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Four Admit Guilt in Rio Tinto Trial
Four Rio Tinto executives admitted in a Shanghai court that they accepted bribes from steelmakers in China.

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Mulally's Pay Rises
Ford CEO Alan Mulally's total compensation rose 5.9% last year to $17.9 million, with most of the increase coming from stock awards based on the company's improved performance.
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E*Trade Hires Ex-Citi Executive as CEO
E*Trade said former Citigroup executive Steven Freiberg will become chief executive of the online brokerage beginning April 1.
- Deal Journal: Freiberg Was a Citigroup Lifer
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Lazard Finance Chief to Retire in Year
Lazard's chief financial officer, Michael Castellano, will retire in a year, to be succeeded by Matthieu Bucaille, a Lazard executive in Paris.
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Arrow Energy Sells Assets
Arrow Energy agreed to sell the bulk of its Australian assets to Shell and PetroChina for about $3.15 billion.
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Consol Plans to Buy Rest of CNX
Consol Energy plans to buy the remaining 17% of CNX Gas it doesn't already own as the coal company said it intends to sell at least $4.5 billion worth of stock and debt to help fund that buy and the pending acquisition of Dominion Resources's natural-gas business.
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Tiffany Earnings, Sales Jump
Tiffany said earnings more than quadrupled as sales climbed, but the upscale jeweler's profit was less than analysts' expected.
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ONGC, GAIL Scout for Global Assets
India's state-run Oil & Natural Gas Corp.and GAIL (India) are in talks with overseas energy companies to secure oil and gas assets as the world's second-fastest growing major economy tries to meet rising energy demand.
- India Oil Firms Bid for Gulfsands
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Ann Taylor Swings to Profit
Ann Taylor Stores eked out a surprise profit in its latest quarter as a sales decline stabilized and it cut back on discounting. The women's clothing retailer forecast a return to sales gains this year.
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Lufthansa Pilots Call New Strike
A union representing pilots at Deutsche Lufthansa says it is calling a four-day strike for mid-April after failing to resolve a dispute over pay and job security.
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Kimberly-Clark to Cut Costs Again
Kimberly-Clark said it anticipates making as much as $500 million more in cost cuts through 2013 and plans to increase spending on marketing.
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Williams-Sonoma's Profit Soars
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Bundesbank Warns on Greek IMF Aid
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Germany Ponders Bank Levy
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Interest-Rate Deals Sting Cities
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Google Near Plan on China
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FDA Wrestles With Undoing Decision
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EMI Holds License Talks
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ICICI Gets Full Banking Privileges in Singapore
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Scripps Networks Plans Hub in India
Sun Hung Kai Profit Surges
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EU Explores Bank-Failure Mechanism
Failed Brands Get New Life

Media & Marketing

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Oxygen Serves Up Air of Youth
NBC Universal's Oxygen network is making a grab for ad dollars with a marketing campaign that takes aim at larger rival Lifetime.
Executive Pay
Firms Use Outside Adviser to Judge Executive Pay
DuPont has discovered a way for fending off shareholders who want a voice in how it compensates its top bosses: Get an outside second opinion.
Management
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Debate Over Deutsche Telekom Quota
Deutsche Telekom's decision to set a 30% female management quota has spurred a debate over the role women play in corporate Germany.
Law
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Rio Tinto Trial Looms
Monday's trial of four Rio Tinto executives in Shanghai underscores the limits of foreign power when it comes to shaping the way China treats international companies there.
- Heard: Rio's Spring Break in China
- Vote: Are the charges politically motivated?

Asia

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Air China to Control Shenzhen Airlines
Asian Markets Slide
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Taliban Kill Alleged U.S. Spies

Europe

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Merkel: Greece Doesn't Need Financial Help
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French Opposition Scores Victory
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HSBC Steps Back Into U.S.

Earnings

China Telecom's Profit Soars
China Telecom, the country's largest fixed-line operator by subscribers, reported a jump in full-year net profit as its year-earlier result was weighed by an impairment loss associated with its mobile business.
Wolseley Sees Stabilization
Intesa Sanpaolo Posts Profit

Economy

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Big Push to Alter Finance Rules
Administration officials are intensifying their appeals to overhaul U.S. financial regulation as the Senate Banking Committee prepares to take up the Dodd legislation.
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IMF Urges Action on Deficits, Debt
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China Warns Against U.S. Sanctions

Health

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Biogen to Add Two Directors
Biogen reached an agreement with Icahn, adding two members to its board—one of whom was on the three-person slate Icahn nominated in January.
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Order on Abortion Solidifies Support
PepsiCo Develops 'Designer Salt'

Law

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Fed Can't Shield Discount-Window Use
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the Fed must disclose documents related to individual borrowing from its discount window and other "last resort" lending programs
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A Glimpse at the Judge Who Rapped the SEC
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Adviser Appeals Nina Wang Will Ruling

Media & Marketing

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'Alice' Stays at Top of Box Office
"Alice in Wonderland" raised its North American haul to $265.8 million and its world-wide total to $565.8 million after just three weekends in theaters, again leading the weekend box office.
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Icahn Pushes Bid for Lions Gate
Ready to Play, Tiger Aims at Augusta