FORT WORTH COMPANIES - UPDATE 1-Henderson bids for troubled rival New Star - Forbes FORT WORTH COMPANIES - UPDATE 1-Henderson bids for troubled rival New Star - Forbes

Friday, January 30, 2009

FORT WORTH COMPANIES - UPDATE 1-Henderson bids for troubled rival New Star - Forbes

LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Anglo-Australian fund manager Henderson Group on Friday unveiled a 115 million pounds ($162.3 million) offer for struggling rival New Star Asset Management. Henderson said it would pay 22 million pounds for New Star's in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were unchanged at 8,112. S&P 500 index futures rose 0.70, or 0.08%, to 843.50, while Nasdaq 100 index futures rose 3.50, or 0.3%, to 1,209.50. More on The Market Story Indices Plunge on Weak Data Indices Plunge on in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

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BARCELONA (Dow Jones)--La Caixa, Spain's top savings bank by assets, said Friday 2008 net profit fell 28% as weaker economic conditions resulted in higher non-performing loans and hefty provisions. La Caixa said in a presentation that net profit for in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

DAVOS, Switzerland (Dow Jones)--Turkey is near to reaching an agreement with the International Monetary Fund providing financial backup in the global credit crunch, Economy Minister Mehmet Simsek said Friday. In an interview with Dow Jones Newswires in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

WASHINGTON — Whole Foods Market, the largest U.S. natural-foods grocer, has begun talks with the Federal Trade Commission to resolve the government's antitrust review of its $565 million purchase of Wild Oats Markets. The FTC agreed to a company in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

FRANKFURT, Jan 30 (Reuters) - European shares recovered on Friday, led by pharma stocks as Roche lowered its takeover bid for Genentech, but also ahead of economic data from the United States and Europe which is expected to be bleak. At 1003 GMT, the in STOCKMARKET NEWS >

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