corp.

It is currently trying to win part of a multibillion-dollar network upgrade at Sprint Nextel Corp.

Among the most thorny issues, one of these people said, are the terms under which Microsoft would compensate News Corp.

But sovereign-wealth fund China Investment Corp. , known as CIC, is one presence behind SSBT OD05, people familiar with the matter said.

Intel Corp. is a major backer of the technology, making it likely that chips will show up in laptops from other manufacturers as well.

A large question for News Corp. now is how much further the scandal will extend.

But it said the move to hire HBSC was preliminary and did not mean Sinochem would make a counterbid for Potash Corp.

Mr Murdoch's News Corp estimates that the marginal revenue from an occasional browser is less than one tenth of a penny a year.

A spokeswoman for Australian operator Telstra Corp. said none of the company's undersea cable infrastructure was damaged.

A little over a year ago, Apple overtook Microsoft Corp. , grabbing the title of the world's most highly valued technology company.

Not the stuff to rock markets, but then China Investment Corp might prefer a bit of quiet after its raucous debut.

News Corp is in the process of trying to take full control of the UK satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting.

Cameron was already seen as close to News Corp. , having courted the company in an effort to win its election endorsement.

It was one thing when their flagship newspaper, the Wall Street Journal, was sold to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in late 2007.

He said the company likely held exploratory talks with the federal government before launching its bid for Potash Corp.

There was no immediate response from Peanut Corp. , which owns the Blakely processing plant at the center of the investigation.

Results at railroad operator CSX Corp. also topped forecasts, an encouraging sign that at least parts of the economy are growing.

State-owned China National Petroleum Corp. was one of the first foreign oil companies to sign a major contract in Iraq.

For its part, BHP Billiton sees Potash Corp as one of the few takeover targets that would make a difference to its long-term growth.

Specifically, Gates said he would suggest Japan buy F-35s, developed by an international consortium led by Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT).

In coming weeks, both Amazon and Sony Corp. plan to unveil new versions of their devices, said people briefed on the matter.

One of News Corp's rationales for the deal was that the Journal would add instant credibility to the Fox business channel.

That has helped to reconcile him with Mr Turner, who asked him to lunch after he decided to reduce News Corp's carbon footprint.

Rupert Murdoch said he had the full confidence of the board to stay on, despite the scandals at News Corp's British newspaper subsidiary.

It will also surely be harder for the Murdochs, only a minority shareholder in News Corp, to run the company as a family fief.

News Corp. dropped its bid to take full control of BSkyB, amid a scandal over reporting tactics at at least one of its U. K. newspapers.

Nor is it clear how much difference in practice will be made by the obligation of a B Corp to weigh interests other than profits.

Opposition politicians continuously pressed him on whether he would rule out that he had talked about the bid with News Corp. personnel.

A spokesman for KT Corp. said he expects investments in LTE will help boost the company's profitability long term.

Now that the XYZ Corp. team has begun to run tests, they want to be able to report on progress.

But it has failed to develop a strong brand of its own, even as rivals such as Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. have roared ahead.

In 2008, Sony Corp. closed what was identified as the last television manufacturing plant in the U. S. It was in Westmoreland, Penn.

That was the original plan, but since McQ Corp. is coming out with its own line of phones soon, we wanted to get a jump on them.

"We are grateful and pleased that no-one was injured and the crew and the ship are safe, " said the Liberty Maritime Corp statement.

For News Corp this was an attractive opportunity to consolidate the cash flows of a mature and profitable business.

He said Chinese investors were among those asking him to consider participating in a bid for Potash Corp, the No. 1 fertilizer supplier.

The settlement was one of his first major decisions after becoming head of News Corp. 's Europe and Asia operations in 2007.

He leaves with an unusually generous severance package and the right to sell at least two films a year to News Corp's Twentieth Century Fox.

"They're trying to overcome their software inferiority with Unix, " said an analyst in Tokyo with International Data Corp.

ZTE encountered political obstacles when trying to supply network equipment to U. S. operator Sprint Nextel Corp.

Home-builder Lennar Corp also struck cautiously optimistic note on the housing market and said it was on track to make a profit this year.

Chip giant Intel Corp. is expected to get the ball rolling Tuesday with its fifth- straight upbeat earnings report.

