Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Turkish Stocks Advance on Early Elections; Eregli, Anadolu Efes Increase

(Bloomberg) -- Turkish stocks rose after the country's highest court annulled the first round of presidential voting and the government called for early parliamentary elections.

Shares of Eregli Demir & Celik Fabrikalari TAS, the country's largest steelmaker, and Anadolu Efes Biracilik & Malt Sanayii AS paced the advance.


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Mexico's OMA posts 6 percent rise in 1st-qtr net

(Reuters) - Revenues in the first quarter rose 10 percent to 436 million pesos.




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US March factory orders rise surprising 3.1 pct

(Reuters) - Aside from transportation orders, factory orders rose 1.9 percent after being unchanged in February. February orders excluding transportation were first reported as a 0.4 percent decline.

Orders for durable goods, items meant to least three years or longer, also rose a bigger-than-expected 3.7 percent in March. Analysts were expecting durables orders to gain 3.3 percent.


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Cablevision says to go private in deal with Dolans

(Reuters) - The Dolans will contribute approximately $2.1 billion in equity to the transaction through reinvestment of their current shares in a new company. Merrill Lynch & Co., Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., and Bank of America will provide another $15.5 billion in debt financing.




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Sweden to Sell 8 Percent of TeliaSonera, Worth $2.9 Billion, to Investors

(Bloomberg) -- Sweden will sell a 19.7 billion-krona ($2.9 billion) stake in telephone company TeliaSonera AB to institutional investors in the new government's first asset sale.

Deutsche Bank AG and UBS AG will manage the disposal of 8 percent of the Stockholm-based company, the biggest Swedish share sale in almost five years. Sweden will remain TeliaSonera's largest shareholder with a 37.3 percent stake.


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Teva Pharma raises 2007 EPS forecast to $2.20-$2.30

(Reuters) - Analysts, on average, were expecting Teva to earn $2.11 on a GAAP basis and $2.12 before items, according to Reuters Estimates.




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Saudi Arabia Denies Oil Minister Al-Naimi Said Prices Are in a `Bubble'

(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Ali al- Naimi didn't describe oil prices as being in a ``bubble,'' according to an oil ministry official who declined to be identified by name.

Earlier, South Korea's energy ministry quoted al-Naimi in a statement as saying there's ``a bubble in current prices.''


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