MADRID—Bankia SA, which just months ago was hailed as a success of the country's banking consolidation, on Friday will outline its plans to comply with Spain's new bank-cleanup rules—standards that have raised some doubts about the lender's ...
PARIS—Exchange operator NYSE Euronext said Friday it was well positioned for 2012 and beyond despite a tough near-term outlook for trading volume and currencies, as it reported a 19% fall in fourth-quarter net profit.
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TOKYO—Japan's two biggest brewers forecast solid profit growth for 2012 even as one posted weak earnings for last year, in a sign that a recent rush of overseas mergers and acquisitions will soon start boosting their bottom lines.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The merger announcement from Glencore International PLC and Xstrata PLC this week turned heads because the combination of a commodities trading powerhouse and a major miner, especially those of such size and ...
PARIS—Alcatel-Lucent SA said Friday it swung to an annual profit for the first time since in six years and posted positive cash flow in the fourth quarter, causing shares to soar in early trade.
Pharmacy benefit managers Express Scripts Inc. and Medco Health Solutions Inc. are in talks with officials at the Federal Trade Commission to address issues raised by the agency about their proposed $29 billion merger, but no final decision ...
Duncan Niederauer on Friday will have his first chance to lay out NYSE Euronext's stand-alone strategy following the collapse of its blockbuster merger with Deutsche Börse AG, though for once looking back might be more appetizing than the ...
The proposed merger of Glencore International AG and Xstrata PLC would create a true rival to global mining heavyweights like Vale SA, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, as well as put pressure on midsize players to either team up or grow through ...
Australia's Freehills has confirmed it is in merger talks with Herbert Smith, which has practices across Asia, Europe and the Middle East. "Freehills and U.K.- based international firm Herbert Smith have been holding preliminary discussions ...
Now that it is in bankruptcy court, American Airlines' flight plan is unclear. But the airline industry's final destination is pretty much mapped out.
In Spanish financial circles, the new government's plan to clean up the country's ailing banks is widely seen as a continuation of the old government's plan: both bet on consolidation of a bloated sector as the best way to clear out the ...
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News of a $90 billion merger between two of the world's biggest miners should have investors trading shares with great excitement. But that hasn't been quite the case in Hong Kong.
LONDON (MarketWatch) — Glencore International PLC, the giant commodities trader which went public last year, and Xstrata PLC, one of the world’s biggest miners, have agreed to an all-share merger of equals, creating a $90 billion ...