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• Pharmacy in Outbreak Acted Like Drug Maker
• J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo: Housing on Mend
• Softbank Risks Debt Rerun with Sprint Deal
• Santander Ends Pact With RBS
• BBC Rocked by Sex-Abuse Accusations
• Cloud-Computing Firm Workday's IPO Soars
• Cablevision Explores Sale of Bresnan
• Cities Clash in Battle to Land Conventions
• Reserve Primary's Bruce Bent Testifies of Deal Hope
• GM, Peugeot Work on Collaboration
• Ecolab to Buy Chemical Firm Champion Technologies
• Paris Looks Into Hermes Accusations against LVMH
• U.K. Blames Berlin For Merger's Failure
• Bakrie Confident in Its Offer for Bumi Coal Assets
• South Africa Hit By Second Ratings Cut
• Kingfisher Cancels Flights Until Oct. 20

Pharmacy in Outbreak Acted Like Drug Maker Posted: 12 Oct 2012 05:23 PM PDT A steroid pain medication made by family-owned Massachusetts company has been linked by regulators to a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis.

J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo: Housing on Mend Posted: 12 Oct 2012 06:31 PM PDT J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo both reported solid gains in profit and pointed to a recovery in the housing market. Low interest rates, however, continue to pose problems.

Softbank Risks Debt Rerun with Sprint Deal Posted: 12 Oct 2012 08:02 PM PDT Softbank's potential acquisition of Sprint Nextel would reload the Japanese mobile operator with heavy debt.

Santander Ends Pact With RBS Posted: 12 Oct 2012 07:56 PM PDT Banco Santander abruptly pulled out of an agreement to buy a collection of U.K. branches from Royal Bank of Scotland, a surprising development that underscores challenges that both of the big European banks face.

BBC Rocked by Sex-Abuse Accusations Posted: 12 Oct 2012 06:38 PM PDT The BBC is facing one of the biggest scandals to rock the network in years: allegations that one of its TV personalities, now dead, had molested numerous girls, at times on BBC premises.

Cloud-Computing Firm Workday's IPO Soars Posted: 12 Oct 2012 05:15 PM PDT Workday's shares surged 74% in their public-trading debut, underscoring investor interest in cloud computing.

Cablevision Explores Sale of Bresnan Posted: 12 Oct 2012 03:57 PM PDT Cablevision Systems is exploring a potential sale of Bresnan Broadband Holdings, a cable operator it bought for $1.4 billion less than two years ago.

Cities Clash in Battle to Land Conventions Posted: 12 Oct 2012 09:31 PM PDT Across the country, cities are duking it out like never before over conventions, vying to host everyone from the Barbershop Harmony Society to the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry.

Reserve Primary's Bruce Bent Testifies of Deal Hope Posted: 12 Oct 2012 05:53 PM PDT Eight months before the collapse of the $62 billion Reserve Primary money-market mutual fund in 2008, its owners were exploring a sale, co-manager Bruce Bent Sr. said during his civil trial in federal court. He says he hoped a deal could be struck to avoid "breaking the buck" in the fund.

GM, Peugeot Work on Collaboration Posted: 12 Oct 2012 12:55 PM PDT General Motors and Peugeot are progressing in their efforts to identify specific areas of the auto business where they can deepen their existing alliance.

Ecolab to Buy Chemical Firm Champion Technologies Posted: 12 Oct 2012 02:33 PM PDT Ecolab has agreed to buy chemical maker Champion Technologies in a $2.21 billion deal that will move the cleaning-products company deeper into the chemical market for the energy industry.

Paris Looks Into Hermes Accusations against LVMH Posted: 12 Oct 2012 01:06 PM PDT French prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation into accusations made by luxury goods company Hermès that larger rival LVMH used insider-trading tactics to accumulate a stake in Hermès.

U.K. Blames Berlin For Merger's Failure Posted: 12 Oct 2012 10:15 AM PDT Political tension from the failed merger between EADS and BAE Systems intensified when the U.K.'s chancellor of the exchequer said Germany had vetoed the deal and he was disappointed in the country's attitude.

Bakrie Confident in Its Offer for Bumi Coal Assets Posted: 12 Oct 2012 10:38 AM PDT Indonesia's Bakrie Group is confident investors in coal company Bumi will accept its more-than-$1 billion offer to buy back Bumi's coal mines.

South Africa Hit By Second Ratings Cut Posted: 12 Oct 2012 08:32 PM PDT A second credit-ratings firm on Friday downgraded South Africa's debt following labor turmoil that has buffeted its economy, even as a debilitating strike ended when 40,000 truckers accepted a package of steep pay increases.

Kingfisher Cancels Flights Until Oct. 20 Posted: 12 Oct 2012 10:54 AM PDT Kingfisher Airlines said it has canceled its flights until Oct. 20 as pilots, engineers and technicians continued their strike.

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