Glencore's Deal-Making and a Question of Debt
Glencore has made another big step in its efforts to reduce debt, by selling a stake in its agriculture business.
Glencore has made another big step in its efforts to reduce debt, by selling a stake in its agriculture business.
Daniel J. Graeber
WASHINGTON, April 6 (UPI) -- Baker Hughes and Halliburton, two energy services companies looking to merge, each offered firm statements of "no comment" on Justice Department pressure.
Melbourne Victory just a home win away from qualifying for the ACL last 16, after claiming a vital point in 1-1 draw against Suwon Bluewings.
The only Filling Station selling fuel for N87/litre has been bombarded by residents of Akure, the Ondo state capital. NAIJ.com correspondents in the state visited the NNPC mega station in Oke Aro area along Idanre road and saw a massive queue there. Not only were the residents angry over the sad state of fuel scarcity […]
Читать дальше...The decision to wait, then interrupt the game after just two innings, cost both teams their starting pitchers. 'We have have benefitted by that,' the manager said.
AUBURN, Alabama - Two police officers are on paid leave following the deadly shooting of a woman in east Alabama.
Memphis quarterback Paxton Lynch has generally been listed as the third quarterback of three this year, behind Carson Wentz and Jared Goff during much of the early buildup to the 2016 NFL Draft. But as he prepares for his pro day workout today, Lynch is aiming a little higher. “This is my opportunity to show…
“Power up your first generation iPod, folks.” —T. Pain, probably
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Bad Boy
"U and Dat" – E-40 (feat. T-Pain and Kandi Girl)
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New Delhi, Apr 6 () Vinay Kumar Yadav brought in the first under-par card of the tournament, shooting a two-under 70 to grab a one-shot lead after the second round of the Delhi NCR Cup at the Delhi Golf Club here today. Vinay was two-over 146 after his second-round effort.
New Delhi, Apr 6 () With assembly polls in five states underway, the Election Commission (EC) has asked intelligence agencies, particularly in the domain of economic snooping, to crack down on instances of use of black money.
New Delhi, Apr 6 () Healthcare platform Practo has partnered Twitter to allow netizens in India, the Philippines and Singapore get queries related to healthcare answered on the microblogging platform.
Wisconsin's Election Day went pretty much as expected if you were following the prediction markets.
On prediction markets around the world, people bought and sold contracts on any candidate winning in the two elections; canonically contracts are worth $1 if the candidate in the contract wins the election and $0 if the candidate loses the election. These contract prices are aggregated on my website, PredictWise.com, and turned into probabilities of any candidate winning any election.
On April 4... Читать дальше...
Berlin responds to drop in arrivals caused by barriers thrown up in western Balkans
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has blessed the eyes of a 5-year-old Ohio girl who suffers from a rare genetic disease that is gradually robbing her of her sight.
Bahujan Samaj Party Rajya Sabha MP Narendra Kashyap's daughter-in-law was found dead under mysterious circumstances in Ghaziabad.
It's been a bit of an up and down time this year for fans of director Steve McQueen. His HBO series "Codes Of Conduct" was scrapped by the network, while his one-take video for Kanye West's "All Day/I Feel That" appeared briefly online only to be taken down. But now comes a new detour from the director, and while it's not a feature film, it'll hold us over until news comes about what he's working on next. McQueen has lensed the new ad for the fragrance Mr. Burberry, marking the first commercial he's ever made. Читать дальше...
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OSAKA, Japan - Group leader Shanghai SIPG kept former champion Gamba Osaka winless in a 2-0 victory in the Asian Champions League on Wednesday.
Riot police have forcibly removed a group of protesting students from the University of Sydney library during an event attended by the federal education minister Simon Birmingham on Wednesday night.
Several states are actively demonstrating their opposition to the law Mississippi passed on Tuesday which discriminates against the LGBT community.
Vermont, Washington state and New York's governors all banned official state-funded or sponsored travel to Mississippi on Tuesday. The District of Columbia is considering a similar measure.
“Discrimination is not a New York value. We believe our diversity is our greatest strength, and we will continue to... Читать дальше...
Article by WNews Correspondent Dallas Darling In 1917, two days after President Woodrow Wilson called for the United States to enter World War I, Wisconsin’s progressively minded and anti-war Sen. Robert La Follette attacked the president’s decision declaring: “The poor who are always the ones called upon to rot in trenches have no organized power…But oh, Mr. President, at some time they will be heard…There will come an awakening, they will have their day, and they will be heard!”1 Yesterday in the... Читать дальше...
Under the changes to the Tier 2 norms effective from Wednesaday, non-EU workers will need to earn at least 35,000 pounds to remain in the UK for longer than six years unless they are working in a PhD-level occupation or a job which is on the UK's Shortage Occupation List, including nurses.
Wisconsin may be Donald Trump's Waterloo, or the beginning of it.
It was the first electoral test since Trump's disastrous nuke and abortion mistakes last week and shows that, unless he can reverse the damage, he may just have peaked. That will likely result in a hung primary outcome and a brokered convention where Trump is decidedly the least favorite.
He fared badly among Republicans who prize "electability", among women and independents - all core constituencies he needs to win the prize. Читать дальше...
Donald Trump lost the Wisconsin primary Tuesday, in part due to immense criticism he has garnered for recent controversial comments about women. But "The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah says there is nothing new about Trump's attitude toward the opposite sex.
Bernie Sander's "political revolution" keeps gaining steam while the Republican establishment's "Stop Trump" campaign resulted in a huge victory for Ted Cruz in Wisconsin.