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Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Devin Hobbes submits: A few weeks ago, I wrote about UST (UST) as a stock to watch . It was supposed to be purchased by Altria (MO) before year's end for $69.50 a share. UST closed at $64.90 a share on Friday, after Altria announced that the deal might be put off until 2009 because of the deepening credit crisis. Altria will pay UST $300 million if the deal does not close by January 7, 2009. (Shareholder...
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CFO (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The highly rated tobacco company's purchase of UST could be pushed back until January.
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
J ust a couple of years ago, when Republican Bob Ehrlich was governor of Maryland and running for re-election, he stood next to Rudy Giuliani at a $2,000-a-plate fundraiser in Baltimore, and the former New York City mayor took questions from reporters. When one brought up Maryland's blue statehood, Ehrlich stepped forward to make a correction.
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Altria may postpone its acquisition of UST until January on the advice of its lenders, as the credit crisis hits even highly rated companies.
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WallStreetAndTech (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
FFastFill, an independent software vendor, has passed conformance requirements with BGC US Treasury (UST) markets via the BGC Vendor Partnership Program.
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Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Altria Group Inc. said it may put off completing its planned $10.3 billion acquisition of UST Inc. until early next year on the recommendation of its lenders.Altria, which owns cigarette maker Philip Morris USA Inc., didn't elaborate on the reason for the extension, and company officials weren't immediately available to comment. ...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) (NYSE: MO) and UST Inc. (UST) (NYSE: UST) today announced that the companies have amended the September 7, 2008 agreement pursuant
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Mondo Visione (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
FFastFill plc, a leading provider of application services to the electronic trading community, announced today that it has become the first Independent Software Vendor ("ISV") to pass conformance requirements with BGC US Treasury ("UST") markets via the BGC Vendor Partnership Program*. FFastFill can now offer its clients direct access to BGC's electronic markets for UST. In addition, FFastFill will...
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QandO (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
J ust read the story . A tease? A bar owner in Chicago paints a nude picture of Sarah Palin using his daughter as the model. You’ll see some of the painting. It’s a pretty poor likeness. But for a guy with little talent he worked hard on it: "I wanted to get that smirk she does in the magazines and I just kind of drew it and drew it until it came together," he said. "That smirk says ‘I was the town...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UST GlobalSM (UST), a leading provider of IT services and solutions for Global 1000 enterprises, announced it received
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AllThingsGerman.net (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
MwSt is the abbreviation for Mehrwertsteuer, which is also known as Umsatzsteuer (USt). This is the equivalent to VAT in the UK. At present, MwSt is 19% for most items in Germany, with some items such as basic foodstuffs and books being only 7%. For some goods and services (eg. stamps) there is currently no MwSt. The [...]
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Minnesota Mom (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
J ust so you know, I made good on my promise to serve beets at the next meal. It was a single serving, granted, and it was very, very good. Diced beets + goat cheese + spinach leaves + a few squirts of this = I don’t care what the rest of my family thinks. Personally, I’m in heaven.
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
Twelve people died after a truck smashed into a minibus in the Central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan, the republic’s emergencies ministry said on Sunday. The road accident occurred early on Saturday on the highway between Almaty and Ust Kamenogorosk in the east of the ex-Soviet republic. All the eleven passengers and the driver of the Mercedes [...]
