canadian companyâs rejection of the offer. But Alcoaâs chairman and chief executive, Alain J. P. Belda, said that the company would not enhance the proposal, which Alcan called inadequate. âWe have studied Alcanâs response and have not seen anything that would lead us to re-evaluate our offer,â Mr. Belda said. He also rejected suggestions by Alcan that Alcoa would have difficulty obtaining antitrust approval for the merger and urged Alcanâs board to resume its examination of the bid.
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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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BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest mining company, said global growth and economic activity in China are slowing, partly as higher oil prices curb spending.
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Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) sought  to douse speculation on Monday that it was preparing to mount a  counter bid to BHP Billiton  for Rio Tinto ,  saying it was happy to stick with the $14 billion stake it  bought last week.
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The chief of BHP Billiton, the Australian mining company, delivered an early farewell gift: record half-year earnings and a $10 billion stock buyback.
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Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) sought to douse speculation on Monday that it was preparing to mount a counter bid to BHP Billiton  for Rio Tinto , saying it was happy to stick with the $14 billion stake it bought last week.
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PERTH (Dow Jones)--Having secured Chinese iron ore sales worth US$12.2 billion, Australia-based global miner BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) said Tuesday that a further aggressive
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China&#39;s appetite for raw materials shows no sign of abating, with four Chinese steel mills agreeing to buy an extra $3.2 billion of Australian iron ore over the next 10 years, global miner BHP Billiton said Tuesday.
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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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BHP Billiton played down jitters in commodity markets over the Chinese economy on Friday, by predicting demand would &quot;be sustainable over the long term&quot;.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest miner, more than doubled second-half profit as Chinese demand boosted commodity prices. The company is considering returning as much as $2 billion to investors, including share buybacks.