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TSR: Ausgliederung (Spinoff) wesentlicher Geschäftsbereiche noch vor April 2010 seitens europäischer börsennotierter Unternehmen im Wert von €8 Milliarden

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:55:00 UT

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Der europäische Markt wird in Kürze Zeuge von Spinoffs, im Zuge derer wesentliche Geschäftsbereiche von 3 der führenden börsennotierten Unternehmen in Europa - Cable & Wireless (CW), Carphone Warehouse (CPW) und Kemira (KEM) - separat in London und Helsinki gehandelt werden, so TSR (The Spinoff Report - der weltweit führende Spezialist, der globale Unternehmensausgründungen und Spezialsituationen verfolgt und analysiert). TSR wird m

TSR : scission de 8 milliards d'euros d'actions européennes cotées de leurs actifs principaux avant avril 2010

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:54:00 UT

LONDRES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Le marché européen assistera prochainement à la scission des actions cotées de trois grandes sociétés européennes, Cable & Wireless (CW), Carphone Warehouse (CPW) et Kemira (KEM), de leurs actifs principaux, qui seront négociées séparément à Londres et Helsinki, selon TSR (The Spinoff Report - le leader mondial du suivi et de l'analyse des scissions de grandes entreprises et des situations spéciales).

Congress Responds to Magnet Materials Supply Chain Player Push on Impending Rare Earths Crisis

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:59:00 UT

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Congressman Mike Coffman today introduced legislation - the RESTART Act of 2010 - to address the impending rare earths crisis utilizing a USMMA-endorsed "whole-of-government" approach.

Stanford Graduate School of Business Research: Nonprofit’s Stereotype Can Affect Its Ability to Do Business

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:30:00 UT

STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--'Warm' or 'Competent'? How consumers stereotype nonprofit and for-profit firms affect how they do business.

TSR: €8bn of European Listed Stocks to Spinoff Their Core Assets before April 2010

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:02:00 UT

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cable & Wireless (CW), Carphone Warehouse (CPW), and Kemira (KEM) – To Spinoff their core assets to be separately traded in London and Helsinki, says TSR (www.spinoffreport.co.uk)

Clean Energy Investments Higher Than Previously Estimated

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:01:00 UT

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New investment in clean energy slipped back in 2009 compared to the peak level achieved in 2008, as stated by Bloomberg New Energy Finance in its estimates published in early January this year. However, the absolute dollar figures have today been revised upwards, to $162bn for 2009 and $173bn for 2008. The change reflects methodological improvements carried out over recent weeks by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the world’s leading provider of news, data and analysi

Charles Schwab Finds More Workers Conducting 401(k) Rollovers into IRAs

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:00:00 UT

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the April 15 tax deadline looms and people are thinking about how investing in an IRA might play a role in their retirement savings strategy, new data* from Charles Schwab shows that more people are rolling 401(k) savings into an IRA when leaving a job. According to Schwab data, 69 percent of assets held by 401(k) participants who left their job in the fourth quarter of 2008 had been distributed from former employers’ plans one year later by the end of 20

Research and Markets: Confectionery in Guatemala

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:00:00 UT

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/11250c/confectionery_in_g) has announced the addition of the "Confectionery in Guatemala" report to their offering. The Confectionery in Guatemala report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data (2003-2008), allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and off

RiskMetrics and Glass Lewis Recommend Shareholders Vote FOR Steel Partners’ Nominees at Sapporo’s Annual General Meeting

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:13:00 UT

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Steel Partners Japan Strategic Fund (Offshore), L.P. (“Steel Partners” or “SPJSF”) today announced that RiskMetrics Group (“RiskMetrics”) and Glass Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”), the world’s leading independent proxy advisory firms, have both recommended that shareholders vote FOR the election of Steel Partners’ nominees to the Board of Directors of Sapporo Holdings Limited (TSE:2501) (“Sapporo” or

Russell 3000 Index Set to Gain 16 IPOs

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:54:00 UT

TACOMA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Russell Investments is set to add 16 initial public offerings (IPOs) from the first quarter of 2010 to the U.S. broad-market Russell 3000® Index. These 16 stocks are scheduled for inclusion to Russell Indexes after the close of U.S. markets on March 31. In addition to qualifying for the Russell 3000, four of these IPOs also rank high enough in terms of market capitalization for membership in the large-cap Russell 1000® Index: Cobalt International Energy,