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European regulator approves $67-bn Glencore-Xstrata deal with conditions
23 Nov 2012
Glencore now has to wait for the approval of regulators in China and South Africa to seal the merger, after shareholders of both companies this week finally approved the long-awaited merger
Xstrata-Glencore merger: investors snub £144-million retention bonuses
21 Nov 2012
Shareholders of Swiss miner Xstrata Plc voted by 78.9 per favouring the merger with Glencore, without the board-backed payments package to retain top officials
Bayer backs out from bidding war with Reckitt Benckiser over US vitamins maker Schiff Nutrition
20 Nov 2012
Glencore shareholders approve $67-bn merger with Xstrata
20 Nov 2012
After nine months of hard negotiations, shareholders of commodities giant Glencore International today voted overwhelmingly in favour of its $67-billion merger with diversified Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata Plc
Total to sell Nigerian oilfield stake to China’s Sinopec for $2.5 bn
20 Nov 2012
The sale is part of Total’s plans to divest assets worth up to $20 billion from 2012 to 2014
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