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6 March 2013
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is in final talks with Sharp Corp to invest about 10 billion yen ($107 million) for a 3
percent stake in the Japanese company
• Apple Inc. lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss a consumer lawsuit alleging the company maintains a monopoly
over iPhone applications.
• HSBC Holdings Plc, Europe’s biggest bank by assets, agreed to sell a portfolio of U.S. consumer loans for $3.2 billion
in cash as it scales back its operations in the country.
• A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the world’s biggest container-shipping company, plans to add more vessels to
its Singapore base after making the city-state its biggest hub after the headquarters in Denmark.
• British Airways said it will operate its first Airbus SAS (EAD) A380 superjumbo to Los Angeles, with the second plane
serving Hong Kong.
• SJM Holdings Ltd., Asia’s biggest casino operator by revenue, said industry revenue in Macau will probably increase
less than 15 percent this year.
• Toyota Motor Corp., Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. are among carmakers widening their global production
footprint to limit exposure to currency risk.
• Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Asia’s biggest drugmaker, put a push to sell its Actos diabetes drug ahead of concerns
about consumer safety, a witness testified in the first trial over claims the medicine caused cancer.
• The Dunlop and Goodyear plants near Amiens in northern France chose different destinies four years ago when
Dunlop's unions accepted tougher labor conditions.
• Beiersdorf AG, the maker of Nivea skin cream, surged the most since November in Frankfurt trading as the company
pledged higher profitability this year.
• Panasonic Corp. is selling a building in Tokyo for about 50 billion yen ($537 million) as the electronics maker tries to
recover from losses of more than 1.3 trillion yen in the past two years.
• Verizon Communications Inc. is working to resolve its relationship with Vodafone Group this year, having weighed
options that range from ending its wireless venture with its European ally to full merger of the two companies

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• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is among banks considering a purchase of TPG Capital’s $1.6 billion stake in Indonesia’s PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional.
• Samsung Electronics Co.’s investment in struggling Sharp Corp. signals that the world’s top seller of TVs is accelerating a shift toward higher-end sets using OLED technology as it tries to widen the gap with Sony Corp.
• Toyota will reshuffle its top bosses and take the axe to its decision making structure, part of a move to put lowerranked workers in day-to-day command as it seeks faster responses to market changes.
• Dell Inc. attracted interest from Blackstone Group LP as well as computer makers Hewlett-Packard Co. and Lenovo Group Ltd. as its board seeks bids higher than the $24.4 billion offer from Michael Dell and Silver Lake Management LLC.
• Time Warner Inc. announced plans to spin off its Time Inc. magazine business into a publicly held company, jettisoning its worst-performing major division.
• Verizon Communications Inc.’s effort to resolve its relationship with Vodafone Group Plc, potentially ending their wireless joint venture, would put it on a path to full ownership of the most profitable and fastest-growing major wireless carrier in the U.S.
• Johnson Controls Inc. is exploring a sale of part of its automotive interiors and electronics unit that may fetch more than $1 billion.
• Microsoft Corp. was fined 561 million euros ($731 million) by European Union regulators for violating the terms of a settlement to give users a choice of web browsers aside from its Internet Explorer.
• China National Petroleum Corp., the nation’s biggest oil company, is in talks with Eni SpA for a stake in a gas project in Mozambique valued at as much as $4 billion.
• Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., Australia’s third-largest bank by market value, plans to cut about 50 jobs in institutional and international banking as lenders trim costs amid weak credit demand.
• AT&T Inc. and Telstra Corp. are the first telecommunications companies outside Europe to sell debt in the region’s common currency this year.

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• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is among banks considering a purchase of TPG Capital’s $1.6 billion stake in Indonesia’s PT Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional.
• Samsung Electronics Co.’s investment in struggling Sharp Corp. signals that the world’s top seller of TVs is accelerating a shift toward higher-end sets using OLED technology as it tries to widen the gap with Sony Corp.
• Toyota will reshuffle its top bosses and take the axe to its decision making structure, part of a move to put lowerranked workers in day-to-day command as it seeks faster responses to market changes.
• Dell Inc. attracted interest from Blackstone Group LP as well as computer makers Hewlett-Packard Co. and Lenovo Group Ltd. as its board seeks bids higher than the $24.4 billion offer from Michael Dell and Silver Lake Management LLC.
• Time Warner Inc. announced plans to spin off its Time Inc. magazine business into a publicly held company, jettisoning its worst-performing major division.
• Verizon Communications Inc.’s effort to resolve its relationship with Vodafone Group Plc, potentially ending their wireless joint venture, would put it on a path to full ownership of the most profitable and fastest-growing major wireless carrier in the U.S.
• Johnson Controls Inc. is exploring a sale of part of its automotive interiors and electronics unit that may fetch more than $1 billion.
• Microsoft Corp. was fined 561 million euros ($731 million) by European Union regulators for violating the terms of a settlement to give users a choice of web browsers aside from its Internet Explorer.
• China National Petroleum Corp., the nation’s biggest oil company, is in talks with Eni SpA for a stake in a gas project in Mozambique valued at as much as $4 billion.
• Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., Australia’s third-largest bank by market value, plans to cut about 50 jobs in institutional and international banking as lenders trim costs amid weak credit demand.
• AT&T Inc. and Telstra Corp. are the first telecommunications companies outside Europe to sell debt in the region’s common currency this year.

