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AstraZeneca PLC
- Marketwire: AstraZeneca has completed its acquisition of San Diego, California-based biotechnology company Ardea Biosciences
- Seeking Alpha: Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office has begun a clinical trial to test AstraZeneca's AZD4547 drug, which, if combined with chemotherapy, may treat stomach or esophageal cancer
Barclays PLC
- Financial Times: Barclays has received double-notch downgrades from Moody’s
- Economic Times: Barclays India will slash up to 600 positions by March next year as it cuts down on its lending activities
- CPI Financial: Barclays Egypt reported profit after tax of $11.71 million in the first quarter, a 78% increase over last year
BP PLC
- The Daily Telegraph: BP has further soured its fractious relationship with its oligarch partners in TNK-BP, sending them a warning letter complaining about their handling of the Russian joint venture
- Chicago Tribune: BP says all is normal after fire in 405,000 barrel-per-day Whiting refinery in the US
- AFP: BP's tumultuous stay in Russia was reportedly set for an extension on Thursday after a government source said the British firm was in "serious" talks about acquiring a stake in the state oil giant Rosneft
BT Group PLC
- Daily Mail: BT and Marks & Spencer both lavished their top executives with large quantities of stock, which will pay out as a reward for their long-term performance
HSBC Holdings PLC
- Live Mint: HSBC is restructuring its business in India to shed dependence on income from functions such as treasury, foreign exchange and investment banking
Micro Focus International PLC
- Financial Times: Micro Focus International has reported a full year pre-tax profit of $120 million from $96 million a year ago; it has proposed a final dividend of 23.4 cents a share
National Grid PLC
- Recharge: National Grid and Statnett have committed to 700km UK-Norway link
Royal Dutch Shell Plc
- Bloomberg: Statoil ASA wants Shell to become the main foreign partner in development of the Shtokman offshore natural gas project in Russia
Tullow Oil PLC
- Daily Guide: Tullow Oil has contributed $50,000 to support the ECOWAS Games currently taking place at the Accra Stadium in Ghana
Xstrata PLC
- Financial Times: Xstrata’s $65 billion merger plan with Glencore is facing a fresh threat after the Association of British Insurers, a leading UK investor group, admonished the miner’s £173 million pay plans
- The Daily Telegraph: Xstrata has put its stake in a Papua New Guinea mine up for sale after a slide in the copper price
- Northern Life: Xstrata Nickel chief executive Ian Pearce has been elected chairperson of the Mining Association of Canada
- Platts: Xstrata representatives are expected in Japan next week to start annual talks to settle Australian thermal coal prices for term contracts whose delivery begins in July
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