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Europe Job Losses Accelerate on AstraZeneca-to-PepsiCo Cuts

Global companies from NEC Corp. to PepsiCo Inc. and AstraZeneca Plc are chopping jobs more than three times faster than in 2011 as they brace for recession in Europe and a slowdown in China.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Business Week)

Google's $12.5B Motorola bid cleared by U.S. and EU

Google's $12.5 billion bid to buy cellphone maker Motorola Mobility has won approvals from U.S. and European antitrust regulators, moving Google a major step closer to completing the biggest deal in i

Monday, February 13, 2012 (CBC)

Philadelphia Gas Sale May Mean $496 Million Gain, Study Says

Philadelphia’s gas utility, the largest municipally owned system in the U.S., should be sold to reduce the city’s financial risk, according to a consultant.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Business Week)

California Plans to Sell $2 Billion Bonds, $1 Billion Notes

California plans to sell about $2 billion of general-obligation bonds on March 1, the largest offering in four months by the most indebted U.S. state, a spokesman for Treasurer Bill Lockyer said.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Business Week)

Gunfights in Saudi Oil Province Show Spread of Iran Tensions

Armored anti-riot vehicles cluster outside the police station in Awwamiya in Saudi Arabia’s oil- producing eastern region, where unrest is turning violent.

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Business Week)

Hope lives for Saskatchewan oil sands

Garth Wong, president and CEO of Oilsands Quest, is hopeful Saskatchewan’s oil sands will get a second chance

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Financial Post)

Obama's Anti-Romney Budget

Republicans labeled President Obama's proposed budget a 'political document' but the liberal blueprint is what the White House plans to use in its re-election fight, Joshua Green writes

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Business Week)

iPads Seized in China Over Infringement Case

Officials in northern China seized 45 iPads in response to a complaint that Apple's tablet infringes a trademark owned by Proview International Holdings

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Business Week)

Greens scramble to stop Keystone XL — again

The green groups were planning to flood Capitol Hill with more than a half-million emails urging senators to oppose efforts to revive Keystone XL

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Financial Post)

Could Apple become the world’s first US$1-trillion company?

Achieving such a distinction looks increasingly plausible given Apple’s meteoric rise in market capitalization over the past decade

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Financial Post)

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