In a publicly traded company like News Corp. , these kinds of losses have to be balanced out with earnings from other operations.

Executives of News Corp. believe more arrests are likely, according to people familiar with the matter.

A spokeswoman for News Corp declined to comment, but it was not immediately clear that the FBI had notified the company.

The forecast echoes that of other chip-makers including Intel Corp. , which are also expecting sales to moderate in the fourth quarter.

The big shareholder said it would be a 'very shrewd move' for News Corp. to elevate chief operating officer Chase Carey to the CEO role.

Still, Fox News is part of News Corp's cable division, one of the company's strongest performing units.

A year ago News Corp executives talked about relaunching the site as an entertainment focused site.

Morgan Stanley struggled for years to exit its JV with China International Capital Corp after falling out with the local management.

'Anytime something like this happens, it is of great concern, ' said Crystal Davis, a spokeswoman for Sprint Nextel Corp.

Last week, Geron Corp. said it had transformed human embryonic stem cells into the pancreatic cells that produce insulin.

The GM chief said the company has 11 joint ventures in China with two of its primary local partners, SAIC Motor Corp. and FAW Group Corp.

SAIC Motor Corp. , China's largest car maker by sales volume, said its first-half net profit more than quadrupled from a year earlier.

Do you think ExxonMobil Corp. is going to get left out of the conspiracy?

Shin Corp gave no details of a time-frame or size for such a deal .

Intel Corp, for instance, has traditionally been a bellwether for the semiconductor industry.

The group had previously claimed to have broken into Sony Corp. , the U. S. Senate and affiliates of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

In January the Bank of China began offering yuan-deposit accounts in New York insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

After months of pitching VCs, you finally get a term sheet for your Series A round of funding (for a company we'll call ABC Corp. ).

News Corp. 's variety of lousy governance is simple -- one man exerts control wildly out of proportion to his stake in the business.

Just over a week ago, News Corp. was on the brink of gaining government approval to acquire the 60. 9% of BSkyB that it doesn't already own.

GE noted it had agreed to a joint venture with China Huadian Corp. to develop gas power generators.

Mr. Bush also said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. will temporarily guarantee most new debt issued by insured banks.

The sinter plant, Shougang Corp. is now able to achieve "Zero drainage" and saving in water with this new process.

His builder, Lennar Corp. , recently tested the air and drywall in his house and expects the results in a few weeks.

In a counterattack against its lower-priced fast-food rivals, Starbucks Corp. plans to roll out a second coffee brand.

For LinkedIn Corp. Chief Executive Jeff Weiner, the latest technology boom hopefully won't turn out to be a bust.

For Dell, owning 3Par would mean a chance to sell its own storage systems, rather than reselling products from EMC Corp. , he said.

Mr Murdoch not only behaves as if News Corp is still the family business but has also displayed erratic judgment.

News Corp. 's class A shares account for about 70% of the company's market cap (recently $41 billion total) but have no voting power.

This was also in part because Bank of New York Mellon Corp. said it would start charging some corporate customers a fee on large deposits.

CSX Corp. , one of the largest railroad companies in the United States, also beat analyst estimates on both earnings and sales.

Stocks that had been widely held by hedge funds were some of the biggest decliners, including Bank of America, Dendreon Corp. and Lear Corp.

William S. Knudsen picked him as his successor when that all-round motorman stepped up to executive vice president of General Motors Corp.

At the same time, she was ascending at News Corp. , where her charm and dogged pursuit of stories won her a place close to Mr. Murdoch.

Though he got a large profit by buying and selling the shares of Enron Corp. the profit was earned by his own decision.

But given all that has occurred at News Corp in the recent years under his reign, should he resign as CEO or chair or both?

family votes representing about 28 per cent of the company's total votes were understood to be backing a sale to News Corp.

Up to now , Toyota Motor Corp. 's Lexus luxury division 's hybrid- electric vehicles have emphasized performance over fuel economy .

Fuel-cell developer Bloom Energy Corp. raised $150 million in a new funding round, according to a person close to the company.

Mr. Lee, a former Microsoft Corp. executive, said the Chinese Internet sector still has much to offer.

News Corp. is the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, and of this blog.

Analysts at Bank of America Corp. , Nomura Holdings Inc. and IHS Global Insight said the first quarter may mark a trough.

