James Bevan News
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U.K. stocks rose, with the FTSE 100 Index advancing to its highest level since January 2008, as a report showed that German economic sentiment improved more than forecast in February.
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During five years in the French Foreign Legion, Glencore International Plc Chairman Simon Murray was sent on missions ranging from death defying to merely gruesome.
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Swiss stocks advanced, extending a four-year high, as Vontobel Holding AG boosted its forecast for watch exports and Alcoa Inc. began the U.S. earnings season with sales than topped estimates.
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When Ivan Glasenberg walked into a members-only club in London’s Mayfair district on Sept. 7 at about 2 a.m. to see a customer, he’d just played what’s seen as the winning hand in negotiations to seal a $30 billion takeover.
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European stocks declined for the fourth time in five days as International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said global growth is not fast enough to curb unemployment, and Chinese new lending missed estimates, outweighing better-than-expected U.S. consumer confidence data.
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Glencore International Plc, the commodities company that sold $10 billion of stock in the world’s biggest initial share sale this year, ended its first trading day in London at the same price offered to investors.
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BP Plc, Europe’s second-biggest oil company, said profit declined 19 percent in the first quarter as asset sales lowered production and refining weakened.
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Glencore International Plc and Xstrata Plc, seeking to salvage the year’s biggest takeover, moved to appease dissident investors who have threatened to derail the 16 billion-pound ($25 billion) deal.
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U.S. stocks erased an early rally as Wells Fargo & Co.’s shrinking profit margin and weakness in European markets overshadowed a jump in consumer confidence to the highest level since the recession started. Commodities sank and the euro trimmed an early gain.
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BP Plc investors said progress toward a settlement with the victims of the Deepwater Horizon disaster signals a share-price rebound, closing the $44 billion gap with the company’s value before the worst U.S. oil spill.
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