Family Dollar sees higher-than-expected yearly profit
Family Dollar Stores Inc sees higher-than-expected yearly profit after more shoppers flocked to its stores for low-priced holiday items and groceries and spent a little bit more on average.
Warren Buffett says still on the prowl for big deals
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said on Monday that he was looking at more acquisition targets after a $9 billion buy of U.S. specialty chemical maker Lubrizol by his Berkshire Hathaway last week.
Rush for wireless airwaves may drive risky deals
In the telecommunication industry's land grab for wireless airwaves, investors better brace for U.S. deals that are bewildering -- or worse.
ICE, Nasdaq chiefs could draw on past failed deals for NYSE bid
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Travelzoo Becomes 2-Million-Dollar Baby
Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ: TZOO), a publisher of travel newsletters and websites, continues to quickly ramp up its Local Deals business, generating an estimated $2.1 million in net revenues in February, compared with estimated net revenues of $1.3 million in January, $1.5 million in December, $1 million in November, and $650,000 in October, Wedbush Securities said.
Buffett sees uneven recovery, craves big deals
Billionaire Warren Buffett said the U.S. economy is coming back and does not need more stimulus, despite an uneven recovery that mirrors the fortunes of businesses at his company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
With $38 billion cash, Warren Buffett looking for deals
Warren Buffett is looking for acquisitions as an outlet to deploy his $38 billion cash pile, the legendary investor said in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders on Saturday.
With $38 billion in cash, Warren Buffett looking for deals
Warren Buffett is looking for acquisitions as an outlet to deploy his $38 billion cash pile, the legendary investor said in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders on Saturday.
Warren Buffett says on the hunt for deals
Warren Buffett is looking for acquisitions as an outlet to deploy his $38 billion cash pile, the legendary investor said in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders on Saturday.
Calpers shifts property focus to private deals
The board of Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, voted on Monday to drop real-estate stocks from its property portfolio by eliminating real estate investment trust holdings and focusing instead on private transactions.
Israel Chem in China deals for 500,000 tonnes potash
Fertiliser and specialty chemicals maker Israel Chemicals said on Sunday it had signed contracts with several customers in China to supply a total of 500,000 tonnes of potash in the first half of 2011.
China to vet inward M&A deals for national security
China will launch a state-level investment review body to check that merger and acquisition deals struck by foreign firms in one of the world's fastest-growing economies do not endanger national security, China's State Council, the cabinet, said on Saturday.
Rivals respond to wave of exchange deals
Exchanges left out of the flurry of announced takeovers this week said they are considering striking their own deals or looking to take advantage of the distractions, in early signs of ripples through the world's capital markets.
Four rescued Nigerian banks close to deals: c.bank
Four of the nine Nigerian banks rescued in a $4 billion bailout two years ago are expected to sign agreements with new investors over recapitalisation this month, Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi said on Wednesday.
Wi-LAN reports more deals, expects to avoid court
Wi-LAN has reached settlements with six companies in a wireless patent dispute and expects to reach deals with six others involved in the case before the February 2 trial date, the patent-licensing company said on Monday.
BHP, Rio Tinto investors want cash, not deals: report
Investors have written to BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto to say the miners should ditch ambitions for mega deals in favor of multi-billion pound share buyback schemes, The Sunday Telegraph reported.
Big clean tech IPOs and deals seen: VantagePoint
Up to 10 companies in the hot clean tech sector will go public in multibillion dollar offerings this year and as many will be acquired in equally significant deals, VantagePoint Venture Partners Chief Executive Alan Salzman told Reuters.
VantagePoint sees big clean tech deals in 2011
Up to 10 companies in the hot clean tech sector will go public in multibillion dollar U.S. offerings this year and as many will be acquired in equally significant deals, VantagePoint Venture Partners Chief Executive Alan Salzman told Reuters.
S.Africa aims for Saudi, India maize deals
South Africa expects to seal a deal with buyers in Saudi Arabia and India for about 100,000 tonnes of its surplus maize before the end of February, a senior government official said on Monday.
Google prepping to test daily deals service: report
Google Inc is preparing to test a new prepaid coupon and offer service in a bid to better compete in the fast-growing market for local online advertising, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
U.S. and China tout $45 billion in export deals
The United States and China on Wednesday agreed on $45 billion in U.S. export deals and to give U.S. companies greater access to China's $88 billion-plus government contracts market at the start of Chinese President Hu Jintao's four-day state visit.
US, China tout $45 billion in export deals
The United States and China on Wednesday agreed on $45 billion in U.S. export deals and to give U.S. companies greater access to China's $88 billion-plus government contracts market at the start of Chinese President Hu Jintao's four-day state visit.
GE says China deals to bring $2 billion in sales
Five deals that General Electric Co signed with Chinese partners this week will generate more than $2 billion of revenue over the next decade for the U.S. conglomerate, including about $1 billion of exports from the United States, GE said on Wednesday.
U.S. and China reach $45 billion in export deals
The United States and China reached agreement on export deals worth $45 billion including a major contract with Boeing, the White House said on Wednesday at the formal start of Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit.
Obama, Hu vow cooperation, strike $45 billion in deals
U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao vowed on Wednesday to work to find common ground as the two countries announced $45 billion (28 billion pounds) in export deals.
Deals, yuan in focus as China's Hu visits U.S.
Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in the United States on Tuesday for a four-day state visit peppered by U.S. complaints about Beijing's currency policies but sweetened by some $8.5 billion in business deals.
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