The bank will reopen Monday as IndyMac Federal Bank under Federal Deposit Insurance Corp supervision.

Wells Fargo & Co. , Bank of America Corp. and other large banks also rose on hopes that they too would be able to raise dividends.

Of the oil majors, an executive at the biggest, Exxon Mobil Corp, said it would not cut spending in new production.

News International, News Corp. 's British newspaper division, said James Murdoch stood by his testimony to parliament.

Intel Corp announced a partnership with Google Inc that will put the company's chips in Android phones, US media reported.

In any case, News Corp. for years stuck to the story that the phone hacking was the work of a lone rogue reporter.

Her departure was earlier reported by the blog AllThings D, which like The Wall Street Journal is owned by News Corp.

News Corp's undertakings to hive off Sky News as an independent company were to be accepted by the government.

News Corp's legalistic attempt to separate the hacking allegations and the merger process was always a non-starter.

It was the second deadly accident at the pit, owned by a consortium of companies including state-run China Power Investment Corp.

Jin Liqun, chairman of sovereign-wealth fund China Investment Corp. , made clear in London last month that CIC wouldn't offer handouts.

CNOOC came back to the United States in recent months as well with joint venture investments in Chesapeake Energy Corp shale projects.

Microsoft Corp. said Monday that it has made a patent cross-licensing deal with the online retailer Amazon. com.

Mr. Allen's new memoir, in which he accuses Mr. Gates of scheming to take shares in Microsoft Corp. , is another version of the tale.

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp represents 4 per cent of the portfolio and is one of his top 10 holdings.

There were no other casualties and China National Petroleum Corp, which owned the pipelines, said it has stopped oil flowing into the sea.

An independent member of News Corp. 's board said the board still supported Mr. Murdoch.

He has withdrawn News Corp's bid for BSkyB voluntarily rather than face an overwhelming vote in the legislature calling on him to do so.

The group has also attacked Japanese technology giant Sony Corp. , as well as a few videogame companies.

News Corp started turning MySpace into a music-oriented site after its rivals Facebook and Twitter eclipsed its popularity.

Many of the most reliable brands continued to belong to Asian car makers, including Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co.

One of the trains involved in the crash was built by a joint venture between Chinese firm CSR Corp. and Canadian firm Bombardier Inc.

Nippon Steel Corp. , Japan's largest producer of the metal, returned to a first-quarter profit after boosting output to tap demand in Asia.

The move demonstrates how the political winds have changed for News Corp. and its chairman and chief executive, Rupert Murdoch, in Britain.

It should come as no surprise that News Corp would be the first to discuss such a deal.

In it, he envisioned splitting the company into three separate parts: Good News Corp, Bad News Corp, and Toxic News Corp.

Now I was no more young man and shared a large portion of the stocks of Corre's Gold Mining Corp.

General Motors Corp. is expected to tell the government it needs several billion more or it may have to file for bankruptcy protection.

Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp said it will cut 16, 000 jobs, curb investment and pull out of businesses to save $1. 1 billion a year.

Corp standings toward an individual player can now be set through the Info window of that character.

Mr Murdoch, 76, said he expected savings could be made from integrating News Corp and Dow Jones operations "well in excess of $50m" .

In 10 weeks, Microsoft Corp. will begin retiring Windows XP by shifting the operating system into a more limited support plan.

s emergency sale to Bank of America Corp. last weekend was an example of the perniciousness and unpredictability of deleveraging.

A CIC spokesperson declined to comment on "market rumours" and refused to confirm that Stable Investment Corp, was a subsidiary of the fund.

The company also faces tough competition in the market for advanced business software from companies like SAP AG and Oracle Corp.

For the many individual General Motors Corp. shareholders wondering what their stock is still worth, the answer looks pretty bleak.

The person added that much of the interest in Potash Corp. , including Sinochem's, is preliminary, and no proposals have been made.

The platform is mostly used for repairing oil wells, the China Petrochemical Corp. official said.

The corp of the car consists of two large wheels on each side of the capsule housing the only passenger.

Starbucks Corp. , the company that brought $4 lattes to the masses, said Thursday it plans to introduce a line of instant coffee.

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. is making a big bet to expand in Asia, but the cost of that effort rattled investors Wednesday.

It took Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc several years to find common ground on the best way to team up in the Internet search market.

