Arcelor's board unanimously backed Mittal's takeover bid after the offer was increased to $50.59 a share
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Jun. 25, 2006

Arcelor's board unanimously backed Mittal's takeover bid after the offer was increased to $50.59 a share, marking a dramatic reversal for Arcelor, which had struck a white knight deal with Russia's Severstal.

Arcelor's board unanimously backed Mittal's takeover bid after the offer was increased to $50.59 a share
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Arcelor's board unanimously backed Mittal's takeover bid after the offer was increased to $50.59 a share, marking a dramatic reversal for Arcelor, which had struck a white knight deal with Russia's Severstal.
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Iran will use oil as a weapon and oil prices will surpass $100 per barrel if the country's interests are attacked, Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh said
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said the United States and its European allies must be patient...
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Mittal Steel and Arcelor had reached a merger agreement in principle and the new company would be called Arcelor Mittal
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Two Indian television channels on Sunday reported that steel makers Mittal Steel and Arcelor had reached a merger agreement in principle and the new company would be called Arcelor Mittal.
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Advanced Micro Devices is to invest $3.2bn in a new chip plant in the state of New York
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AMD said the plant would be built over the next three to five years and would employ directly 1,200 people.
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A consortium led by Mexican media group joins the bidding for Univision
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A consortium led by Mexican media group Televisa overcame last-minute walkouts and a skittish debt market to join the bidding on Friday for Univision, the US’s largest Spanish-language media company.
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US Senate puts SEC under microscope for allowing possible insider trading by hedge funds
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Two Senate committee chairmen have launched their own probe into an SEC investigation into Pequot Capital, signalling deepening concern in Congress over the growing hedge fund industry.
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Speculation that the Federal Reserve may deliver a 0.5-percentage-point interest rate increase drives dollar high
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The dollar extended its prior session's gains, hitting two-month highs against the euro and yen Friday, amid growing market convictions that the Federal Reserve will keep lifting interest rates.
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Google began streaming free commercial videos
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Google began streaming free commercial videos, including movies and TV shows, supported by advertising as part of a trial.
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The EU may launch an inquiry into anticompetitive behavior in the telecommunications industry
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The EU may launch an inquiry into anticompetitive behavior in the telecommunications industry next year, according to the bloc's top antitrust regulator.
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