Shareholders intensify pressure on H&amp;R Block
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H&amp;R Block Inc. shareholders elected hedge-fund manager Richard Breeden to the board, putting more pressure on the company to shut its subprime mortgage unit and divest others not tied to the business of preparing tax returns.
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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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Creditors put more pressure on debt-soaked borrowers.
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Investors reportedly seek meetings with BP bosses to seek reassurances about the firm's safety record.
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The move puts more pressure on the company to close its subprime mortgage unit and shed other divisions not tied to the core tax business.
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The threat of growing protectionism  and higher taxes are the issues nearest and dearest to  investors as the U.S. presidential election gathers steam this  week with Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire.
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H&R Block Inc. , the largest U.S. tax preparer, on Thursday said its quarterly loss nearly doubled, and was larger than analysts expected, as the struggles of its mortgage lending arm worsened.
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H&R Block Inc. , the largest U.S. income tax preparer, reported a quarterly net loss on Thursday, weighed down by the subprime mortgage unit it has put up for sale, but revenue from its tax and banking businesses rose sharply.
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Consumers cast a worried eye on the bond market as mortgage rates rose, while investors rode a bullish wave to end the week. Blackstoneâs founders were poised for a big payoff as they prepared for an initial offering.
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H&R Block Inc.  shares rose as much as 5.4 percent after a UBS Investment Research analyst upgraded the largest U.S. tax preparer, and said it could be acquired by a buyout firm after it sells its money-losing subprime mortgage unit business.
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Some of the nation&#39;s biggest companies face a deadline today for completing reviews of their internal financial controls, a labor-intensive, costly effort that has created intense friction between corporate managers and auditors.
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The leveraged buyouts that have fuelled record merger activity face a new test as interest rates rise and stock markets wobble, early signs that the debt behind the deals could become more costly and difficult to raise.
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Top U.S. tax preparer H&R Block Inc  said on Thursday the borrowing capacity under its committed lines of credit might not be sufficient to meet its financing needs and it might need to issue added debt or equity securities to meet future requirements.
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H&R Block Inc.,  the largest U.S. income tax preparer, said on Tuesday that it expects to delay filing its quarterly results with regulators after turmoil in the subprime mortgage market forced it to write down assets at its Option One Mortgage Corp. unit.
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H&R Block Inc.  shares rose as much as 5.4 percent after a UBS Investment Research analyst upgraded the largest U.S. tax preparer, and said it could be acquired after it sells its money-losing subprime mortgage unit.
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The battle for PeopleSoft intensified on Tuesday, with the company&#39;s two top shareholders said to be taking opposite sides in the software maker&#39;s struggle against an $8.8 billion hostile bid by its bigger rival Oracle.
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Shares of H&R Block Inc.   tumbled 11 percent on Friday, a day after the largest U.S. tax  preparer warned it would take a charge related to its  struggling mortgage unit, and the stock was downgraded to  "neutral."