SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22, 2010 (Reuters) — Oilfield services leader Schlumberger Ltd aims to gain market share in shale gas drilling with its purchase of rival Smith International Inc, and expects few antitrust hurdles for the takeover. ... > full story
FRANKFURT, Feb. 22, 2010 (Reuters) — Fearing potential staff cuts, Lufthansa's high-paid German pilots took to the picket lines on Monday, plunging the airline into its longest ever strike and forcing the carrier to cancel hundreds of flights. ... > full story
SINGAPORE, Feb. 22, 2010 (Reuters) — A makeshift assistance should be enough to rescue Greece but bigger problems facing Europe would leave the future of the euro currency in question, billionaire investor George Soros said. ... > full story
NEW DELHI, Feb. 21, 2010 (Reuters) — India's Bharti Airtel has lined up $9 billion in loans from foreign and local banks for its planned acquisition of the African assets of Kuwait's Zain , the Economic Times reported on Monday. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2010 (Reuters) — Five former Treasury secretaries urged Congress on Sunday to bar banks that receive federal support from engaging in speculative activity unrelated to basic bank services. ... > full story
LONDON, Feb. 21, 2010 (Reuters) — German car maker BMW is set to announce a deal on Monday to offload 3 billion pounds ($4.62 billion) of longevity risks from its UK pension scheme to Deutsche Bank , the Financial Times reported. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2010 (Reuters) — Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> believed it had saved over $100 million by convincing U.S. regulators to end a 2007 investigation of sudden acceleration complaints with a relatively cheap floormat recall, according to an internal company document. ... > full story
BASRA, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2010 (Reuters) — Iran hopes to double trade with Iraq to $8 billion this year, an Iranian diplomat said on Sunday, shrugging off Western-backed sanctions aimed at curbing business with the Islamic Republic. ... > full story
ATHENS, Feb. 21, 2010 (Reuters) — Greece's fiscal problems must be solved within the euro zone rather than with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said in an interview published in a Greek newspaper on Sunday. ... > full story
LONDON, Feb. 21, 2010 (Reuters) — Greece's borrowing needs are covered until mid-March and Athens so far is meeting goals set out in an austerity plan, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said in an interview with BBC television broadcast on Sunday. ... > full story
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