SIEBEL TO ACQUIRE EDOCS FOR $115 MILLION
Date: 18 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Siebel Systems plans to buy Edocs, electronic billing software provider, for $115 million (S)
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AMERICAN GREETINGS BUYS STAKE IN THE HATCHERY
Date: 18 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
American Greetings Corp buys major stake in Hatchery, which develops and produces family and children's entertainment, including films, videos and TV shows (S)
COMPANY NEWS
Date: 18 December 2004
DIXON TICONDEROGA CO., Heathrow, Fla., maker of yellow No. 2 pencils and felt-tip markers, agreed to be bought by Fila-Fabbrica , Milan, an Italian maker of pens and design instruments, for about $22.5 million. Dixon Ticonderoga shares rose as much as 17 percent. WYLE LABORATORIES INC., El Segundo, Calif., provider of testing, research and engineering services, will buy the aeronautics services business of General Dynamics Corp., Lexington Park, Md., enabling Wyle to pursue additional Defense Department contracts. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.'S, New York, private equity arm, JP Morgan Partners, said it would buy PQ Corp., Berwyn, Pa., a privately held chemicals company.
Franklin to Eliminate Fund Sold to Military Personnel
Date: 18 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Franklin Resources, in filing with Securities and Exchange Commission, agrees to eliminate Templeton Capital Accumulator Fund, which it sold to military personnel through First Command Financial Planning, after regulators say it used misleading sales practices; $690 million in assets will be folded into $21 billion Templeton Growth Fund (M)
World Business Briefing | Europe: Italy: Enel Rejects Bid For Unit
Date: 18 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Italian utility Enel rejects as inadequate bid from former Fiat chairman Cesare Romiti and partners, valued at more than 12 billion euros ($15.9 billion), for its Wind telephone unit; photo (S)
World Business Briefing | Americas: Canada: Fuel-Cell Investment
Date: 18 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Ford Motor and DaimlerChrysler will invest 55 million Canadian dollars ($44.6 million) in Ballard Power Systems, fuel-cell maker, to speed development of alternative-energy devices; graph (S)
Bad Loans at Banks Hit a Six-Year Low
Date: 18 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Office of Comptroller of the Currency, citing economic growth and improved ability of lenders to judge risk, reports that portion of loans 90 days or more past due at national banks fell to 0.97 percent as of September 30, 2004, lowest level in six years; reports return on equity rose to 16.86 percent in first nine months of year; reports net interest income for national banks rose $3.8 billion, or 10 percent, in third quarter (M)
Lawsuit Against Grasso to Be Delayed
Date: 18 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Lawyer for former New York Stock Exchange head Richard Grasso is granted delay until 2006 or 2007 to plan for lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who is seeking to recover part of Grasso's $139.5 million pay package (S)
World Business Briefing | Asia: China: G.M. To Sell A Buick
Date: 18 December 2004
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shanghai General Motors, joint venture between GM and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp of China, will start selling Buick Royaum model in China in March 2005 (S)