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ThyssenKrupp aims to double China sales in 5 years

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - German industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp aims to double its China sales to 2 billion euros ($2.85 billion) in the next five years, its chief executive said on Sunday.



Hedge funds set to talk to Northern Rock: paper

LONDON (Reuters) - The British Treasury has given two U.S. hedge funds permission to start takeover talks with stricken British mortgage lender Northern Rock Plc , the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.


ECB's Trichet-transparency best vaccine vs contagion

SALZBURG, Austria (Reuters) - Bouts of economic and financial market turbulence over the past 25 years have shown policymakers that transparency is the best protection against contagion from such events, European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet said on Saturday.


UPS says deal with Teamsters possible by Monday

CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc said on Saturday it may reach an agreement with its unionized U.S. drivers as early as Monday.