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Reuters – Canada’s Goldcorp Inc agreed to buy gold miner Andean Resources Ltd for C$3.6 billion ($3.4 billion), trumping a competing offer from rival Eldorado Gold Corp .
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Corrected: Canada’s Goldcorp to buy Andean for $3.4 billion
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AP – Swedish investment bank Carnegie says it is buying competitor HQ Bank, which had its banking license revoked by the financial watchdog last week.
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Swedish bank Carnegie buys troubled competitor
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AP – H&R Block Inc. on Thursday said its fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed by 2 percent as it reduced staffing and other expenses.
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H&R Block 1Q loss narrows despite revenue decline
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AP – OUTLOOK IMPROVES: The European Central Bank raised its growth projections for the 16-nation eurozone after better-than-expected economic news.
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Summary Box: ECB raises eurozone growth forecast
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AP – COMPANY: Pernod Ricard SA, Paris-based drink maker known for its anise-flavored aperitifs as well as Beefeater gin and recently acquired Absolut vodka reported its full-year earnings Thursday.
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Summary Box: Pernod Ricard earnings
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Four members of the environmental group had clung to the rig for two days to protest drilling in the Arctic. They were forced to abandon their protest because of a storm. The rig is owned by Edinburgh-based Cairn Energy.
AP – Del Monte Foods Co. said Thursday that its fiscal first-quarter profit edged up 1.4 percent, but revenue softened on weakness in the consumer business and the company trimmed its expectations for revenue growth this year.
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Del Monte 1Q profit edges up, but revenue slips
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AP – Campbell Soup Co., the world’s largest soup maker, reports its fourth-quarter and year-end results before the market opens Friday.
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Earnings Preview: Campbell Soup Co.
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AP – Enbridge Energy Partners, the company whose pipeline caused a major oil spill in the Kalamazoo River five weeks ago, said Wednesday its plan to reinforce its oil pipelines under Lake Michigan is part of a routine maintenance program.
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Enbridge wants to work on Lake Michigan pipeline
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The USS Kirk’s rescue of 20,000 to 30,000 Vietnamese refugees in the last days of the Vietnam War is now being heralded as one of the most important humanitarian missions in the history of the U.S. Navy.
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