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Citywire Top Stocks Daily News Digest
by Himanshu Singh on Jan 30, 2013 at 03:52
All the news from across the web about the companies featured in Citywire's Top Stocks
Barclays PLC
- The Guardian: Barclays is preparing to hand its chief executive Antony Jenkins a bonus of at least £1 million for 2012
- Reuters: Regulators correctly found that traders for Barclays manipulated the California power market from late 2006 to 2008 and should pay the record penalties proposed in October, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff said in a report
- The Economic Times: Barclays Capital Mauritius on Tuesday offloaded 1.76 million shares of the infrastructure major IVRCL Ltd for $1.06 million
BG Group PLC
- Reuters: BG Group's planned sale of a remaining stake in a shared liquefied natural gas terminal in Chile is being blocked by another operator of the Quintero station, a spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday
BP PLC
- Financial Times: BP has been given approval from a US judge for its $4 billion settlement with the US Department of Justice over the criminal action resulting from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010
- Financial Times: Ashti Hawrami, the Kurdish minister of natural resources, has said BP risked putting itself in the “frontline” of a conflict between Baghdad and the Kurds if it proceeded with plans to revive a vast oilfield in disputed territory in northern Iraq
- The Guardian: Iran believes BP-operated Azeri oil platforms have polluted the Caspian Sea and may sue the UK oil group if it continues
- Rigzone: John Mingé has been appointed chairman and president of BP America Inc and will serve as BP's chief representative in the US
BT Group PLC
- Bloomberg: BT Group slipped 2.3% to 246.2 pence on Tuesday, its largest drop in two months, after Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch unit lowered its recommendation on the telco to neutral from buy
- 4-traders: The National Bank of Abu Dhabi has selected BT to connect its expanding network of regional and global operations
First Quantum Minerals PLC
- Bloomberg: First Quantum Minerals wants the Zambian government to waive a 10% levy on nickel-concentrate exports that the company said threatens its newest mine
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
- The Guardian: Thousands of families in the UK could be deprived of compensation for the death or harm of a relative caused by diabetes drug Avandia, even though GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay billions of dollars to settle similar claims in the US
HSBC Holdings PLC
- Market Place: Three Atlanta-area counties in the US are taking on HSBC; they say the bank's predatory lending triggered their budget shortfalls
National Grid PLC
- Platts: National Grid expects to invest $5.66 billion in its UK and US transmission and distribution infrastructure this year
Royal Dutch Shell Plc
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