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Even as the Canadian government reminds foreign acquirers of its power to quash takeovers, investors are still better off wagering on a deal for Calgary- based oil-and-gas explorer Nexen Inc.
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The organizers of the European Championships are struggling to sell corporate-hospitality packages for the three-week soccer tournament, as competition from the London Olympics and the event’s location in Poland and Ukraine crimps demand.
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Andreas Mohringer owes his success to a bottle of Benadryl.
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MasterCard Inc., which has sponsored soccer’s Champions League for all but two of the competition’s 20-year history, would prefer an earlier kickoff time for the final to maximize the game’s global viewership.
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Executives at China’s state- controlled oil producer Cnooc Ltd., plotting their nation’s largest foreign takeover, have been studying history for lessons from two dramatic failed mergers, said people with knowledge of the effort.
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Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd., a New Zealand distributor of reinforcing mesh and wire to the building industry, expects first-half profit to decline because of subdued construction.
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Reverend Steven Jamison recalls the February day 13 years ago when he was digging ditches to replace culverts at his Maranatha Faith Center in Columbus, Mississippi. As he switched from a shovel to an excavator, an oily black substance began to fill the trench. It smelled like turpentine, and the deeper he dug, the more he saw, Bloomberg Markets magazine reports in its June issue.
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Maria Sharapova regained the top spot in women’s tennis by beating Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova to move to her first French Open final, where she’ll play Italy’s Sara Errani.
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Oil traded near a one-week high in New York after the dollar gave up gains against the euro, bolstering the appeal of raw materials to investors.
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The 2010 World Cup in South Africa was a bust for the company that owned rights to corporate hospitality there. It will bounce back at the next edition thanks to Brazil’s booming economy.
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