Waste management firms BFI Canada, IESI announce $1.1 billion ...
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TORONTO (CP) - BFI Canada Income Fund and IESI Corp. of Fort Worth, Tex., say they have agreed to a $1.1-billion merger that will give IESI shareholders a 39 per cent stake in one of North America&#39;s largest non-hazardous solid waste management companies.
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Australian building products group James Hardie has agreed to pay $1.1bn (Â£568m) to victims of asbestos-related diseases. The landmark deal could see thousands of people suffering from lung diseases - caused
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NEW YORK, October 5  - BHP Billiton Limited (BHP.NYS), the world&#39;s largest mining company, has announced its plans to return up to A$1.
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IBM planned to announce yesterday that it will invest US$250 million over the next five years and employ 1,000 people in a new business unit to support products and services related to sensor networks.
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The creation of the first international law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic will be announced on Monday, in a move expected to trigger more
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Tokyo, Sept. 20 (Jiji Press)--Shin-Etsu Chemical Corp.  said Wednesday it will spend about 120 billion yen to increase its monthly output capacity of 300-millimeter silicon wafers to one million units by autumn 2007.
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Imperial Oil Ltd. said it will relocate its head office to Calgary from Toronto, affecting 1,500 employees. About 500 workers will be ``subject to relocation,&#39;&#39; the company said in a CNW statement.
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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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TORONTO (CP) - Canada's two largest pension funds are jointly investing &#36;1.2 billion to launch a new European investment fund, which will provide venture capital to growing private companies as they mature beyond their startup phase.
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Surplus stockpiles of  semiconductors ballooned 38 percent to $1.1 billion in the  third quarter, according to preliminary estimates by market  research firm iSuppli.
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Ford Motor Company  has  earmarked 1 billion pounds (&#36;1.84 billion pounds) in Britain to  develop environmentally friendly technology for its cars, Ford  of Europe said on Monday.
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International Paper Co.  said Friday it completed the sale of 1.1 million acres of forest lands in Maine and New Hampshire for about &#36;250 million to a forest investment management company.
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British waste-collection firm Biffa  has received a counter-approach worth around 1.5 billion pounds ($3 billion) from a fund backed by General Electric , said sources familiar with the matter.
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IBM announced yesterday that it will invest US$250 million (S$425 million) over the next five years and employ 1,000 people in a new business unit to support products and services related to sensor networks.
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The technology vendor is working with partners on improving the safety and environmental impact of electronic waste-recycling in the region.
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By Anonymous  Tony Connolly FCA of Visor Visor, the internet-based accounting solutions company, has completed a euro1 million equity investment round from Enterprise Ireland and private investors.
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General Electric Co., a pioneer in businesss processing in India, is looking to reap up to one billion dollars from the disposal of outsourcing operations in the country, the Wall Street Journal reported in its Asian edition.