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Producers and unions in agreement on Canadian oil sands industry

Canada's building trade unions and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) today announced a joint agreement to advance the long-term competitiveness of the oil s

Yorkshire to merge with N&P

Members of Norwich & Peterborough Building Society (N&P) have voted in favour of a merger with Yorkshire Building Society (YBS), the UK’s second largest building society

Chevron agrees to acquire Atlas Energy for $4.3 billion

Chevron Corporation has announced an agreement to acquire Atlas Energy for $4.3 billion, to provide it with an attractive natural gas resource in southwestern Pennsylvania's Mar

First quarter profits at Alpha more than triple

Abingdon, Virginia-based Alpha Natural Resources has reported a tripling of net profits to a total of $49.8 million for the first quarter of this year, up from $14 million for t

Apple to buy Formula 1?

Apple is apparently in serious talks to buy Formula 1.

Drug firms announce multi-billion dollar tie-up

Actavis, the US drugs maker, is to buy Dublin-based Warner Chilcott in a deal worth $8.5 billion

US economy picking up

Two sets of figures released recently indicate that the US economy is continuing to recover from the recession.

Tribune group following News CorpÔÇÖs lead

US media group Tribune is to follow in the recent footsteps of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp by splitting its newspaper and broadcasting operations

Google to acquire Motorola Mobility

The boards of directors of Google and Motorola Mobility Holdings have unanimously approved a deal for Google to acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash.

Liberty Global to purchase Virgin Media

Alstom accepts GE offer

The board of French rail and energy group Alstom has unanimously voted to accept General Electric's $ 17 billion offer for its energy business

Alcoa to invest up to $300 million in Davenport, Iowa

Alcoa intends to expand its Davenport, Iowa rolled products plant to meet rising demand from the automotive market.

Chrysler repays US and Canadian governments

Chrysler Group LLC has announced the repayment of $7.6 billion in outstanding US and Canadian government loans following the completion of new refinancing transactions.