Info. - 7 March 2013

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8 March 2013
• BNP Paribas SA is outpacing the wealth-management businesses of French competitors Societe Generale SA and Credit Agricole SA as the country’s largest bank targets the super-rich in Asia and America.
• J.C. Penney Co. is cutting an additional 2,200 jobs to trim costs as Chief Executive Officer Ron Johnson’s revamp of the department-store chain causes sales to plunge.
• Citigroup Inc., the third-biggest U.S. bank, asked the Federal Reserve for permission to repurchase $1.2 billion of shares without seeking a dividend increase a year after its previous request was rejected.
• Hutchison Port Holdings Trust, backed by Li Ka-Shing’s port operator, bought a Hong Kong box terminal from DP World Ltd. and a partner as the billionaire bets on rising trade in the south China region.
• BlackBerry’s new Z10 smartphone will go on sale with AT&T Inc. on March 22 as the Canadian handset maker looks to spur a sales recovery in its biggest market.
• Glencore International Plc and Vitol SA, the two biggest oil traders, raised $7.5 billion in loans to fund a $10 billion crude-purchase deal with OAO Rosneft.
• Colgate board approved 2-for-1 stock split to be effected through a stock dividend and increased quarterly cash div by 10%, both effective in 2Q.
• Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda cleared out the remnants of top management inherited when he took the helm in 2009 in a revamp to restore the fortunes of the world’s biggest carmaker after years of turmoil.
• Royal KPN NV, the Dutch carrier partly owned by Carlos Slim’s America Movil SAB, took the first hurdle to bolster its balance sheet, by raising as much as 1.56 billion euros ($2.04 billion) in a hybrid bond sale.
• Carrefour SA, France’s biggest retailer, posted a smaller-than-estimated fifth straight drop in annual profit and pledged to lift capital expenditure to stoke a revival in its domestic business.
• Adidas AG, the world’s second- largest sporting-goods maker, forecast higher sales and profit this year and raised its dividend by 35 % as it targets fast-growing emerging markets and introduces new products.
• Facebook appointed a former Genentech executive to its board of directors, the social networking company's latest move to expand its boardroom following its initial public offering last May.

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11 March 2013
• BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, slid 1.2% in Sydney after saying it plans to sell about 10% of its assets amid an increase in debt levels.
• PetroChina Co., the nation’s biggest oil and gas producer, is looking to make more deals in Australia, adding to about $3.7 billion in acquisitions as part of a global drive to feed surging Chinese demand.
• Sony Corp. board Chairman Howard Stringer, who became the first non-Japanese executive to lead the company, said he will retire in June.
• Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Japan’s fourth-largest bank by market value, rose in Tokyo trading after it said it will repay a government bailout by buying back 226.3 billion yen ($2.4 billion) of shares.
• Fujifilm Holdings Corp., a company better known for cameras and film, could help Microsoft Corp. and the personal-computer industry fight back against Apple Inc.
• BlackBerry’s new Z10 device will go on sale with AT&T Inc. on March 22 as the Canadian smartphone maker seeks a sales recovery in its biggest market.
• AT&T Inc. plans to buy a bit more than 25% of billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. for $3.5 billion.
• The economist picked by struggling Panasonic Corp. to become its first female director said Japan’s electronics makers need drastic changes to align their business models with those of companies including General Electric Co.and Siemens.
• Google's Motorola Mobility unit is to shed another 1,200 jobs or 10% of its workforce as the smartphone maker tries to return to profitability.
• Barclays paid 428 bankers more than 1 million pounds ($1.5 million) in 2012, a torrid year for the British bank after its fine for rigging Libor interest rates.
• Nomura Holdings Inc. filed a claim in London against Banca Monte Paschi di Siena SpA

