The halt of its Pascua-Lama project as well as gold price decline had forced Barrick Gold to sell of shares to raise much needed funds.
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NQ Mobile set to defend its tarnished image due to Muddy Waters report
According to NQ Mobile co-CEO Omar Khan, "All allegations are false." NQ Mobile Inc's eight founding anniversary had little to celebrate last October 25, as the day before the firm was accused of inflating revenues.
Shareholders reject executive compensation scheme for second straight year
Oracle Corp shareholders had rejected for the second year the executive compensation scheme for CEO Larry Ellison et al.
Banco do Brasil obtains syndicated loan
A USD1 billion syndicated loan was formalized by Banco do Brasil with five international lending institutions.
Interest in Twitter enough for full purchase of IPO shares
Twitter IPO volume expected to be fully taken because of increased interest from investors. According to people with knowledge of the matter, Twitter had already attracted more than enough demand to sell all of the IPO shares it can offer.
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For an undisclosed amount, Wells Fargo settles with FHFA on issue of faulty mortgages issyes In an agreement to settle claims with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Wells Fargo agreed to pay less than USD1 billion to resolve the issue on the bank's alleged knowledge of the faulty nature of mortgage bonds sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Pumpmaker ITT is expanding both on the shareholder value side and on the operations side as demand for pumps had increased by half in the third quarter alone.
Without government backing, Citigroup is now offering mortgage backed securities backed by prime jumbo mortgages mortgages from private sources.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Thursday. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Thursday.
To gain foothold for mobile broadband adoption in Europe, AT&T is seeking to acquire major telecoms firms such as Vodafone in the near future.
Denmark's Waoo!, Sweden's Com Hem and the UK's Virgin Media are the latest additions to the Netflix galaxy of streaming partners.
Novaquest Capital Management lands USD459 million for its Fund III. NovaQuest Capital Management had announced the closure of NovaQuest Pharma Opportunities Fund III LP.
Alexander Mann Solutions was purchased for GBP260 million by private equity firm New Mountain Capital.
The Commercial Bank of Qatar is set to undertake a perpetual bond issue to cover the acquisition of Turkey's Alternatifbank.
