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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department said on Tuesday it will release rules by the end of this month clarifying how the government will vet acquisitions involving foreign buyers for... U.S. Rules For Foreign Takeover Deals Seen in April
(Reuters) - Mattress maker Sealy Corp's <ZZ.N> first-quarter profit beat market estimates as its branded specialty bedding products business bucked sluggish U.S. retail trends for home furnishings, boosting its shares... Sealy Q1 Profit Tops Wall Street; Shares Jump
NEW YORK (Reuters) - ConocoPhillips <COP.N> and BP Plc <BP.L> said on Tuesday they would partner to build a natural gas pipeline costing more than $30 billion to link Alaska's... Conoco and BP Say to Team Up For Alaska Pipeline
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jeans maker Levi Strauss & Co said on Tuesday that quarterly net profit rose 12 percent, helped by lower interest expense and a lower tax rate.... Levi Strauss Net Profit Up 12 Percent in Quarter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Comcast Corp <CMCSA.O> urged a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to overturn a decision by federal regulators, who refused to a waive a rule designed to open... Comcast Asks Court to Reverse FCC Set-top Box Rule
Baugur, the Icelandic investment group, is looking to make a clean break from the troubled sectors of property and Icelandic banks by shifting its exposure to two new separate companies... Baugur sharpens focus on retail
Europe's 30 most important transport projects will cost far more than first thought, making it uncertain how some governments will fund them, according to a PwC study... EU transport projects face €40bn overrun
UBS has agreed to meet Luqman Arnold, the former chief executive leading an activist campaign against the Swiss bank, in the next two weeks amid signs that his calls for... UBS to talk to former chief Arnold
The crisis at IKB, the German bank crippled by its subprime investments, claimed one of its biggest casualties when the chief executive of the bank's largest financial backer resigned... KfW head quits over IKB crisis
John Mack, chairman and chief executive of Morgan Stanley, predicted a near-term end to the troubles in the US subprime and leveraged loans markets and said the crisis could be... Mack says crisis could be over soon