Posted by Reuters: Business News on November 9, 2011
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – Legislators in Alabama’s Jefferson County on Wednesday voted 4 to 1 to file for bankruptcy court protection in what would be the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 30, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc will ask a bankruptcy judge on Tuesday to let creditors vote on its $65 billion payout plan, a key step toward ending the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 6, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blackstone Group latest private equity fund is now sized at $16 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter on Wednesday, making it one of the largest buyout funds raised in history.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on April 15, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – Top commodity trader Glencore’s planned $12 billion London listing has long been seen as the first step to merging with Xstrata , in what could be the biggest mining takeover in history.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on March 30, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wal-Mart got a sympathetic hearing from several Supreme Court justices on Tuesday as the retailer sought to prevent female employees from bringing the largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit in history.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on March 29, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices sharply questioned on Tuesday whether more than a million female employees can join together against Wal-Mart Stores Inc in the largest class-action sex-discrimination lawsuit in history.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on October 1, 2010
LONDON (Reuters) – BP, which faces U.S. opposition to drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, named fields there that it will use to help finance its $20 billion fund for victims of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 27, 2010
LONDON (Reuters) – BP Plc is expected to install an American known for diplomacy as chief executive, replacing Tony Hayward who has come under fire for his gaffe-prone handling of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on July 26, 2010
LONDON (Reuters) – BP Plc is expected to install an American known for diplomacy as chief executive, replacing Tony Hayward who has come under fire for his gaffe-prone handling of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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LONDON (Reuters) – BP Plc is expected to install an American known for diplomacy as chief executive, replacing Tony Hayward who has come under fire for his gaffe-prone handling of the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
