Business Stories from December 5, 2011 (Change date)
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Agriculture prices may decline in 2012Dec 06, 2011 6:21 am - Agriculture prices may fall in 2012 on improved harvests and as long-term technical indicators “have turned negative,” Credit Suisse said in a report today. The company ...
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Penske Logistics renews sponsorship with CSCMPDec 06, 2011 10:03 am - Marketwire LOMBARD — The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) said Penske Logistics, a provider of global logistics and supply chain management solut...
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Dutch antitrust investigators visit KPN, T-Mobile, VodafoneDec 06, 2011 6:47 am - Royal KPN NV is among mobile-phone operators in the Netherlands visited today by the NMa competition authority as part of an investigation into possible antitrust violat...
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ArjoHuntleigh forms home medical care divisionDec 06, 2011 10:03 am - PRNewswire ADDISON — ArjoHuntleigh Inc. has created a new division and product portfolio focused on developing and distributing medical equipment to people in home care ...
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Integra shareholders support tie-up of unitDec 06, 2011 6:21 am - Integra Group, a Russian oilfield services provider, received shareholder approval to merge a seismic unit co-owned with Schlumberger Ltd. and a company part- owned by b...
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Greek lawmakers expected to pass austerity budgetDec 06, 2011 6:45 am - ATHENS, Greece — Greece's lawmakers were set Tuesday to pass next year's budget, one that extends tough austerity measures that have already left Greeks struggling as th...
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Probe finds elaborate cover-up at "rotten" OlympusDec 07, 2011 6:02 am - TOKYO — A panel probing an accounting scandal at Japan's Olympus Corp. said Tuesday an elaborate scheme to cover up $1.5 billion of investment losses was orchestrated by...
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Wisconsin firm reverses 1-way flow of shoes from AsiaDec 06, 2011 4:28 pm - PORT WASHINGTON, Wisconsin — Most shoes bought in the U.S. were likely made in China. Now an American shoemaker wants to put the shoe on the other foot, by persuading th...
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Greek lawmakers expected to pass austerity budgetDec 07, 2011 5:55 am - ATHENS, Greece — Greece's lawmakers are set to pass next year's budget, one that extends tough austerity measures that have already left Greeks struggling as the country...
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Oil falls to near $100 after S&P warningDec 06, 2011 10:08 am - SINGAPORE — Oil prices fell to near $100 a barrel Tuesday in Asia after a U.S. credit rating agency warned it may cut the debt ratings of 15 eurozone countries. Benchmar...