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12 March 2013
• The U.K. Serious Fraud Office has opened an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing by managers at Autonomy Corp., the software maker acquired and later written down by Hewlett-Packard Co.
• Billionaire Carl Icahn is reviewing Dell Inc.’s books as he pushes alternatives to a proposed $24.4 billion leveraged buyout of the personal computer maker that faces mounting resistance from investors.
• Bill Gross cut the holdings of Treasuries held in his $288 billion flagship fund at Pacific Investment Management Co.to 28% of assets in February, after reaching a six-month high in January.
• Maersk Line, the world’s biggest container shipping company, will stop using the Panama Canal to transport goods from Asia to the U.S. East Coast as bigger ships help the company move them profitably through Suez Canal.
• Tiffany & Co. and Harry Winston stores will follow Louis Vuitton in raising some prices to offset the yen’s 12% slide since Prime Minister Abe took office Dec. 26 with a promise to tame the currency’s strength and revive Japan’s exporters.
• American International Group Inc. shareholders can sue the U.S. as a group in a lawsuit brought by former Chief Executive Officer Maurice “Hank” Greenberg over losses caused by the government takeover of the insurer.
• Telecom Italia SpA, the biggest Italian phone company, started final negotiations yesterday with unions about a plan to cut 2,750 jobs by 2014.
• Barclays Plc, which paid about $450 million as the first bank to settle in a worldwide probe of interest-rate rigging,said benchmarks should be tied to actual market transactions and not estimates.
• Yum! Brands Inc., owner of the KFC restaurant chain, said first-quarter same-store sales fell 20% in China, less than analysts estimated, as its reputation rebounded from a probe of a former chicken supplier.
• Nissan Motor Co., Japan’s second- largest automaker, put its electric-vehicle business under the direct supervision of the chief operating officer after sales of the Leaf missed the company’s expectations.
• Two publishing industry groups are opposing Amazon.com request to own new domain names.
• Apple stock jumped Monday amid speculation of a share buyback and dividend. The stock was also getting a bounce
from key technical levels.

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13 March 2013
• UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest bank, is in talks to buy Banca Intermobiliare di Investimenti e Gestioni SpA of Italy as it seeks to expand in private banking.
• Google Inc.’s software will power more tablets than Apple Inc.’s operating system for the first time this year as smaller, cheaper alternatives to the iPad gain favor with consumers.
• Boeing Co. was cleared by U.S. regulators to test its proposed redesign of the 787 Dreamliner’s battery systems, the first step toward resuming service of a plane grounded worldwide for almost two months.
• Phil DeSantis, co-head of global credit products at Credit Suisse Group AG, is leaving the firm after 13 years and will be replaced by David Miller.
• KKR & Co., the private-equity firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, is preparing to market its first fund dedicated to real estate with an initial $500 million committed to the pool.
• Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley said sales returned to normal by the end of February after being hurt by delayed tax returns the previous month.
• The U.S. Treasury received about $489.9 million from the sale of General Motors shares in February, it said in its monthly report to Congress on its Troubled Asset Relief Program.
• A filing error by H&R Block has resulted in the delay of about 600,000 tax refunds — many of them students who need the money to pay for books and the tax receipt to apply for financial aid.
• Yum! Brands Inc., owner of the KFC restaurant chain, said first-quarter same-store sales fell 20% in China, less than analysts estimated, as its reputation rebounded from a probe of a former chicken supplier.
• DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest bank, plans to expand its Hong Kong loan book by about 10% this year as trade with mainland China drives demand for renminbi-currency services.
• Maersk Line, the world’s biggest container shipping company, will stop using the Panama Canal to transport goods from Asia to the U.S. East Coast as bigger ships help the company move them profitably through Suez Canal.
• Toyota Motor Corp., which last year overtook General Motors Co. to become the world’s largest automaker even as its profit margins lagged behind the industry, is riding a weakening yen that has Detroit executives concerned.

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14 March 2013
• Kubota Corp., the Japanese farm- tractor maker seeking an overseas purchase of as much as $2 billion, said the weakening yen will push sales to a record in the next fiscal year and won’t curb its acquisition appetite.
• Inditex SA, the world’s biggest clothing retailer, reported profit growth decelerated to the slowest pace in five quarters, missing analysts’ estimates amid the weak Spanish economy. Net income rose 12% to 705 million euros ($919.3 million) in the three months through January.
• Google Inc. is changing the leadership of the unit at the heart of its mobile-technology war with Apple Inc., saying Sundar Pichai will succeed Andy Rubin at the helm of the Android software business.
• Apple Inc. Senior Vice President Phil Schiller, seeking to steal thunder from his company’s main competitor in the smartphone market, touted the iPhone a day before Samsung Electronics Co. unveils its Galaxy S4.
• HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc raised Hong Kong mortgage rates for the first time since 2011, after the banking regulator tightened risk rules on concern a property bubble may undermine financial stability.
• Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Asia’s biggest international carrier, expects more premium passengers this year as an economic rebound in North America boosts demand.
• Commerzbank AG, Germany’s second- biggest bank, said it will sell 2.5 billion euros ($3.3 billion) of shares to repay the government and insurer Allianz SE. The company slumped the most since November 2011.
• Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., the world’s second-largest shipbuilder, is bidding to build jackup rigs for the first time in three decades to tap more orders from offshore oil discoveries.
• International Business Machines Corp. shares reached an all-time high. The company has propelled its stock price by boosting earnings per share, divesting underperforming units and moving into higher-margin software businesses such as data analysis.
• Telecom Italia SpA’s talks to spin off its fixed-line network are running into difficulty as Italy’s economy suffers during the sovereign-debt crisis.
• Netflix Inc., the online video service, began offering U.S. subscribers the ability to peer into each others’ digital movie libraries through an expanded partnership with Facebook Inc.

