MetLife plans debut sterling bond -leads
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MetLife Inc. (MET.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 1 US life insurer, plans to issue a debut sterling-denominated bond, joint bookrunners Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland said on Thursday.
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Sterling punched to a 14-year high against a broadly weaker dollar on Thursday, while expectations that world growth will stay strong despite a slower U.S. economy lifted global stock indexes to fresh record highs.
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The pound was strong, reaching 10-day highs against the dollar, after another set of firm UK data strengthened expectations that the Bank of England will raise interest rates again this year, probably in November.
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MetLife Inc. , the largest life insurance company in the United States, said on Tuesday that fourth quarter earnings rose fivefold from a year ago on gains from the sale of its New York apartment complexes and higher revenues.
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SYDNEY : South African-based Metcash Trading Ltd announced it intended to make an 846 million dollars (660 million US) off-market takeover offer for the Australian operations of Foodland Associated Ltd.
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New Saints manager Harry Redknapp said on Thursday that coach Kevin Bond is to follow him from Portsmouth and join him at St. Mary&#39;s.
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Arts & entertainment: On the day the new Bond film's title is announced, Mark Brown meets its stars at Pinewood Studios
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Putnam Investments on Friday promoted a  veteran bond manager to head its investments groups, marking  the latest personnel changes as the mutual fund company works  to improve performance at many of its funds.
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THERE&#39;S a sense of deja vu about the Metcash takeover offer for Western Australia-based Foodland Associated, because if Andrew Reitzer and his management team can pull it off it may finally create a competitive national &quot;third force&quot; in retailing to take
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London Fashion Week sashayed into action  on Monday with a clutch of feted young designers promising to  boost its star status on the industry's map.
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The Met plans to raise operaâs visibility, with help from other companies.
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Stamps to mark the centenary of the birth of James Bond creator Ian Fleming are to be issued next month.
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Business & money: Prospect of fresh rise in UK interest rates pushes sterling to $2.0006.
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MetLife Inc. said on Tuesday that it paid brokers and consultants about $25 million last year in &quot;contingent payments,&quot; which are the subject of a probe by New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
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Actors Hugh Jackman and Clive Owen emerge as the front-runners to be the next James Bond.
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Danish low-cost airline Sterling.dk will launch flights between Budapest and Copenhagen next year, the company confirmed last week.
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MetLife Inc. on Monday agreed to acquire Travelers Life & Annuity from Citigroup Inc. for &#36;11.5 billion, bolstering its product reach while sounding Citigroup's retreat from the one-stop financial supermarket concept.