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Avon to consider Coty's $10.7 billion takeover bid

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Avon Products Inc on Sunday said it told Coty Inc that it would consider the smaller company's $10.7 billion takeover bid and it expected to respond within a week.

In a letter to Avon's board dated M

Inflation likely slowed slightly in April: Reuters Poll

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India's inflation rate probably eased only slightly in April, held firm by food prices, underscoring the RBI's stance that it had little room for further rate cuts, a Reuters poll found.

The median c

Eurozone turmoil boosts London property stampede

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Worsening financial and political turmoil in southern Europe caused a surge of interest in London property last month with buyers from Greece and Spain showing strongly among investors seeking a safe

China growth risks signal need for fiscal action

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China may need a back-up plan to stop economic growth being cut short by a surprise dip in demand at home and abroad that suggests monetary policy easing steps taken since the final quarter of last ye

Fed regulators in hot seat over JPMorgan loss

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JPMorgan's $2 billion-plus trading loss raises serious questions about whether the New York Federal Reserve and other regulators were asleep at the wheel or whether it is asking too much of them to ke

April inflation accelerates to 7.23%

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India's wholesale price index (WPI) rose a faster-than-expected 7.23 per cent in April from a year earlier, mainly driven by higher food prices and manufactured items, government data showed on Monday

Google, Apple shares better long-term vs Facebook - Barron's

Shares of Google and Apple are probably better long-term bets than Facebook, and investors would do well to skip its highly touted IPO, Barron's wrote in its May 14 edition.

Facebook shares, if price

Yahoo CEO out, investor Loeb gets board seats

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Yahoo Inc is replacing its CEO for the third time in as many years, and giving three board seats to a hedge fund led by Daniel Loeb, putting him in a strong position to influence strategy at the strug

Yamaha India to build new $280 million two-wheeler plant

Yamaha Motor Co will spend Rs 15 billion over the next five years on a new two-wheeler factory in India, the Japanese automaker's Indian unit said, as the company ramps up capacity in the world's seco

Topless Ukraine activist grabs Euro soccer cup

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A Ukrainian women's rights activist stripped to the waist and seized the Euro-2012 soccer trophy while it was on public display in Kiev on Saturday in a protest against the forthcoming month-long cham

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