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Info 18 March 2013
Hyundai Motor Co., after boosting U.S. sales of its cars and trucks 75% since 2008, expects its slowest annual growth in the market in five years as the South Korean company bumps up against limits in plant capacity.
• Exxon Mobil Corp. agreed to buy most of the Tishomingo Field assets in Oklahoma from BNK Petroleum Inc. for $147.5 million, expanding shale exploration in the state.
• MasterCard Inc., which is under pressure from France to cut card payment fees, said European consumers are increasingly using credit and debit cards for purchases, dismissing the region’s sovereign debt crisis.
• China’s quality watchdog told Volkswagen to recall vehicles fitted with the direct-shift gearbox system, after Europe’s biggest carmaker was targeted in China Central Television’s annual consumer-rights day program.
• Panasonic Corp. is considering “various options” for the growth of its health-care unit, spokeswoman Megumi Kitagawa said yesterday, declining to comment on a report that it may sell the business.
• National Australia Bank Ltd.’s operations in the U.K. are now profitable while Australian consumer and business confidence remains fragile, Chief Executive Officer Cameron Clyne said.
• Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s bill for its Fukushima nuclear disaster may swell as more U.S. military personnel charge the utility lied about radiation levels they faced while assisting in relief efforts after Japan’s 2011 disaster.
• AT&T Inc., the largest U.S. phone company, is open to the sale of some of its peripheral assets, which include wireless towers, a move that analysts say would give the carrier more of a financial cushion.
• Microsoft Corp. has sold about 1.5 million Surface devices, people with knowledge of the company’s sales said, a slow start in its bid to crack the fast-growing tablet market to make up for slumping personal-computer demand.
• Apple Inc. was accused by THX Ltd., a company founded by “Star Wars” producer George Lucas, of stealing speaker technology used in iPhones, iPads and iMac products.
• Groupon Inc. gained the most in two weeks after Legg Mason Capital Management Chairman Bill Miller said the largest daily-deal website has a “tremendous” opportunity for growth.
• Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt is visiting Myanmar this month, part of a push by the provider of the world’s biggest search engine to promote the use of the Internet in developing countries.

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Info 19 March 2012
• Office Depot Inc. shareholder Starboard Value LP, which has pressured the retailer to improve operations, nominated six people to the chain’s board as it works to complete its merger with OfficeMax Inc.
• Charter Communications Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. cable operator, surged as much as 10% after Dow Jones reported that Liberty Media is close to a deal to buy 25% of the company for about $2.5 billion.
• RBC Capital Markets, the investment bank owned by Royal Bank of Canada (RY), hired Michal Katz and Michael Carter from Barclays Plc as co-heads of the U.S. technology group in New York.
• J.C. Penney Co. jumped after an analyst at ISI Group said the retailer could turn its top 300 stores into a real estate investment trust-like entity that would sublet space to other brands.
• AstraZeneca Plc will cut about 1,600 jobs as it overhauls research and development, leading to $1.4 billion in costs as new Chief Executive Officer Pascal Soriot tries to revive the U.K.’s second-biggest drugmaker.
• Volkswagen, Europe’s largest automaker, plans to recall vehicles in China after drawing scrutiny from the nation’s quality inspector and state broadcaster over defective gearbox systems
• All Nippon Airways Co., Japan’s largest airline by sales, is looking for acquisitions and partnerships in countries such as India and Thailand after raising $1.8 billion in a share sale last year to expand.
• Blackstone Group LP and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are among private-equity investors selling the most German housing assets since they plowed into the market in 2005, a sign that price gains may have peaked.
• Morgan Stanley is raising its forecast for Japan’s Topix Index on the prospect the yen will continue to weaken, while cutting its target for the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
• MasterCard Inc., which is under pressure from France to cut card payment fees, said European consumers are increasingly using credit and debit cards for purchases, dismissing the region’s sovereign debt crisis.
• PSA Peugeot Citroen, Europe’s second-biggest carmaker, struck a deal with French unions over plans to reduce its headcount in the country by 17%.
• Airbus is set to announce an order from Indonesia’s Lion Mentari Airlines for more than 200 single-aisle aircraft valued at more than $20 billion.