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Dividends come roaring back in 2011

  A comeback for dividends: Big US companies give shareholders $16.6 billion more in income Rachel Beck and David K. Randall, AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Big companies increased their dividends by a record amount in the first quarter. Since the start of the year, 117 companies in […]

Nasdaq, ICE make $11.3B bid for NYSE Euronext

Nasdaq, ICE team up to make $11.3 billion counterbid for NYSE, in challenge to German exchange NEW YORK (AP) — Nasdaq is teaming up with IntercontinentalExchange to make an $11.3 billion counteroffer for the parent of the New York Stock Exchange. The joint bid is a challenge to Deutsche Boerse, […]

Dangote plans listing on London Stock Exchange

Dangote Group says plans are underway for the listing of it’s cement company on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) by December Dangote cement hit 12.3bn dollars market value in mid-March, making it the largest company in the West African sub-region. Mr. Joseph Makoju, Special Adviser to the President of the […]