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| Friday, August 19, 2005 5:15 PM PDT | Two Hyatt hotels to buy renewable energy only
USA Today Fri, 19 Aug 2005 2:56 PM PDT
Two Hyatt Regency hotels in the Dallas area have agreed to buy only renewable energy, making them the nation's largest hotel purchasers of energy from wind, solar and other renewables. |
Southern Bank falls on cash buy into Asia General
The Star Online Fri, 19 Aug 2005 4:29 PM PDT
SHARES in Southern Bank Bhd (SBB) fell yesterday after the bank announced it would pay RM2.1bil cash to buy Singapore-based Asia General Holdings Ltd. |
Intelsat in talks to buy New Skies-source
Reuters via Yahoo! News Fri, 19 Aug 2005 2:09 PM PDT
Intelsat Ltd., the world's No. 2 communications satellite operator, is in talks to acquire smaller rival New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. , sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. |
Pineapple Slicer Hits The Mark
KPRC Click2Houston.com via Yahoo! News Fri, 19 Aug 2005 4:08 PM PDT
Cutting a raw pineapple is enough to make many consumers break down and buy the canned stuff. But the Vacu Vin International Pineapple Slicer claims to make the task mess-free and super simple. Local 2's product tester put it to the test. |
S&P 500 Scorecard: Gateway, Deere, Gap, Limited Lead Index Down
Bloomberg.com Fri, 19 Aug 2005 3:19 PM PDT
BEST PERFORMING Agilent +16% The world's biggest maker of scientific Technologies Inc. testing equipment agreed to leave two (A $30.65) businesses with declining sales, including a $2.7 billion sale of a semiconductor unit, and to buy back $4 billion of stock. |
Investors buy on modest Nuplex result
The New Zealand Herald Fri, 19 Aug 2005 2:35 PM PDT
Investors liked Nuplex's annual result yesterday, pushing the resins company's share price up 11c to $4.56 on its $0.8 million rise in net profit to $29.2 million. |
Washington Commercial shareholders approve buyout
BizJournals Fri, 19 Aug 2005 1:50 PM PDT
Venture Financial Group Inc., the Olympia parent company of Venture Bank, said it has met all pre-closing conditions in its bid to buy Washington Commercial Bancorp, which operates Redmond National Bank, for $25 million in cash and shares. |
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