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To contact the reporter on this story:
Andrea Wong in Taipei at
awong268@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Sandy Hendry at shendry@bloomberg.net | aiwan-dollar-gains-for-2nd-day-as-growth-spurs-stock-inflows | [
"PERSON",
"LOCATION",
"OTHER",
"PERSON",
"OTHER"
] | [
"Andrea Wong",
"Taipei",
"awong268@bloomberg.net",
"Sandy Hendry",
"shendry@bloomberg.net"
] | To contact the reporter on this story:
PERSON in LOCATION at
OTHER To contact the editor responsible for this story:
PERSON at OTHER |
--
2011-05-04T09:07:41Z
-- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-04/applied-materials-set-to-announce-5-billion-purchase-of-varian-wsj-says.html
Applied Materials Inc. | applied-materials-set-to-announce-5-billion-purchase-of-varian-wsj-says | [
"DATE",
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"2011-05-04T09:07:41",
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"Applied Materials Inc."
] | --
DATEZ
-- OTHER
ORGANIZATION |
(AMAT) , a chipmaker,
may buy Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates
Inc. | applied-materials-set-to-announce-5-billion-purchase-of-varian-wsj-says | [
"ORGANIZATION",
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"AMAT",
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may buy ORGANIZATION |
(VSEA) for $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing
people familiar with the matter. | applied-materials-set-to-announce-5-billion-purchase-of-varian-wsj-says | [
"ORGANIZATION",
"QUANTITY",
"TITLE"
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"VSEA",
"$5 billion",
"Wall Street Journal"
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people familiar with the matter. |
Applied may pay $63 a share for Varian, a 55 percent
premium over Tuesday’s closing price; the deal may be announced
soon, the newspaper said. | applied-materials-set-to-announce-5-billion-purchase-of-varian-wsj-says | [
"QUANTITY",
"ORGANIZATION",
"QUANTITY",
"DATE"
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"$63 a share",
"Varian",
"55 percent",
"Tuesday"
] | Applied may pay QUANTITY for ORGANIZATION, a QUANTITY
premium over DATE’s closing price; the deal may be announced
soon, the newspaper said. |
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Chris Peterson at
cpeterson@bloomberg.net | applied-materials-set-to-announce-5-billion-purchase-of-varian-wsj-says | [
"PERSON",
"OTHER"
] | [
"Chris Peterson",
"cpeterson@bloomberg.net"
] | To contact the editor responsible for this story:
PERSON at
OTHER |
--
2011-05-04T08:27:19Z
-- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-04/croatia-s-ina-suspends-detained-ceo-on-his-request-for-35-days.html
Croatian refiner INA Industrija Nafte
d.d. | croatia-s-ina-suspends-detained-ceo-on-his-request-for-35-days | [
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"Croatian",
"INA Industrija Nafte\nd.d."
] | --
DATEZ
-- OTHER
OTHER refiner ORGANIZATION |
suspended Chief Executive Officer Bojan Milkovic for 35
days at his request after he was detained on corruption charges,
the Zagreb-based company said. | croatia-s-ina-suspends-detained-ceo-on-his-request-for-35-days | [
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the LOCATION-based company said. |
Zoltan Aldott, the head of the management board at
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CEO until a further decision is made, the company said today in
an e-mailed statement. | croatia-s-ina-suspends-detained-ceo-on-his-request-for-35-days | [
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an e-mailed statement. |
Milkovic was taken into custody on March 26 and is sitting
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The refiner is controlled by
Hungary’s Mol Nyrt, which holds 47.26 percent of the stock. | croatia-s-ina-suspends-detained-ceo-on-his-request-for-35-days | [
"ORGANIZATION",
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ORGANIZATION’s ORGANIZATION, which holds QUANTITY of the stock. |
The
Croatian government owns 44.84 percent. | croatia-s-ina-suspends-detained-ceo-on-his-request-for-35-days | [
"ORGANIZATION",
"QUANTITY"
] | [
"Croatian government",
"44.84 percent"
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ORGANIZATION owns QUANTITY. |
Zelimir Sikonja will remain as interim director of research
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"PERSON"
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and production, the company also said. |
The company also hopes
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"PERSON"
] | [
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] | The company also hopes
allegations against PERSON will be proven unfounded, it said
in the statement. |
Croatia’s market regulator on April 28 suspended trade in
