Ex-Anglo miner Thompson tipped to head RUSA: report
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Russia&#39;s United Company RUSAL, the  world&#39;s largest producer of primary aluminum and which is  hoping to list in London later this year, has approached former  Anglo American Plc  executive Simon Thompson to be its  chairman, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
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The chairman of beleaguered Russian oil giant said the owners of the company could seek to resolve their conflict with the Kremlin by selling their stakes.
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Fred Thompson, an actor and former senator who has not formally entered the 2008 White House race, leads Republican presidential contenders for the first time, according to a Rasmussen poll released on Tuesday.
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Federal-Mogul Corp., the bankrupt US engineering company, may sell its UK-based Turner &amp; Newall Plc after the UK division&#39;s independent pension trustee rejected a $130 million cash offer
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The managing director of under-fire rail franchise First Great Western is moved to a new post.
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The world's largest mining group, BHP Billington Ltd.,  is considering a rival bid for aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  and has hired an investment bank, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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The world's largest miner BHP Billiton is under increasing pressure to sweeten its three-for-one share offer for Rio Tinto, a report said Wednesday.
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Russia's leading aluminum firm, RUSAL,  will take over its main competitor SUAL and the aluminum assets  of Glencore to create the world market leader, two sources  close to the deal told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Republican Fred Thompson, an actor  and former U.S. senator who has taken an early step toward a  2008 presidential bid, will deliver a foreign policy speech in  London and meet with former British Prime Minister Margaret  Thatcher this week.
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A deal to create a Russian metals giant is likely to be signed as early as Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Sunday, citing people familiar with the talks.
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US-based investment group New Century Holdings intends to consolidate market leader Vel Pitar's position as Romania's top bakery, writes Bogdan Tudorache in Bucharest.
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Russia's United Company RUSAL said on Friday it would buy a strategic stake in Norilsk Nickel  from Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim Group as it seeks to build a globally competitive Russian metals and mining major.
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For Wyoming Republicans, a decision to jump ahead of other states in the presidential nominating process has paid off: former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson is coming to town.
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The former head of Lloyd's insurance market, Ron Sandler, said Saturday he has been appointed to lead troubled British bank Northern Rock should it be nationalised.
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Russia's United Company RUSAL will buy a strategic stake in Norilsk Nickel  from Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim Group as it seeks to build a globally competitive Russian metals and mining major.
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BHP Billiton Ltd/Plc  ,  the world&#39;s biggest miner, is in talks with private equity  firms to team up for a possible $40 billion bid for U.S.  aluminum company Alcoa Inc , the Times said on Tuesday.
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According to a BBC Scotland report, Smith has been in talks with the Scottish Football Association about the job which became available after German Berti Vogts resigned earlier this month.