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IN BRIEF (Page 17)

[2008-05-07 06:51]

Fannie Mae posts $2.19b Q1 net loss

[2008-05-07 06:51]

Fannie Mae, the largest US mortgage-finance company, reported a wider loss than analysts estimated and said it will cut its dividend and raise $6 billion in capital to help overcome the worst housing slump since the Great Depression.

Business International

[2008-05-06 07:01]

Yahoo shares tumble on scrapped bid

[2008-05-06 06:57]

Yahoo Inc, the Web company that spent three months fighting a takeover by Microsoft Corp, fell 21 percent in early trading after the software maker scrapped the bid because executives failed to agree on the price.

Withdrawal puts pressure on Ballmer

[2008-05-06 06:57]

Microsoft Corp's decision to drop its pursuit of Yahoo Inc increases the pressure on Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer to make his money-losing Internet business succeed against Google Inc.

Sprint gains on takeover reports

[2008-05-06 06:57]

Sprint Nextel Corp, the third-biggest US mobile-phone carrier, rose as much as 13 percent in German trading on reports Deutsche Telekom AG is analyzing a possible takeover offer.

UBS may cut 8,000 jobs on losses

[2008-05-06 06:57]

UBS AG may cut as many as 8,000 jobs as it grapples with the biggest credit writedowns of any European bank and a 12 billion-franc ($11.4 billion) first-quarter loss.

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[2008-05-06 06:57]

Business International

[2008-04-29 07:25]

Crude oil edges close to $120 mark

[2008-04-29 07:14]

Crude oil rose to a record, trading near $120 a barrel in New York, after BP Plc shut a North Sea pipeline and gunmen attacked police guarding Nigeria's largest oil and gas terminal.

Refinery strike drains gas pumps

[2008-04-29 07:14]

Tony Walden squeezes his green mobile crane on to the forecourt of a Shell gasoline station on the outskirts of Edinburgh and waits. It's the fourth set of pumps he's tried, and all are out of diesel.

Major firms' profits set to climb

[2008-04-29 07:14]

Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc may report record first-quarter profit and BP Plc the highest earnings in two years after oil rose above $100 a barrel and natural gas prices climbed.

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