(Reuters) - U.S. crude futures eased on Monday, as the row between Iran and Britain reached a stalemate and as workers at a French oil hub ended a three-week-old strike.
U.S. crude fell as much as 35 cents at the start of Monday session but later recovered from lows to stand 9 cents lower at $65.78 at 0236 GMT.
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Sunday, April 1, 2007
Roche buys research group THP for $56.5 million
(Reuters) - THP had developed a transgenic mammalian platform to create human antibodies, which would enable Roche to generate both monoclonal and polyclonal antibody therapeutics with enhanced efficiency, the Swiss group said.
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FACTBOX: Free trade deals the U.S. is still negotiating
(Reuters) - MALAYSIA:
- In February 2007 Malaysia and the United States ended their fifth round of faltering talks on a deal which could double their $44 billion flow of two-way trade.
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- In February 2007 Malaysia and the United States ended their fifth round of faltering talks on a deal which could double their $44 billion flow of two-way trade.
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Google interested in DoubleClick purchase: report
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL online unit also have talked to DoubleClick -- which is majority-owned by San Francisco private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman -- though it is unclear whether AOL is still in the race, these people said in the Journal.
DoubleClick is using investment bank Morgan Stanley to help explore its options, including a possible stock market listing, the Journal reported last week. Hellman & Freidman has reportedly set a price tag of at least $2 billion for the advertising company.
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DoubleClick is using investment bank Morgan Stanley to help explore its options, including a possible stock market listing, the Journal reported last week. Hellman & Freidman has reportedly set a price tag of at least $2 billion for the advertising company.
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Google interested in DoubleClick purchase - WSJ
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL online unit also have talked to DoubleClick -- which is majority-owned by San Francisco private-equity firm Hellman & Friedman -- though it is unclear whether AOL is still in the race, these people said in the Journal.
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CORRECTED-(OFFICIAL)-Malaysia PM waiting for VW chief to visit
(Reuters) - Volkswagen had been seen as the frontrunner to partner loss-making Proton until last Friday, when a Singapore newspaper reported that the German firm had broken off the talks.
Volkswagen denied on Friday it had ended talks with the government, and a government source said the German firm's chief, Martin Winterkorn, wanted to meet the prime minister.
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Volkswagen denied on Friday it had ended talks with the government, and a government source said the German firm's chief, Martin Winterkorn, wanted to meet the prime minister.
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Itochu buys stakes in Gulf of Mexico gas fields
(Reuters) - Itochu, Japan's fourth-biggest trading company, will spend about 25 billion yen on gas development in the U.S. in 2007 alone, Nikkei said.
An Itochu spokesman declined to comment on the spending plan.
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An Itochu spokesman declined to comment on the spending plan.
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Summary-BOJ tankan shows Japan sentiment worsens slightly
(Reuters) - The DI is calculated by subtracting the percentage of unfavorable responses from favorable ones. A positive number means optimists outnumber pessimists.
The BOJ conducted regular revisions to sample enterprises in the tankan in early March and some of December tankan figures have been revised. Following is a summary of details of the survey from a briefing by a central bank official.
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The BOJ conducted regular revisions to sample enterprises in the tankan in early March and some of December tankan figures have been revised. Following is a summary of details of the survey from a briefing by a central bank official.
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Asian markets mostly up
(Reuters) - "As long as the tankan doesn't deviate too sharply from forecasts, the market is likely to have a neutral reaction to it," said Yutaka Miura, senior technical analyst at Shinko Securities in Japan.
At 0047 GMT, Tokyo's Nikkei gained 0.6 percent, led by a 1.7 percent gain in leading firm Honda Motor Co. Ltd. .
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At 0047 GMT, Tokyo's Nikkei gained 0.6 percent, led by a 1.7 percent gain in leading firm Honda Motor Co. Ltd. .
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INSTANT VIEW 6-BOJ tankan shows optimism declines
(Reuters) - The headline diffusion index for big manufacturers' sentiment was at plus 23, slightly lower than a two-year-high reading of plus 25 in the December survey and falling short of the market's median forecast of plus 24.
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AT&T, America Movil seek Telecom Italia deal
(Reuters) - The moves come amid speculation over the future of the former state monopoly, which locked horns with the center-left government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi last year over its restructuring plans.
The offers value Telecom Italia shares held by Olimpia at 2.82 euros each, minus Olimpia's debt, AT&T said in a statement. The companies did not give a total value for their proposed investments. AT&T said Telecom Italia's market capitalization is about euro 40 billion .
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The offers value Telecom Italia shares held by Olimpia at 2.82 euros each, minus Olimpia's debt, AT&T said in a statement. The companies did not give a total value for their proposed investments. AT&T said Telecom Italia's market capitalization is about euro 40 billion .
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Japan govt to use FX reserves for overseas payments
(Reuters) - Overseas remittances in the 2005/06 fiscal year totalled about 570 billion yen , mainly for the salaries of government employees working abroad and military equipment costs.
The ministry announced the move late on Friday.
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The ministry announced the move late on Friday.
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FEATURE-Documents from 1992 coup show Chavez's path
(Reuters) - Chavez spent more than a decade conspiring with other leftist officers before leading the putsch in 1992, during which time he helped draft a set of decrees for a revolutionary government.
He has said he burned his copies of the documents just before his arrest for leading the attempt, but copies were published soon after.
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He has said he burned his copies of the documents just before his arrest for leading the attempt, but copies were published soon after.
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RPT-Wall St Week Ahead: U.S. data may propel stocks higher
(Reuters) - NEW YORK, April 1 - Investors are looking ahead to the coming week's economic data for signs that the U.S. economy is still on track to grow at a moderate pace.
A pair of reports from a private group will gauge the manufacturing and services sectors of the economy, while monthly payroll data comes out at the end of the week when the stock market will be closed in observance of the Good Friday holiday.
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A pair of reports from a private group will gauge the manufacturing and services sectors of the economy, while monthly payroll data comes out at the end of the week when the stock market will be closed in observance of the Good Friday holiday.
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Speed up creation of China FX body, economist says
(Reuters) - China should step up efforts to establish its promised foreign exchange investment agency in order to strengthen macroeconomic controls, a prominent government economist said on Sunday.
Xia Bin, director of the financial division of the Development Research Centre under the country's State Council, or cabinet, said China made the right decision to build a new agency to manage part of its $1.07 trillion in foreign exchange reserves.
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Xia Bin, director of the financial division of the Development Research Centre under the country's State Council, or cabinet, said China made the right decision to build a new agency to manage part of its $1.07 trillion in foreign exchange reserves.
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