BHP Billiton launches A$1.5 bn share buyback programme
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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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SYDNEY: James Hardie Industries yesterday struck a deal to pay US$1.1bil to compensate asbestos-related disease sufferers, boosting the company&#39;s stock as much as 8% as a 14-month row over funding neared its end.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Mobile phone network leader Vodafone Group on Tuesday cheered the market by more than doubling its interim dividend and increasing its share buyback plan by 1 billion pounds ($1.
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Announcing record profit and revenue for the past year yesterday, global resources group BHP Billiton says it has decided to award a $2bn bonanza to its shareholders.
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BHP Billiton, the world&#39;s biggest miner, approved a total of $1.5 billion to expand its copper and iron ore output amid increasing global metals demand led by China.
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[Business India]: Mumbai, Dec 27 : Corporate behemoth Reliance Industries Monday approved one of corporate India&#39;s largest share buyback programmes with a view to curbing volatility in company stocks that have been badly hit by an ownership slugfest.
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Shares in BHP Billiton Ltd.  , the world's top miner, opened 5.3 percent higher on Wednesday after it surprised the market with an additional US$10 billion share buyback.
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Telecommunications giant Telstra Corp. on Monday revealed details of a 750 million Australian dollar (US$532 million) share buyback that is part of a three-year plan to increase the value of its stock.
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Anglo-Australian mining group BHP Billiton has said it had made an offer to workers at its Spence copper mine in Chile in a bid to avoid another damaging strike.
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Telstra Corp., Australia&#39;s biggest phone company, agreed to buyback A$750 million ($576 million) of its own stock at the lowest price in a range offered to shareholders.
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This will be accomplished through a share buy-back plan in Australia, where 40% of the company&#39;s shares are held. because of the tax breaks they enjoy on such sales.
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MUMBAI: It was a roller coaster ride for Reliance Industries (RIL) which announced its buyback programme on Monday. RIL and other group shares - Reliance Energy (REL), IPCL, Reliance Capital and Reliance
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BHP Billiton sweetened its bid for Rio Tinto Wednesday, lifting its valuation of the mining giant to 147.4 billion dollars as it presses for a mega-takeover to exploit a resources boom driven by China.
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With news that the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has knocked back a Â£1.35bn offer from its German rival Deutsche Boerse, the ordinary shareholder may be wondering what lies ahead.
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Business & money: Oil giant agrees to withhold Â£1.5m owed to former chief executive while a court case is resolved.
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Business & money: BHP raises shares offer to Â£70bn mega deal, but China and Australia may fight potential monopoly
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By staff writers and wires. THE nationn&#39;s biggest telco, Telstra Corp, is offering shareholders up to $4.65 per share in a off-market buyback worth $750 million.