Cruise company 'near strike deal'
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Tom Cruise's film company is close to an agreement with the striking Writers Guild of America, reports say.
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Carnival Corporation, the US cruise liner group listed in London, said it had exercised an option to buy a new vessel from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri at a cost of about 738 million dollars.
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Computer Associates International Inc. and federal prosecutors reportedly are near a deal that could end a two-year accounting fraud investigation of the software company.
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Postal dispute looks likely to end as CWU executives agree to ratify deal.
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First Choice Holidays confirms it is in talks over the possible sale of its package holiday business, following weekend reports.
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Premiership giants Liverpool are moving closer to a deal which would involve a takeover by a Dubai-based company by the end of the year, press reports have said.
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British life insurers Resolution   and Friends Provident  confirmed on Monday that they are  in advanced merger discussions that could lead to the creation  of a group worth over 8 billion pounds ($16.4 billion).
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A troubled cruise ship is still waiting to leave on its delayed world cruise.
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French government agency CDR is "close to  an agreement" with plaintiffs in a civil case in California  related to failed insurer Executive Life, a source close to the  matter said on Tuesday.
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The UK firm behind a space tug designed to extend the lifetimes of satellites, says it is confident of closing a deal on a commercial flight.
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The London Stock Exchange is planning to have a takeover deal in place by the end of January, reports say.
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Business & money: Â· Drinks group signs Â£460m deal with Ketel OneÂ· Dutch vodka expected to cut into top seller's market
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EWS says that Germany's Deutsche Bahn is close to announcing plans to buy the British freight operator.
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A film company run by actor Tom Cruise was close to an agreement with the striking Writers Guild of America, while the Golden Globes awards show broadcast was uncertain, people close to the matter said on Sunday.
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The Cendant Corp., which owns Avis car rental and the Days Inn hotel chain, is close to a deal to buy Orbitz, the online travel service controlled by an alliance of airlines, for about
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Dubai Ports World warned yesterday that its deal to sell off major port operations in six US cities may fall apart if the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey does not drop demands for a multimillion-dollar payment.
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A consortium led by Australia&#039;s  Macquarie Bank said it was still considering making a  counterbid for Associated British Ports despite a media report  that some members of the group had pulled out.