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Soft drinks' fizz went flat even before NYC ban plan
msnbc.com
By Martha C. White Even if New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's quest to limit the sale of soda and other sugary drinks has a positive impact on city residents' waistlines, it probably won't hurt the heavyweights of the soft drink market.
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msnbc.com
Defense Offered for Cuomo on Ties to Lobbying Group
New York Times
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Tuesday defended Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's support from a private lobbying group that promoted his agenda, even as some government watchdog groups questioned the relationship. “You know, the governor is trying to get some ...
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Once more into the drink, Mayor Bloomberg
San Francisco Chronicle
Explaining his call to ban the sale of supersize sodas at restaurants, theaters and arenas, New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg told NBC's Matt Lauer on Friday, "We're not banning you from getting the stuff. If you want 32 ounces, the restaurant has to serve ...
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BCE, Ontario Teachers to Purchase Q9 Networks for C$1.1 Billion
Bloomberg
BCE's last three major acquisitions were valued at a total of $7.6 billion, including debt, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Its most recent deal was to buy Astral Media Inc. for C$3 billion in March. Ontario Teachers' is Canada's third-biggest ...
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Joy Global Tempts Komatsu With Cheapest Industry Deal: Real M&A
Bloomberg
The $5.8 billion company traded yesterday at 8.2 times earnings in the last 12 months, lower than 90 percent of similar-sized construction and mining equipment makers, according to data compiled byBloomberg. With Joy Global still expecting to post ...
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Boehner on soda ban: 'Are you kidding me?'
New York Daily News
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) scoffed at Bloomberg's controversial proposal during a Friday news conference. “I like Mayor Bloomberg, but are you kidding me?” said Boehner when asked about the plan, which has received national attention. “C'mon...
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New York Daily News
U.S. Stocks Reverse Losses as Valuations Overshadow Factory Data
San Francisco Chronicle
June 4 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks reversed losses as the cheapest price-to-earnings valuation for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index in six months overshadowed a drop in factory orders. Amazon.com Inc. and Starbucks Corp. advanced at least 3 percent to pace ...
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WestJet Raids Air Canada for New York Business Fliers
Bloomberg
Operating Costs WestJet's cost to fly each seat a mile was 23 percent cheaper than Air Canada's last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That helped propel WestJet to a seventh straight annual profit, with net income of C$148.7 million on ...
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Euro Holds Drop Before ECB Meeting Amid Slowing Growth
Bloomberg
The so-called loonie rose 0.6 percent to C$1.0320 per US dollar. The currency was also buoyed before a report a Bloomberg survey predicts will say on June 8 the nation's employers added 5000 jobs last month and crude oil, its largest export, ...
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Under Bloomberg's Soda Ban, Four Loko Would Be Legal
The Atlantic
If it hadn't already been banned from the state in 2010 for its potent mixture of caffeine and alcohol, the original Four Loko would be safe from the law despite (a) boasting some 60 grams of sugar; (b) weighing in at a massive 23.5 ounces; and (c) ...
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The Atlantic
Facebook Hits New Low After Bernstein Questions Owning Stock
San Francisco Chronicle
June 4 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc., the world's biggest social-networking company, tumbled to a record low after Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. initiated coverage with an underperform rating and a $25 target price. The shares fell 3 percent to $26.90 at ...
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Semafo Shuns Quebec for Africa to Double Its Gold Output
Bloomberg
The Quebec government plans to spend C$47 billion ($45 billion) to attract mining investment over the next 25 years. Benoit La Salle, a former aid worker who runs Montreal-based Semafo Inc. (SMF), sees more opportunity in Africa and is braving military ...
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S&P 500 Falls 10% From 2012 Peak Amid Economic Slowdown Concern
San Francisco Chronicle
June 4 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks retreated, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index down more than 10 percent from this year's peak in April, as orders to US factories unexpectedly declined and data added to evidence of a slowdown in China.
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Lexmark Treated Like Junk as IBM Gets Upgrade: Corporate Finance
Bloomberg
The swaps have surged to the highest level since 2009, according to prices compiled by Bloomberg. The perception of creditworthiness of Lexmark, spun off in 1991 by International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), which Standard & Poor's upgraded to AA- ...
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Yen Weakens After Azumi Says G-7 Supports Japan Currency Stance
San Francisco Chronicle
The real has lost 8 percent this year versus the dollar, the largest drop among the major currencies tracked by Bloomberg. Canada's currency was little changed at C$1.0400 cents per US dollar after gaining as much as 0.3 percent.
