The elimination of poverty and improving incomes of the world's poorest were two of the goals of World Bank, its draft strategy paper showed.
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BB&T Corp lost a USD 772 million tax refund case against the IRS. Financial holding firm BB&T Corp lost a USD 772 million tax shelter case with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
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Crescent Real Estate Holdings sold the properties it had bought in 2009 to ride the real estate market recovery.
Long lines at Apple stores around the world signal record-breaking opening weekend sales for new iPhone handsets.
The US government inked a USD 4 billion missile defense contract with Lockheed Martin. Pentagon announced that it had finalized a deal with weapons contractor Lockheed Martin to provide more missile defense equipment to the US and the UAE.
Blackstone paid Crescent Real Estate USD347 million for Hughes Center complex. One of the largest office owners in the United States, the Blackstone Group, recently purchased another property, specifically the Hughes Center complex located in Las Vegas, NV.
The Federal Trade Commission stamps seal of approval for the acquisition of Arbitron, the radio audience measuring firm, by Nielsen, the television measuring giant.
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission had announced the approval of the applications to operate swap execution facilities for TruEX Group LLC and IntercontinentalExchange Inc.
JP Liquids LLC announced the acquisition of Highway Pipeline Inc's assets through an agreement recently formalized.
