SINGAPORE, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Commodities trader Trafigura
earned about $1 billion for the second straight year
in 2012, but down from a record achieved last year due to higher
staff costs and new investments, the Financial Times reported.
The privately-held company, based in Geneva and Singapore,
made a profit of $991.9 million in the year to September, down
11 percent from last year's record $1.11...
ICE to acquire NYSE in $8.2bn deal
Labels: BusinessLondon, Dec. 21 (ANI): IntercontinentalExchange (ICE), the 12-yr old firm dealing in contracts tied to energy and commodity prices, has agreed to buy NYSE Euronext for cash and stock in a deal worth 8.2 billion dollars.
As part of the deal, ICE also gains control of the Liffe (London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange) and stock exchanges in Paris, Lisbon, Brussels and Amsterdam....
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NHL lockout has chilling effect on business
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Barring setback, Redskins' RG3 looks good to go
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AP IMPACT: Steroids loom in major-college football
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It's official, Andersen is new Wisconsin coach
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Barea, Wolves snap Thunder's 12-game streak
Labels: SportsMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — J.J. Barea ended Oklahoma City's 12-game winning streak almost all by himself.Playing with the tenacity that made him so important to the Mavericks' run to the title two years ago, Barea scored 14 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 99-93 victory over the Thunder on Thursday night.Kevin Love had 28 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists...
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