Austria backs away from privatization
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VIENNA Austria backed away from a full privatization of its top telecommunications company after merger talks with Swisscom failed.
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Government is tightening control over sector once dominated by private enterprise
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The French Competition Council will not force Apple to license its FairPlay digital-rights management technology to competitors. The Council rejected an argument by Virgin France, which
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Shareholders of the South African mining company Gold Fields rejected a bid to merge with Iamgold of Toronto Tuesday, a development that shifted investors&#39; focus back to Harmony Gold Mining&#39;s hostile bid for Gold Fields.
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The surprise winner of Austria's election considers coalition partners, but says he has ruled out allying with the far-right.
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E.ON, the biggest German power supplier, said Wednesday it would scale back its ambitions for a planned takeover of Endesa following a new setback in its long-running battle to acquire the Spanish electricity generator.
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Berlin- Leading politicians from both sides of Germany's grand coalition government Sunday swung behind proposals to treble the number of daycare places for small children, but disagreed about how they should ...Comment
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German engineering giant Siemens has decided not to appeal to the European Court of Justice against the publicly financed bailout of French rival Alstom.
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Akzo Nobel says it has made a bid approach for Dulux paint-maker ICI, but that the move was rejected.
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WMC, the Australian mining firm, turns down a $5.5bn bid from Swiss company Xstrata but says it is willing to hold talks on a deal.
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Negotiations between the Austrian privatisation agency OeIAG and the Swiss telecommunications group Swisscom for a stake in Telekom Austria ended without a deal, OeIAG said in a statement.
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The chief executive of WMC Resources has denied the company&#39;s share buyback and the sale of part of its business is designed to undermine a takeover offer from Swiss-based Xstrata.
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JOHANNESBURG  -- Initial feedback from Gold Fieldsâs North American and European investors is rejection of the hostile all-share bid by Harmony Gold for its larger rival, which has labeled the offer as âopportunisticâ, Gold Fields chief
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OSLO, Norway, Feb 23 (IPS) - Germany and Canada are among a group of  nations  that have opposed a move to ban cluster bombs.
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New shareholders should not be admitted to European plane maker EADS's  shareholder pact, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview when asked about allowing Russian investors to buy in.
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GCap turns down an approach from its rival Global Radio over a possible takeover.
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"There is no decision on how we will proceed. We will take the decision to the supervisory board and this will be a decision for the supervisory board"  The European Union's highest court on Tuesday struck down a German law that shielded Volkswagen from takeover, paving the way for Porsche to take majority control of Europe's biggest carmaker. via Reuters