Koch Industries News
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Tribune Co. Chief Executive Officer Peter Liguori, responding to a protest over a possible sale of the Los Angeles Times to Koch Industries Inc., said speculation over potential buyers of the company’s papers is “premature.”
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Labor groups are putting pressure on Tribune Co.’s largest shareholder to prevent the possible sale of the Los Angeles Times to billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch.
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Liechtenstein, a principality once fabled for its banking secrecy laws, is losing its perch as one of the world’s top tax havens for the richest people on Earth.
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Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, Russia’s 14th-richest person, and his wife, Elena Rybolovleva, have been brawling for almost five years in at least seven countries over his $9.5 billion fortune.
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Renewable energy developers may win some tax benefits from Congress that only oil and gas companies can enjoy right now.
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Georgia-Pacific LLC, the U.S. paper and pulp producer controlled by the Koch brothers, agreed to buy Buckeye Technologies Inc. for about $1.45 billion to add cellulose products used in baby wipes and tires.
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North American fertilizer production projects totaling $22 billion may be at risk of delay amid increased scrutiny from regulators and communities after last week’s explosion at a Texas plant killed 14 people.
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Shearman & Sterling LLP is closing its Dusseldorf and Munich offices, leaving the firm with one German office, in Frankfurt. The firm’s German corporate/mergers and acquisitions, finance/tax and disputes/arbitration work will be consolidated in Frankfurt, the firm said in a statement.
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Under pressure, the department reverses itself and says it will provide online public access to comments on its controversial environmental review.
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Chevron Corp. helped write the first-in-the-nation rule ordering reduced carbon emissions from cars and trucks. Its biofuels chief spoke at the ceremony where California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the executive order in 2007, the same year the oil company pledged to develop a gasoline replacement from wood.
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