http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=23&catid=358News Feed for - Businesshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96292773&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T15:08:00By Fiona Shaikh LONDON (Reuters) - The global economy is in a holding pattern and vulnerable to more upheaval, and a lasting recovery will depend on policymakers taking the proper steps in coming months, Reutershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96294871&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T13:28:00AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch telecoms group KPN (KPN.AS) has reached agreement on a final takeover offer for iBasis (IBAS.O), ending a battle over the acquisition of the U.S. voice traffic carrier. KPN Reutershttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96306952&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T13:38:00Diana Mehta Toronto C Ciena's final cash and debt offer was worth $769-million (U.S.), about $248-million more than it initially bid in October. The Maryland-based company emerged on top after a three-day Globe and Mailhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96300310&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T11:42:00FRANKFURT -- Germany warned fellow European governments on Monday against offering financial aid to General Motors Europe in exchange for job guarantees, hours ahead of a meeting in Brussels to discuss Washington Posthttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96310122&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T13:41:00PARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - French media group Lagardere said on Monday it made an offer to buy the bulk of the capital of France Televisions Publicite, the advertising unit of state-owned broadcast group Forbes.comhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96285003&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T13:05:00â?¢ Posts go at Aylesbury centre as Equitable Life transfers admin contract to Indian company â?¢ Announcement takes total Lloyds job losses to 15,000 this year Another 800 posts are being cut at administrative Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96263435&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T13:43:00What would J.P. Morgan have said about regret expressed by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein? History tells us the apology was a savvy investment If you think the controversy over the gigantic hauls at BusinessWeekhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96236794&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T12:14:00Watch out General Motors and Ford. Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, plans to more than triple its sales in south China by 2018. Its a key component in the plan to double sales to 2 million units USA Todayhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96287994&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T13:26:00expects to increase legal co-op with Vietnam - People's Daily Online isIE ? true : $ (id) Class Extend function(destination, source) Bind function(object, fun) Each function(list, //ie only RevealTrans People's Daily Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96299447&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T11:29:00CBI live: party leaders debate the economy Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg debate the economy and business at the CBI conference in London 11.23am: Big section on Europe from Brown. Another Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96292414&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T09:37:00Leading shares have begun the week brightly, as continuing weakness in the dollar has given a boost to metal prices, and thus the mining sector. The FTSE 100 is currently 82.82 points higher at 5334.23, Guardian.co.ukhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96263495&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T04:22:00Global miner BHP Billiton said on Sunday it had reached a wage deal with the union of workers who have mounted a 41-day strike at its Spence deposit in Chile, and was now waiting for miners to vote on CNBChttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96307464&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T13:03:00Tech Data net income more than doubles (7:23a) Tyson swings to a fourth-quarter loss (7:42a) Ciena snaps up Nortel's Ethernet assets for $769M (7:31a) New gold bugs taking gold mainstream (12:01a) Story MarketWatchhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96302190&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T12:10:00Story Quotes Comments Screener AlertEmail Print By Polya Lesova FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- German construction group Hochtief AG /quotes/comstock/11e!fhot (DE:HOT 56.99, +1.94, +3.52%) said Monday its MarketWatchhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96232334&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T15:11:00* CVA proposal 'overwhelmingly' backed (Adds detail) LONDON, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Creditors of British outdoor goods company Blacks Leisure Group (BSLA.L) 'overwhelmingly' voted through a rescue plan that Reuters UKhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96288651&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T10:10:00BERT ARCHER TORINO, ITALY O The agreement in principle, still in final negotiations, is with LiveNation, the Clear Channel entertainment-management spinoff best known for deals with U2, Jay-Z and Madonna. Globe and Mailhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96272558&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T05:01:00LyondellBasell gets bid from India's Reliance (2:10p) Do weaker data show recovery is stalling? (12:05p) Investors may turn defensive as fizz leaves stocks (5:05p) Hong Kong stocks rebound on commodity MarketWatchhttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96263040&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T01:09:00- 11:47AM Sales of new motor vehicles in Australia rose 3.7 per cent in October from the previous month, a show of consumer resilience that could bode well for retail spending. Data from the Australian The Agehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96267746&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T11:16:00GUANGZHOU, Nov 23 (Reuters) - General Motors expects its China sales to rise 50 percent in 2009 and increase 10 to 15 percent in 2010, a company executive said on Monday. The company sold 1.5 million Sharenethttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96241747&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T12:33:00Bank of America may extend its search for a new chief executive into next year if its board is unable to pick a candidate in the next four days, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the New York Timeshttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96245311&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T07:44:00MUMBAI: India's Reliance Industries is offering about US$12 billion to buy a controlling interest in bankrupt chemical company LyondellBasell Industries to create one of the largest petrochemical firm Business Times Malaysiahttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96315854&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T15:12:00Lloyds Banking Group is to shed a further 800 jobs following a shake-up in its life, pensions and investment business. The latest cull at the bank, which is 43 per cent owned by the British taxpayer, Times Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96290337&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T09:03:00The debut of the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 looks sure to become the most successful product launch in the history of entertainment, with global first-day sales estimated at $500 million. Times Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96182806&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T09:37:00HERITAGE OIL, the FTSE 250 group run by Tony Buckingham, has agreed to sell its prized Uganda fields for $1.5 billion (909m) to Eni of Italy in a deal that will bring an 80m windfall for the ex-mercenary. Times Onlinehttp://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96092310&Channel_ID=23&Category_ID=3582009-11-23T08:00:00A spokesman for the New York-based bank's Chase Card Services unit confirmed the change after a law firm that sued banks over arbitration clauses announced a tentative settlement with JPMorgan Chase. KCAU-TV