Reuters: Business

Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

Anheuser-Busch sues InBev over takeover attempt

12 hours ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch sued InBev in an effort to stop its Belgian-Brazilian suitor from taking any more steps to replace the U.S. brewer's board of directors, which had rejected a $46.3 billion (23.5 …
Miners and banks drag down FTSE

15 hours ago

LONDON (Reuters) - The top share index closed 1.3 percent lower on Tuesday, driven down by sharp falls in heavyweight commodity stocks that tracked crude and metal prices lower, while banks continued to struggle.
Banks set to take stake in troubled B&B

17 hours ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's largest banks could be left with over a quarter of Bradford & Bingley , sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, as the troubled bank's shares fell further below the price of a …
Siemens to cut 16,750 jobs amid downturn

17 hours ago

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German industrial conglomerate Siemens plans to cut around 4 percent of its workforce worldwide as part of an overhaul and as a result of the global economic downturn, Siemens said on Tuesday.
Bank fixed on inflation amid recession talk

18 hours ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Businesses delivered fresh evidence on Tuesday that the economy risks sliding into its first recession since the early 1990s, reporting a sharply deteriorating climate across the country.