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WestJet Raids Air Canada for New York Fliers: Corporate Canada
San Francisco Chronicle
June 4 (Bloomberg) -- WestJet Airlines Ltd. is bidding to pry passengers from Air Canada in the C$2 billion ($1.92 billion) cross-border business travel market by returning to New York's LaGuardia Airport. Canada's second-largest carrier began service ...
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European Stocks Advance as ECB Keeps Interest Rate at Record Low
San Francisco Chronicle
June 6 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks surged the most in six months after the European Central Bank held its benchmark interest rate at a record low and said it's ready to act if necessary as the growth outlook dims. Diageo Plc, the maker of Johnnie ...
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Canada Housing Market Slows in May as Toronto Sales Cool
Bloomberg
The value of purchases at seven major regional real estate boards that have reported figures for May rose 4.9 percent from a year earlier to C$11.2 billion ($10.8 billion), according to data compiled byBloomberg News. Those markets had an 8.5 percent ...
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June 6: Johan Santana and Mayor Bloomberg's sugary-soda ban
New York Daily News
Salvatore Luna Washington: As a dietitian, I disagree with Mayor Bloomberg's stance on junk food (“Mayor Bloomberg still sour on sodas,” NYDailyNews.com, June 3). Junk food, including doughnuts and BLTs, can be as high in sugar as soda can.
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New York Daily News
Joy Global Tempts Komatsu With Cheapest Industry Deal: Real M&A
San Francisco Chronicle
June 5 (Bloomberg) -- Joy Global Inc. is tempting potential acquirers with the chance to secure the world's largest independent maker of underground mining equipment at the industry's cheapest takeover valuation. Joy Global has declined 43 percent ...
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Around world, Bloomberg soda war hard to swallow
WQOW TV News 18
... diamond queen AP Photos: From shy princess to diamond queen By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) -More >> AP National News VideoMore>> By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD Associated Press LONDON (AP) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed...
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Canada Says Rates May Still Rise as Global Risks Increase
San Francisco Chronicle
June 5 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of Canada kept its main interest rate unchanged for a 14th time today and said it may raise borrowing costs if the domestic economic recovery continues as forecast, even as global risks increase.
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Lampert Says Crowley Leaves ESL Hedge Fund After Miami Move
San Francisco Chronicle
(Adds statement from ESL spokesman in third paragraph) June 6 (Bloomberg) -- ESL Investments Inc., the hedge fund run by Edward Lampert, said President William C. Crowley left after deciding not to move with the firm to Miami.
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Canadian Dollar Gains From 6-Month Low on BOC Outlook
Bloomberg
The central bank left its benchmark overnight rate unchanged at 1 percent, as predicted by all 27 forecasters in a Bloomberg survey. “The statement is fairly similar to the last one -- the tone is still hawkish,” Camilla Sutton, chief currency ...
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Mayor Bloomberg Isn't Very Streetwise
DailyFinance
Citigroup's (NYS: C) one of the biggest stinkers in this regard. Remember, it was one of the financial companies that failed the latest stress tests for US banks. Still, CEO Vikram Pandit was awarded a whopping $15 million in 2011; he was identified by ...
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Boehner On Bloomberg Soda Ban: 'Are You ... - Yeshiva World News
By Y.W. Editor
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) scoffed at Bloomberg's controversial proposal during a Fridaynews conference. “I like Mayor ... “C'mon, don't we have bigger issues to deal with than the size of some soft drink that somebody buys?
Yeshiva World News
Pipeline Erodes to Olympics as Colleges Struggle to Support Non ...
By viratas
June 3, 2012, 4:31 p.m. EDT The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News (c) 2012, The Washington Post. For 17 days this summer, much of the nation will set aside its economic angst and election-year acrimony to rally behind ...
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Claiming Size Matters, NYC Mayor Bloomberg Bans ... - WTSP.com
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, frustrated he couldn't get a 'soda tax' passed, is ordering restaurants and delis to stop selling sodas, sugared teas and other sweet high-c United States obesity Health MichaelBloomberg us health news News soda ...
WTSP.com 10 News Latest Video
N. Korea's Worst Drought Since 1962 Threatens Food ... - NK News
By admin
(c) 2012, Bloomberg News. SEOUL — North Korea's worst drought in half a century may exacerbate food shortages in a nation where as many as 2 million people starved to death since the mid-1990s. Rainfall in the nation's west coast during ...
NK News
News That Matters | ZeroHedge
By thetrader
Millionaire households in the U.S. fell by 129000 to 5.13 million.http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-31/asian-millionaires-counter-lost-riches-in-europe-north-america.html · China will be able to “cope” if Greece leaves the euro region ...
Bloomberg: Syria Violence is Sectarian | End the Lie – Independent ...
