Business Stories from February 21, 2012 (Change date)
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Serb power monopoly to seek loans for plant maintenance in 2012Feb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - Elektroprivreda Srbije, Serbia’s power monopoly, may spend 300 million euros ($397 million) on plant maintenance this year following record production caused by harsh wi...
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Comic collection expected to fetch $2M at auctionFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - DALLAS — When Michael Rorrer found 345 comic books neatly stacked in a basement closet as he cleaned out his great aunt's Virginia home after her death, he thought they ...
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Solar-subsidies cut in Germany may come three months earlierFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - Germany, Europe’s biggest renewable energy market, may make its next cut to solar subsidies earlier than planned and reduce them more frequently while averting a fixed l...
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Venezuela bond spread falls below 10% first time since may 2010Feb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - The extra yield investors demand to own Venezuelan government bonds instead of U.S. Treasuries fell below 10 percent today for the first time since May 2010 after Presid...
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Gallagher acquires First Premium Insurance GroupFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire ITASCA — Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of First Premium Insurance Group Inc. in Covington, La. Terms of the transaction were not disclos...
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W.Va. mine boss charged with fraud in deadly blastFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to defraud the federal gover...
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FDA: New suppliers to ease 2 cancer drug shortagesFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - FDA: New suppliers to ease 2 cancer drug shortages TRENTON, N.J. — Federal regulators said Tuesday that they’ve approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easi...
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J&J offer concessions to EU in review of Synthes purchaseFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - Johnson & Johnson offered concessions to European Union antitrust regulators who are reviewing its plan to buy Synthes Inc. in a deal valued at about $18.89 billion. The...
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Exxon Mobil signs 20-year field leases in NigeriaFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s state-run oil company says Exxon Mobil Corp. has signed 20-year leases on three major oil fields in the West African nation. A statement Wedne...
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Allstate increases quarterly dividend 4.8 percentFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - Northbrook-based Allstate Corp. announced a quarterly dividend of 22 cents on each outstanding share of the corporation's common stock, payable in cash on April 2 to sto...
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