'Electronics has taken a huge chunk out of the average household spending budget, ' said Eric Wiseman, CEO of apparel maker VF Corp.

Potash Corp. has the capacity to produce more than 10 million tons of potash a year, mostly from mines in Saskatchewan.

Potash Corp. , the biggest fertilizer producer, has rebuffed Melbourne- based BHP's $130 a share offer and said it was seeking suitors.

To that end, the company announced Tuesday a new joint venture with Japan's Softbank Corp.

News Corp's British Sky Broadcasting has since been a pivotal force in the industry.

Some members of Parliament have been accused of being too close to News Corp. while others are said to hold a grudge.

Starbucks Corp. is at it again.

This month, the International Finance Corp. made guarantees to banks in Armenia, Belarus and Russia to help them expand trade lending.

The bank has lost several senior staff since Bank of America Corp. completed its acquisition of Merrill Lynch on Jan.

As for what would have happened if Bank of America Corp. (BAC) hadn't bought Merrill Lynch, he says Merrill 'wouldn't have lasted a week. '

H-P, meanwhile, entered into a series of partnerships with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), which makes some software that competes with Oracle's.

After Merck acquired Schering-Plough Corp. in 2009, though, the trial "was canceled, " she said.

In its home market, South Korea, Samsung tops the list, ahead of Apple and Microsoft Corp. of the U. S.

The U. S. already is a major investor in Vietnam, spearheaded by Intel Corp. 's $1 billion investment in a chip plant in Ho Chi Minh City.

Even competitors from the likes of Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. lined up to sing his praises.

But it is the culmination of a 40-year love-hate power struggle between the News Corp. chief and Britain's public and politicians.

Ask him today, and while he may still laugh, the board of News Corp. won't be laughing with him.

But for the two biggest makers of large home appliances, Whirlpool Corp. and Electrolux AB, China accounts for only a sliver of total sales.

A senior News Corp lawyer was knocked off her feet, the protester was taken out in handcuffs and the hearing was briefly suspended.

The investment is only the second by China Investment Corp, which bought a pre-IPO stake in Blackstone, the US private equity firm, in May.

McKesson Corp. shares are inexpensive, the company has well-respected management and it sports a great balance sheet.

Some of News Corp. 's nine independent directors have close ties to the company.

News Corp. executives have made the same statements to Parliament over the years, assertions that have come back to haunt them.

Across the Atlantic, News Corp could face exposure if allegations that officials bribed British police officers for information prove true.

It's official: the Subway sandwich chain has surpassed McDonald's Corp. as the world's largest restaurant chain, in terms of units.

Softbank Mobile Corp. 's new mobile line looks like a small humanoid with attachable arms and legs, with the screen showing various faces.

At Grand Circle Corp. , employees are graded on their open communication, one of the travel and cruise company's six key values.

News Corp is hiring 100 journalists for this iPad newspaper and is reportedly working with engineers on loan from Apple to make it shine.

Miller said News Corp is planning another reinvention of the beleaguered site with a relaunch expected later this year.

The head of News Corp has held sway over Britain's media industry for a generation. Prime ministers have feared and feted him.

Bank of America Corp. and White & Case LLP acted as financial advisers and legal counsel to GMR, the company said.

The Jingtai Garden Real Estate Project is a midst & high-leveled resident Project to be developed by Jiangxi Jiangling Real Estate Corp.

Mr. Negroponte said some initial tech support would be provided by Brightstar Corp. , a Miami-based wireless equipment distributor.

Cigna Corp. leads U. S. insurers in terms of penetration in the China market and spends a lot of its time educating consumers.

Toyota Motor Corp. had planned to use the technology in 2008 but delayed its use in products at least a couple of times.

Russia may be filled with talented IT people, but entrepreneurship is not their strongest side, a Microsoft Corp. executive said.

Before HP, Hurd worked at business technology company NCR Corp for 25 years and was that company's CEO from 2003 to 2005.

Aluminum Corp of China suspended its shares yesterday amid expectations of a deal with Rio Tinto, the Anglo-Australian miner.

The buy-back plan briefly reversed a week-long slide in News Corp's shares.

Under a license agreement with Actel Corp. , the company will manufacture FPGAs that were discontinued in 2006.

Officials of the Air Force, the Aerospace Corp. , and experts at Boeing's satellite factory in El Segundo, Calif. , supervised the tests.

