Alcan files prospectus on Novelis spinoff: 13,600 workers, US$6.2B ...
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MONTREAL (CP) - Alcan has filed its preliminary prospectus on the spinoff of its rolled-products division. The new company is to be turned over to Alcan shareholders as a separate business under the name Novelis.
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Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc   has  hired Deutsche Bank to advise it on a possible bid for Canadian  aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  , the Sydney Morning  Herald newspaper reported on Monday.
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Unisys is waving goodbye 1,400 workers and getting rid of unused facilities, to save $70ma year by the end of 2005. The computer services firm will take a one-time $63m charge to earnings for the actions, the
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Microsoft has paid $536 million to rival Novell as part of its ongoing programme to settle legal disputes that have formed the cornerstone of European regulators&#39; action against the software giant.
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The world&#39;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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Canadian aluminum producer Alcan Inc. reported Thursday that it is in advanced discussions with Ferroatlantica for the sale of its ferroalloy division, Pechiney Electrometallurgie.
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Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc  has hired Deutsche Bank to advise it on a possible bid for Canadian aluminum producer Alcan , the Sydney Morning Herald paper reported on Monday.
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Aluminum products company Novelis Inc.    on Friday said metal price ceilings related to  its can sheet sales were hurting its 2006 performance, and it  expected to incur a net loss for the year.
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Newly merged telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent is reportedly to announce 12,000 to 13,000 job cuts when it reveals its annual results on Friday.
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The United Arab Emirates will pay a cool $520 million for naming rights to the âLouvre Abu Dhabi.â
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A software company is to create more than 660 jobs in Belfast and the north-west region.
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Guardian BAE investigation: Â£13m allegedly paid to firm linked to lobbyist.
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Global miner Rio Tinto was near a deal  to buy Canadian aluminum giant Alcan Inc. for about $100 per  share, or $37 billion, The Wall Street Journal Online reported  on Thursday.
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MONTREAL (CP) - Alcan Inc. said Thursday it has reached an agreement to sell its ferroalloy division to a Spanish company in a deal expected to be worth more than 100 million euros or about $165 million Cdn.
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The firm starts a technical support which it hopes will create about  2,000 jobs.
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Alcan Inc., the world&#39;s biggest aluminum maker by sales, agreed to sell its Pechiney Electrometallurgie ferroalloy division to Spain&#39;s Ferroatlantica SL for more than 100 million euros ($136 million).
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Alcan Inc. has agreed to sell its ferroalloy business to Spain&#39;s Ferroatlantica SL for more than 100 million euros ($136.3 million or C$164.2 Canadian), the world&#39;s second biggest aluminum producer said on Thursday.