Willis Acquisition of Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Clears Hart-Scott-Rodino ... - Forbes

Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: WSH), the global insurance broker, today announced that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has cleared review of Willis' pending acquisition of Hilb Rogal & Hobbs ("HRH") under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust ...

AstraZeneca shares jump on Seroquel patent win - International Herald Tribune

LONDON : Shares in AstraZeneca jumped 4.5 percent in early trade on Wednesday after the group won a key U.S. patent battle over its second-biggest selling drug Seroquel, for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. A court in New Jersey granted ...

Willis gets U.S. approval to buy rival Hilb - Forbes

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Willis Group Holdings Ltd , the No. 3 global insurance broker, won approval to buy rival Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday. Willis valued the cash and stock deal at $1.7 billion when it was ...

Elsner, Refco Banker, Flottl Face Prison Terms on Bawag Losses - Bloomberg

July 4 (Bloomberg) -- Helmut Elsner , a banker for the failed futures broker Refco Inc. , and hedge-fund manager Wolfgang Flottl face as much as 10 years in prison when a jury today delivers its verdict on charges that misuse of funds led to 1.72 ...

Greek shares slightly lower in volatile early afternoon trade - Forbes

ATHENS (Thomson Financial) - Shares edged down in volatile trade early afternoon, as a rebound after Wednesday's 52-week low was offset by a fall on Wall Street overnight, surging oil prices and expectations the European Central Bank will raise rates ...