In its earnings statements, Terex Corp. calls one 'segment' of its business 'materials processing. '

Muddy Waters also targeted Sino-Forest Corp. earlier this year, alleging it was engaged in a fraud that overstated assets and revenue.

Apple's device pushes the notion the furthest, dispensing with Microsoft Corp. 's Windows operating system and a keyboard.

The scandal has forced News Corp. to close one publication, the News of the World, and prompted the resignations of two top executives.

Google has a contractual agreement with News Corp to place advertisements on its network, MySpace, and also owns its own network, Orkut.

Meanwhile, Toyota Motor Corp. was enjoying surge in popularity thanks to its gasoline-electric Prius hybrid.

By that measure, Nvidia Corp. 's new computer is one of the first arrivals in this emerging product category.

News Corp. is alleged to have bribed British police to get information for stories run in its tabloid News of the World.

Toyota Motor Corp. said it plans to start exporting about 6, 000 U. S. -assembled Camry sedans a year to South Korea beginning next month.

Celanese Corp. opened a plant this year that uses coal-based feedstock to make a chemical used in paints and food sweeteners.

The closure comes as Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, which bought Dow Jones in 2007, steps up the restructuring of its businesses in the region.

The offer is likely to set off a long struggle for the fate of Potash Corp. , a crown jewel of Canada's natural-resources-based economy.

Star India grows aggressively. News Corp has taken a stake in Rotana, one of the Arab world's biggest media companies.

Malaysia's government is reviewing the environmental consequences of a facility there proposed by Australia's Lynas Corp.

CyberLink Corp. recommends updating to the latest version of CyberLink Software to take advantage of security and stability improvements.

Harris Corp. will upgrade a digital mapping system for the U. S. Navy under several contracts totaling nearly $30 million contract.

Bank of America Corp. lost 3. 2 percent on fears that Wikileaks may release copies of the bank's internal documents.

Microsoft Corp. is looking for a Chinese partner to help make the U. S. company a major player in China's Internet-search market.

The company is also partnering with China Telecom Corp. to standardize electronic health records.

Founded in 1982 in Vienna, Va . , as Control Video Corp. , the company initially planned to become an online computer-games service.

MarketWatch is now owned by News Corp. , which owns The Wall Street Journal.

After delays, China Datang Corp Renewable Power priced at the bottom of its range on Monday at HK$2. 33 a share.

Under pressure from health and children's advocacy groups, McDonald's Corp. is making changes to its famed Happy Meals.

BHP Billiton's bid for Canada's Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan isn't the only big thing happening in fertilizer these days.

The Corp. as a very important manufacturer of hardware, takes the lead in the industry of Zhejiang Province even the whole China.

We are looking at metallurgy, its use in terms of economy, and also the diverse technologies to develop corp.

Mr. Hinton is chief executive of Dow Jones & Co. , the News Corp. unit that publishes The Wall Street Journal.

Boeing and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) are among the bidders for a planned $10 billion purchase of 126 multi-role combat aircraft.

Separately, the Telegraph newspaper said Yara could be a potential buyer of Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. 's non- potash units.

The chairman of Olympus Corp. stepped down Wednesday as one of Japan's most bitter boardroom battles saw several dramatic turns.

Please be advised that CWC Corp. is no longer part of the Encore Group.

News Corp. owns the AllThingsD website, as well as The Wall Street Journal.

Last year, Samsung Corp. , trying to steal a march on market leader Nokia Corp. , added an Irish-language handset to its line.

While Apple Inc. 's iPhone seems always to be in the spotlight, HTC Corp. has been getting some attention in the smartphone market.

"The Simpsons" is broadcast by News Corp. 's Fox television network. News Corp. owns The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires.

Peanut Corp. of America voluntarily recalled peanut butter produced at the plant, pending the outcome of an investigation.

The comments by News Corp's chairman came as he predicted a "high single digit" rebound in the group's operating profits next year.

News Corp. owns Twentieth Century Fox, as well as The Wall Street Journal.

This month, Sumitomo Corp of Japan invested $130m in return for guaranteed supplies of rare earths for the next seven years.

Beautiful eagle aviation is airline of a branch line, as congeneric as American aviation AMR Corp (AMR) subordinate.

