Investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) remained at number one after reporting a revenue of $6.9 billion on Wednesday. Four other companies are on JP Morgan Chase's trail, all four of which are currently tied at second place.
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Rio Tinto's Dunkirk Plant Preparing for Efficiency
Rio Tinto's agreement with EDF for its electricity is due on 2016, requiring the mining giant to seek options to improve efficiency and negotiate for a new contract.
Severn Trent Bid Rejection Causes Ripples
Severn Trent rejection of the LongRiver consortium bid causes ripples in the mergers and acquisitions market as well as losses for hedge fund firms anticipating the buyout sale.
UN research show enormous change in renewable energy investing
Developing countries are the new hotspots for investors in renewable energy according to two studies promoted by the United Nations.
Decade old trial ends as Pfizer reaches $2.15 billion settlement
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. (PFE) announced it had reached a settlement worth $2.15 billion with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (TEVA) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (SUNP) after almost a decade of trials over Protonix sales in the United States.
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More discussions between Rio and Glencore is said to have transpired after early talks were held for the venture of two thermal coal assets in Australia.
Nocibe, a French perfume and cosmetic retailer received a lot of interested bidding parties including Douglas Holding and LBO France along with its alliance, Fosun.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, Carlyle Group seeks a hefty US$4 billion property fund, the biggest property fund since the financial crisis once gotten successfully.
Hewlett Packard's (HP) Indian unit faced a US$386 million order after the Indian customs department stated that the company has underpaid dues while importing spare parts and other products into India.
Patrick Corso departs Providence Equity, the fourth senior departure in the company since 2008. (Photo : Reuters)The image shows a view of Hong Kong's business district.
Within the past week, an informal takeover bid for Kabel Deutschland Holding AG was initiated by Vodafone.
The FTSE Emerging Markets index fell 1.7 % on Tuesday. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the flag of South America's largest economy, Brazil. FTSE declined from its peak last May to more than 10 percent.
Gemalto was chosen by SoftBank Mobile for the commercial launch of mobile NFC services in Japan. (Photo : Reuters)The image is the Softbank corporate logo on the frontage of its company headquarters.
Bank of America, Chase, CitiGroup and other big banks were given two years to comply with the Dodd-Frank requirement that pushed swaps trading out of banks.