INA stock through May 6. | croatia-s-ina-suspends-detained-ceo-on-his-request-for-35-days | [
"ORGANIZATION",
"DATE",
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"DATE"
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"INA",
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ORGANIZATION stock through DATE. |
It acted “following significant
trading by foreign investors,” and to protect INA’s
shareholders, according to a statement on the watchdog’s
website. | croatia-s-ina-suspends-detained-ceo-on-his-request-for-35-days | [
"ORGANIZATION"
] | [
"INA"
] | It acted “following significant
trading by foreign investors,” and to protect ORGANIZATION’s
shareholders, according to a statement on the watchdog’s
website. |
To contact the reporter on this story:
Jasmina Kuzmanovic at
jkuzmanovic@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
James M. Gomez at jagomez@bloomberg.net | croatia-s-ina-suspends-detained-ceo-on-his-request-for-35-days | [
"PERSON",
"OTHER",
"PERSON",
"OTHER"
] | [
"Jasmina Kuzmanovic",
"jkuzmanovic@bloomberg.net",
"James M. Gomez",
"jagomez@bloomberg.net"
] | To contact the reporter on this story:
PERSON at
OTHER To contact the editor responsible for this story:
PERSON at OTHER |
--
2011-05-04T12:29:58Z
-- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-04/north-sea-duc-crude-shipments-unchanged-at-7-cargoes-in-june.html
Crude shipments from Dansk Undergrunds
Consortium, the producer part-owned by A.P. | north-sea-duc-crude-shipments-unchanged-at-7-cargoes-in-june | [
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"Dansk Undergrunds\nConsortium",
"A.P."
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DATEZ
-- OTHER
Crude shipments from ORGANIZATION, the producer part-owned by ORGANIZATION |
Moeller Maersk A/S,
are scheduled to stay unchanged at seven cargoes next month,
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are scheduled to stay unchanged at QUANTITY DATE,
according to a loading program. |
A total of 4.2 million barrels, or 140,000 barrels a day,
of crude oil will be exported in June, compared with 135,484
barrels a day this month, the plan showed. | north-sea-duc-crude-shipments-unchanged-at-7-cargoes-in-june | [
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Copenhagen-based Maersk holds 39 percent of the venture,
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA) owns 46 percent and Chevron
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(CVX) has 15 percent. | north-sea-duc-crude-shipments-unchanged-at-7-cargoes-in-june | [
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Maersk will receive four cargoes, while
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To contact the reporter on this story:
Sherry Su in London at
lsu23@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Steve Voss at sev@bloomberg.net . | north-sea-duc-crude-shipments-unchanged-at-7-cargoes-in-june | [
"PERSON",
"LOCATION",
"OTHER",
"PERSON",
"OTHER"
] | [
"Sherry Su",
"London",
"lsu23@bloomberg.net",
"Steve Voss",
"sev@bloomberg.net"
] | To contact the reporter on this story:
PERSON in LOCATION at
OTHER To contact the editor responsible for this story:
PERSON at OTHER . |
--
2011-05-04T13:11:55Z
-- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-04/south-africa-says-total-corn-exports-increased-by-24-in-2011-season.html
South African yellow-corn exports
almost quadrupled to a 14-year high as traders found new markets
for a surplus of the grain after farmers reaped a bumper crop . | south-africa-says-total-corn-exports-increased-by-24-in-2011-season | [
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"South African",
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DATEZ
-- OTHER
OTHER yellow-corn exports
almost quadrupled to a QUANTITY high as traders found new markets
for a surplus of the grain after farmers reaped a bumper crop . |
Outbound shipments jumped to 1.02 million metric tons in
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data posted on the ORGANIZATION’s
website DATE showed. |
That’s the most since the 1996-97 season,
when exports came to 1.13 million tons, General Manager Anna
Enslin said by phone from Pretoria . | south-africa-says-total-corn-exports-increased-by-24-in-2011-season | [
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Exports of white corn fell. | south-africa-says-total-corn-exports-increased-by-24-in-2011-season | [] | [] | Exports of white corn fell. |
Farmers reaped 12.82 million tons of white and yellow corn
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weighing on prices. |
Traders sold South African yellow corn to
nations from Japan to Spain as nearby countries that were
traditional export markets also had bumper crops of maize, as
the grain is sometimes called. | south-africa-says-total-corn-exports-increased-by-24-in-2011-season | [
