China’s stalled IPO market is severely limiting the ability of private equity funds to cash out their investments in the country, according to a new research report.
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London Underground station cleaners are to strike from New Year’s Eve in a dispute over pay, after drivers strike severely disrupted Boxing Day travel.
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Hurricane Sandy has severely disrupted financial dealings in the US and is set to close stock exchanges for a second day.
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VAL-D’OR, QUEBEC–(Marketwire – Sept. 23, 2012) - A crew from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron from 19 Wing Comox, who was participating in the National Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) in Val-d’Or earlier this week, was called for help, this time to rescue a severely injured hunter approximately 450 kilometres north east of Val-d’Or.
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The family of an Australian girl left severely brain damaged after eating a KFC chicken meal is awarded $8.3m (£5.1m) in damages.
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“My true adversary does not have a name, a face or a party,” said Francois Hollande, France’s next president. “He never puts forth his candidacy, but nevertheless he governs. My true adversary is the world of finance.”
No other leader of a major power would dare say such a thing. If Hollande, who will be France’s first Socialist president in 17 years, simply defies “the markets”, they will certainly punish him and France severely. However, it remains to be seen how he plays his hand.
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The credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s says that Russia’s finances would be severely damaged by a sustained fall in oil prices.
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Despite the huge sums expended to write down Greece’s foreign debt, there has been an outcry of censure against “interference” with the country’s national sovereignty.
True, in exchange for considerable European aid, Greece’s ability to maneuver independently will be limited. But are complaints that Greek sovereignty has been severely impaired justified?
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A conservative candidate on Sunday won the mayoral election in Okinawa Island’s Ginowan City, the site of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. The election was held after the head of the Okinawa Defense Bureau made a controversial pre-election move in connection with the relocation of Futenma’s functions to less-populated Henoko in the north of the island.
Irrespective of the election result, the central government should promptly and severely punish the bureau chief, Mr. Ro Manabe, who on Jan. 23 and 24 improperly lectured 68 bureau workers who reside in Ginowan on the election.
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Amazon’s fourth-quarter sales results weren’t awful, but investors went ahead and punished the stock severely anyway.
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