AFP - Aggressive anti-inflation moves by India's central bank will slow scorching economic growth but are unlikely to result in a "hard landing," economists say.

AFP - Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers Sunday said it had no plans to sell off any businesses to fund its bid for the country's second-largest retailer Coles.

Reuters - A consortium of Middle Eastern investors and American buyout firms is preparing a $50 billion approach for Dow Chemical Co. in what could be the world's biggest ever leveraged buyout, a paper said on Sunday.

Reuters - Brewing giant SABMiller is plotting to acquire rival Scottish & Newcastle in a 6.5-billion-pounds ($12.8 billion) deal, a paper said on Sunday.

Reuters - Stocks should complete the last leg of their recovery from February's big sell-off next week as Friday's surprisingly strong job growth data calms investor concerns about the outlook for the economy and consumer spending.

A proposed £9.7bn bid for UK supermarket giant Sainsbury's is in danger of falling apart, reports suggest.

Reuters - Stocks should complete the last leg of their recovery from February's big sell-off next week as Friday's surprisingly strong job growth data calms investor concerns about the outlook for the economy and consumer spending.

Reuters - A consortium of Middle Eastern investors and American buyout firms is preparing a $50 billion approach for Dow Chemical Co. in what could be the world's biggest ever leveraged buyout, a paper said on Sunday.

Reuters - A consortium of Middle Eastern investors and American buyout firms is preparing a $50 billion approach for Dow Chemical Co. in what could be the world's biggest ever leveraged buyout, a paper said on Sunday.

Reuters - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) said it has acquired a 10.9 percent stake in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. , becoming the railroad company's largest shareholder.

Reuters - US Airways Group said on Sunday it expects to post a "slight profit" for the first quarter even as revenue was hurt and costs were increased due to weather and reservation systems problems during the period.

An investment group is preparing to compete for valuable radio spectrum that will be freed when broadcasters convert to digital signals.

Reuters - A consortium of Middle Eastern investors and American buyout firms is preparing a $50 billion approach for Dow Chemical Co. in what could be the world's biggest ever leveraged buyout, a paper said on Sunday.

Reuters - Citigroup is in talks to buy Old Lane, a hedge fund run by former Morgan Stanley executive Vikram Pandit, for more than $600 million, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Reuters - U.S. newspaper publisher Gannett Co. Inc. could more than double its dividend or spin off its television business to placate shareholders who have watched rival publisher Tribune Co. receive a buyout bid, according to the April 9 issue of Barron's.

AFP - Global financial chiefs gather in Washington this week to take stock of a world economy that appears to be shrugging off a housing-led slowdown in the United States.

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Reuters - Citigroup has agreed to buy Taiwan's Bank of Overseas Chinese (BOOC) (5818.TWO) for T$14.1 billion ($426 million) in cash, a BOOC executive told Reuters on Monday.

New legislation would permanently shield all but the very richest taxpayers from the alternative minimum tax.

High-profile figures in high-tech are proposing a blogger code of conduct to clean up the quality of online discourse.

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