As gas prices decline, SUV sales increase Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Consumers, possibly reassured by falling gasoline prices, returned to buying large sport utility vehicles in a big way last month. But the impact of the October sales results should be tempered by the fact that the month is being compared with October 2005, which was far from typical.
Norilsk buys OM Group nickel business for $408 mln Khaleej Times
MOSCOW - The world’s No.1 nickel producer, Norilsk Nickel GMKN.RTS will buy all the nickel assets of OM Group OMG.N for $408 million plus a contract to supply cobalt to the U.S.-based firm, the firms said on Monday.
Norilsk to Buy OM Group Nickel Unit for $408 Million Update4 Bloomberg.com
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- OAO GMK Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest nickel producer, agreed to buy OM Group Inc.'s nickel unit for $408 million in cash, expanding output of the metal that has more than doubled in price this year.
Intergraph voters OK $1.3 billion purchase The Huntsville Times
Shareholders of Intergraph Corp. on Monday voted to approve a $1.3 billion acquisition agreement under which the Huntsville-based company will be purchased by a private investment group.
Atticus Gains $517 Million After Push for Phelps Sale Update1 Bloomberg.com
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge-fund manager Timothy R. Barakett saw the value of his Phelps Dodge Corp. investment jump by about $517 million today, capping a 13-month campaign to find a buyer for the mining company and get more of its cash.
NPA: Kebble probe 'a total nightmare' Mail and Guardian
"Rogue elements" within law enforcement are apparently spreading disinformation about the Brett Kebble murder probe, the Mercury reported on Tuesday. "It's a total nightmare," National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi told the media.
Sunday, November 19 CNN.com
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (CNN) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in southern Afghanistan to visit with British troops, ahead of a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in the capital, Kabul.
Mbeki: Trust me on Selebi Mail and Guardian
President Thabo Mbeki told religious leaders on Monday to trust what he had done regarding the controversy around police National Commissioner Jackie Selebi -- and they did.
Risks grow for first-time buyers BBC News
With house prices rising first time buyers are having to find more inventive and some experts say risky ways of getting on the property ladder.
Howard Hodgkin: 1992-2007 at Yale Center for British Art Art Daily
Howard Hodgkin, Performance Art, 2004, oil on wood, 39 x 76.8 in., ©Howard Hodgkin. NEW HAVEN, CT.- Howard Hodgkin (b. 1932) is among the most important artists working in Britain today. Nominally abstract, his paintings are, in his words, “representational pictures of emotional situations.”