"OTHER",
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"South African",
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nations from LOCATION to LOCATION as nearby countries that were
traditional export markets also had bumper crops of maize, as
the grain is sometimes called. |
“The signal is that the market likes our maize and that it
prefers yellow corn,” Jannie de Villiers , chief executive
officer of Bothaville, South Africa-based Grain SA, the
country’s biggest farming body, said by phone from Pretoria. | south-africa-says-total-corn-exports-increased-by-24-in-2011-season | [
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prefers yellow corn,” PERSON , PERSON of LOCATION-based ORGANIZATION, the
country’s biggest farming body, said by phone from LOCATION. |
Local farmers, who grow more white corn than yellow, are
increasing plantings of the yellow variety, he said. | south-africa-says-total-corn-exports-increased-by-24-in-2011-season | [] | [] | Local farmers, who grow more white corn than yellow, are
increasing plantings of the yellow variety, he said. |
White corn is used to make a meal that’s the staple food
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White corn fell 21 percent in
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Kuwait, Portugal South Africa shipped 610,721 tons of yellow corn to Korea
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Outbound shipments of
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Combined
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South Africa may be in a “tight spot” if exports maintain
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This season’s
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Late
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"PERSON"
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White corn for July delivery, the most active contract on
the South African Futures Exchange, fell 25 rand, or 1.5
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July-delivery yellow corn dropped 20 rand,
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To contact the reporter on this story:
Carli Lourens in Johannesburg at
clourens@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Amanda Jordan at ajordan11@bloomberg.net . | south-africa-says-total-corn-exports-increased-by-24-in-2011-season | [
"PERSON",
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"Carli Lourens",
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"ajordan11@bloomberg.net"
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PERSON in LOCATION at
OTHER To contact the editor responsible for this story:
PERSON at OTHER . |
--
2011-05-04T11:03:04Z
-- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-04/wema-bank-of-nigeria-rises-most-in-month-on-return-to-profit.html
Wema Bank Plc (WEMABANK) , a Nigerian lender, rose
the most in a month after it reported a return to full-year
profit in 2010. | wema-bank-of-nigeria-rises-most-in-month-on-return-to-profi | [
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DATEZ
-- OTHER
ORGANIZATION (ORGANIZATION) , a OTHER lender, rose
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The stock gained 6 kobo, or 4.9 percent, its biggest
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Net income for the year through December was 17.46 billion
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website of the ORGANIZATION DATE. |
To contact the reporter on this story:
Vincent Nwanma in Lagos via Accra at
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--
2011-05-04T06:32:16Z
-- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-04/merafe-posts-first-quarter-attributable-ferrochrome-output-of-82-000-tons.html
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2011-05-04T20:37:45Z
-- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-04/usda-montana-spot-grain-closing-prices-for-may-4-table-.html
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--
2011-05-04T15:36:52Z
-- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-04/first-solar-down-most-in-six-months-after-reporting-lower-net-loan-delay.html
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--
2011-05-04T05:45:15Z
-- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-04/south-africa-s-textile-plants-plan-two-day-shutdown-business-report-says.html
About 90 South African clothing
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--
2011-05-04T09:05:21Z
-- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-04/google-invests-in-african-internet-expansion-for-future-revenue.html
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2011-05-04T06:20:55Z
-- http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-04/spain-to-cut-4-billion-euros-on-salaries-expansion-says.html
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