Certicom Corp. (TSX: CIC) protects the value of your content, applications and devices with government-approved security.

GE would then have combined Dow Jones with its NBC Universal unit, in part to stave off competition from News Corp.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. plans to introduce its small all-electric i-MiEV car to China by 2012, the company's president said Friday.

"This report certainly gives the Fed a sense of relief, " said Mark Vitner, an economist at Wachovia Corp in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Corp members that do not have corp roles are no longer notified when corporate contracts change status .

For News Corp. , the risk could be that comments from Messers. Murdoch and Ms. Brooks could further damage the News Corp. brand in Britain.

It has been suggested that, to fix governance at the beleaguered company, News Corp. board member Tom Perkins is shareholders' "best hope. "

Some formerly high-flying Internet businesses like MySpace, owned by News Corp. , have been brought to earth by the recession.

Back in 2005, Cnooc tried to dive head first with an ambitious $18. 5 billion bid to take over California's Unocal Corp.

THE HORIZONTAL BELT VACUUM-FILTER APPLIED TO SEWAGE TREATMENT IN SINTERING PROCESS AT THE SINTERING PLANT, SHOUGANG CORP.

Osaka-based Sharp Corp. , Japan's biggest maker of liquid - crystal displays, also said it expects sales to be affected .

A second source confirmed that Potash Corp was considering joint ventures with third parties as an option.

Meanwhile, News Corp has started to look uncomfortably like a legacy media company.

China's sovereign-wealth fund, China Investment Corp. , is among the investment firms to make an offer.

The result, so far, is a small deal to supply films from News Corp's Twentieth Century Fox over Telecom Italia's wires.

A Global Hawk, a high-flying pilotless spyplane made by Northrop Grumman Corp. , was used to survey the damage above the plant.

During the 1980s, Microsoft Corp. 's Windows users were able to use third-party programs to get it.

Some of the most explosive allegations concern a deal involving a China-owned oil company, China National Petroleum Corp. , or CNPC.

Start-ups aren't the only companies getting a boost from China, so have energy giants like Duke Energy Corp.

A year later, Yahoo signed a 10-year search partnership with Microsoft Corp.

Global warming was so brilliant that I had to counteract it with my own carbon-free program at News Corp.

Wall Street was sharply higher on Wednesday, buoyed by the brightening outlook for the economy and solid quarterly results from Intel Corp.

Whatever the world thinks of the U. S. these days, American labels dominate this year's annual Interbrand Corp.

Sony Corp. is pursuing " grid " systems, using broadband to connect thousands of home computers and game consoles.

Japan Airlines Corp. 's stint under bankruptcy protection isn't likely to be short or simple.

Wall Street analysts like to do something called a sum-of-the-parts valuation when it comes to big conglomerates like News Corp.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp President Osamu Masuko has said the automaker plans to buy more Korean parts.

Lenovo moved its headquarters to the U. S. from China after it acquired the PC division of International Business Machines Corp. in 2005.

A report from China International Capital Corp ltd said investment focus will vary from phase to phase of the Bejing Olympics.

Packaging Aids Corp. (PAC) manufactures heat sealing equipment for the food, medical, industrial, and electronic industries.

The Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Securities and Exchange Commission are also in the thick of the implementation.

Apple Inc. overtook Microsoft Corp. as the most valuable technology company Wednesday, marking a changing of the guard.

My company under the China Petrochemical Corp. , is one of its many branches.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Bank of America Corp. (BAC) jumped at least 2. 7 percent, following a rally in European lenders.

A consortium led by STX Group had also submitted a bid for Hyundai Corp but pulled out of the deal.

Kimberly-Clark Corp. has a hard-line solution: If a phone is lost or stolen, or an employee leaves, the company erases the device remotely.

Two years ago, Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. were among the most envied auto makers in the world.

For the moment a disintegration of News Corp seems unlikely.

But over the next decade, News Corp strove to get something in return.

To become B Corp-certified, companies must pass extensive reviews of their business practices, social outreach and environmental footprint.

A higher price would be harder to justify to News Corp's shareholders without sizeable operating synergies.

It was reformed to a company with limited liabilities in 2001 and was transferred to China Power Group Corp. in 2003.

Also, the state-owned China Energy Conservation Investment Corp. (CECIC, Beijing), recently bought a 47. 5 percent stake in the company.

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