By NewsBot
Relentless Neo-Con propaganda originating from “conservative” news agency.by Tony Cartalucci June 5, 2012 –… ..... In 2007, in Hersh's “The Redirection,” the following foreshadowing to Bloomberg's“sectarian civil war” was given: .... EndtheLie.com 2011-2012. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without explicit, written permission from this blog's author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to ...
End the Lie - Independent News
The Latin Americanist: Daily Headlines: June 6, 2012
By Erwin C.
Online Sources- Reuters, MIT News Office, Bloomberg, BBC News. Posted by Erwin C. at 10:45 AM. Labels: climate change, Costa Rica, Daily Headlines, Dole, El Salvador, fatherhood, Fernando Lugo, Latin America, mining, Panama, ...
The Latin Americanist
Mayor Bloomberg Defends Soda Ban, Doughnut Day to Matt Lauer ...
By By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy. Forget Bloomberg vs. soda. On Friday morning, which Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proclaimed as Doughnut Day in New York, it was Bloomberg vs. Lauer.
City Room
Bloomberg Applauds Decriminalization of Marijuana - Silobreaker
(c) 2012, Bloomberg News.ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday proposed a measure meant to reduce the number of people arrested for marijuana possession after they've been detained under the New York City Police ...
Silobreaker Feed
Two Different UDRP's, Two Different Results ... - TheDomains.com
By Michael H. Berkens
Well another interesting day in UDRP world were there are two separate UDRP action both brought byBloomberg Finance L.P. owner of Bloomberg.com, against another company named Bloombergwhich is located in India. The 1st UDRP was on the domain ... 2736744 registered July 15, 2003). “Complainant has used its BLOOMBERG Mark in connection with its business of providing worldwide financial news, analysis and information, and related goods and services since 1987.
The Domains
Analysis: Top CEO pay skyrocketed more than 20 percent in 2011 ...
This video is from Bloomberg News, published Tuesday, June 5, 2012. ——. Photo: Shutterstock.com, all rights reserved. Stephen C. Webster. Stephen C.
www.rawstory.com/.../analysis-top-ceo-pay-skyrocketed-more...
CGI Passes RIM as Investors Back European Bet- Bloomberg
Investors applauded the deal yesterday, lifting CGI's stock 14 percent to a 12- year high in Toronto before it fell 2.4 percent to C$23.37 at 4 p.m. today.
mobile.bloomberg.com/.../cgi-passes-rim-as-investors-back-eu...
Rogers Communications Sells C$500 million 3% 5 ... - Bloomberg
Issuer: Rogers Communications Manager(s): RBC Capital Mkts. Scotia Capital Amount: C$500 million Coupon: 3 percent Maturity: June 6, 2017 Settlement: ...
mobile.bloomberg.com/.../rogers-communications-sells-c-500-...
Canada Says Rates May Still Rise as Global Risks Increase
All 27 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News forecast the key rate would stay ... The Canadian dollar strengthened 0.1 percent to C$1.0382 cents per U.S. ...
sfgate.bloomberg.com/SFChronicle/Story?docId=1376...
russian Blogs & News - Bloomberg
Most recent russian blogs and news. Read breaking news about russian.
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Washington Daybook: Red Dawn, Part 2: This Time, It's ... - Bloomberg
Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell and Charlie Sheen in "Red Dawn." ... Bloomberg News' Political Capital Blog features the latest political news and analysis ...
go.bloomberg.com/.../washington-daybook-red-dawn-part-2-t...
New York mayor seeks ban on sale of big sugary ... - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg plans to propose a far-reaching municipal ban on sales of large-size ...
news.yahoo.com/york-mayor-bloomberg-propose-ban-sale-lar...
Nick Gillespie Slags Mike Bloomberg's Soda Plan on NBC Nightly ...
I was on the NBC Nightly News tonight to share my view of New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg's plan to limit the size of soda and sugary-drink servings in the Big ...
reason.com/blog/.../nick-gillespie-slags-mike-bloombergs-sod
Canada Takeovers, EU Bank Rescue, Russian Banks ... - Bloomberg
The federal reviews will only be done when the target companies have an enterprise value of at leastC$1 billion ($972 million), and the new system will be ...
mobile.bloomberg.com/.../canada-takeovers-eu-bank-rescue-r...
Canada Dollar Falls to Four-Month Low on Europe ... - Bloomberg
The currency, nicknamed the loonie for the image of the bird on the C$1 coin, fell for a third day as risk appetite cooled after three banking officials said China's ...
mobile.bloomberg.com/.../canadian-dollar-fluctuates-as-u-s-jo...
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