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Lehman’s secret talks to sell 50% stake stall By Henny Sender and Francesco Guerrera in New York Published: August 20 2008 23:30 | Last updated: August 20 2008 23:30 Lehman Brothers, the beleaguered US investment bank, held secret talks to sell up to 50 per cent of its shares to South Korean or Chinese parties in the first week of August but failed to reach agreement with either. The South Koreans and Chinese walked away after concluding that Lehman was asking too high a price, said New York-based people familiar with the potential buyers. Lehman declined to comment. The talks...

McALLEN - Police and federal authorities are investigating the sale of six Bengal tiger cubs in a Wal-Mart parking lot Sunday afternoon. The animals appear to have been bound for Mexico and neither the buyer nor seller had the permits needed to legally transport the endangered species across national borders, a federal agent said. A group from Spring Hill Widlife Ranch in Bryan was selling the cubs - four white ones and two orange ones - in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart near Jackson Avenue and Expressway 83. Authorities believe the Spring Hill employees were selling the tigers to...

There are some 103 million ounces of gold at the IMF, deposited by member countries when the fund's mission was to defend the gold standard in a balance-of-payments crisis. With an original value equivalent to $56 an ounce but now worth more than $850 an ounce, the ingots have generated huge gains for their owners. These are not only rich countries; some 25% of the gold belongs to developing nations. India has a paper gain of more than $2 billion, the U.S. about $21 billion. This money rightfully belongs to the members. But the fund now has a budget that...

Hollywood, CA -- Readers of LifeNews.com had the opportunity to purchase a DVD copy of the heartwarming movie Bella weeks ago, and now the general public can purchase the film. Already, the pro-life themed movie is the most popular pre-sell DVD in its category at Amazon.com. LifeNews.com has been covering the progress of Bella since June 2006 when we received a private advanced screening of the unfinished, pre-edited movie. Full story at http://www.lifenews.com/nat3913.html To purchase a DVD copy of the movie, vist http://www.hh76.com/default.asp?r=275

Rare coconut tree on sale for $1m By John James BBC News Abidjan No buyers have come forward for the tree Scientists in Ivory Coast are trying to sell a rare multi-headed coconut tree for a million dollars. They have yet to find a buyer. Most coconut palms have a single trunk and head - this one has three heads. "It is a rare botanical curiosity", says Dr Roland Bourdeix, who works with the Marc Delorme coconut research station outside Abidjan. "We have 150,000 palm trees in this research plantation and there is only one which has three heads like...

As she campaigns throughout Indiana, Sen. Hillary Clinton has been talking quite a bit about Magnequench, a Valparaiso, Ind., factory that moved to China. What Clinton doesn't tell voters is that Magnequench was originally sold to Chinese interests during her husband's administration, which okayed the move despite concerns about national security and eventual job loss. Experts say the Chinese acquired the "technical sophistication" that created the magnets long before George W. Bush took office.

Licensed scale model of Beijing Olympic torch to go on sale March 8 BEIJING, March 6 -- In celebration of the upcoming start of the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay, a new Beijing Olympic licensed product, a scale model of the Beijing Olympic Torch, was unveiled Thursday morning. Measuring 29 cm in height, the scale model of the torch is made of steel left over from the construction of the "Bird's Nest." It is the first 3-D model of an Olympic torch that has been authorized by the International Olympic Committee. The Olympic Flame has brought the joy and fervor of...

This is for sure a vanity, so if you don't like it please move on. I want to sell a shotgun I've had for a few years but have no idea how much to sell it for. It's a Remington 870 Express Magnum 12 gauge pump. I bought it new in 1999. It's only been fired once and been stored in a case since then so it's in great shape. I don't remember exactly how much I paid for it. But I do want to sell it. I know that there are far more knowledgeable freepers than I...so how much...

Boeing Co. said it received an order for 20 of its 737-800 aircraft from India's Jet Airways. The Chicago-based aerospace company said the list price for the short to medium-range twin-jet aircraft ordered by the Mumbai totals "nearly $1.5 bllion." Like its rival Airbus, however, Boeing often offers price discounts to purchasers of major orders often receive discounts. Boeing's release said the two companies had "finalized" the order. Earlier this month, Jet Airways had disclosed the purchase accord in a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Wendy's purchase talks stuck at crawl Friday, August 10, 2007 3:25 AM By Monique Curet THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Wendy's International Inc. remains in talks with a potential buyer more than a week after a deadline passed for resolving issues related to the sale process. Neither the company nor the suitor, investor Nelson Peltz's Triarc Cos., is saying much. But if Wendy's is taking a hard stance during the negotiations, it suggests that the company "has sufficient interest from someone else," one observer said. No one is saying who that might be. Peltz, who owns Arby's and controls nearly 10 percent...

DaimlerChrysler appears ready to sell a controlling interest in the struggling Chrysler Group to Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm, people with direct knowledge of the discussions said today. The deal, which would unwind the 1998 trans-Atlantic merger between Daimler-Benz and Chrysler, could be announced as soon as Monday, these people said. They insisted on confidentiality because of the sensitive nature of the talks. It would conclude three months of discussions that have taken place since DaimlerChrysler announced in February that it was keeping all its options open for Chrysler, including a sale or finding a partner to run...

The government has ordered an Internet auction site to remove an advertisement in which a Brazilian man offered to sell his wife for about $50. The Secretariat of Public Policies for Women announced late Friday it had ordered Mercado Livre, partially owned by eBay Inc., to remove the ad and warned it was violating a law banning the offer or sale of "human organs, people, blood, bones or skin." The advertisement was no longer visible on the site Saturday. It was posted by a man who gave his name as Breno and said: "I sell my wife for reasons I...

Laughing gas is being sold illegally in Britain's pubs and nightclubs despite warnings that it can kill, a Sky News undercover team has revealed.

My husband is thinking of selling our business. The business is operated out of our home, provides us with a good income (I am a SAHM and his office manager) we have no employees at the moment. A business associate of my husband's expressed interest in the business a few months ago, and would more than likely hire dh to run the business after the sale. Other factors: we are purchasing two investment properties, which may qualify for the go-zone depreciation allowance, have one child still at home who may or may not go to college. We do not intend...

IMPEACHBUSH.COM for sale on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/IMPEACHBUSH-COM-premium-domain-name-IMPEACH-BUSH_W0QQitemZ280070328094QQihZ018QQcategoryZ3767QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Presently over $250000.

n July 10, 2001, the New York Times published an opinion article titled “The Declining Terrorist Threat.” It was written by Larry C. Johnson, a former CIA analyst and State Department counterterrorism official, who argued that Americans spent too much time worrying about terrorist attacks that would likely never come. “Judging from news reports and the portrayal of villains in our popular entertainment,” Johnson wrote, “Americans are bedeviled by fantasies about terrorism.” And then: They seem to believe that terrorism is the greatest threat to the United States and that it is becoming more widespread and lethal. They are likely...

...This likely comes as a surprise to each of you," Publisher Keith Moyer acknowledged during a late-afternoon staff meeting. "These are indeed challenging times for newspapers, especially larger ones, such as ours," Moyer said. Speaking to the Star Tribune staff Tuesday, an Avista executive said the firm was drawn to the Star Tribune by its dominant market share in the Twin Cities. The Star Tribune, which has been in operation under different names and owners for nearly 140 years, had 40 percent of the Twin Cities advertising market in the third quarter. "I'm here today because my partners at Avista...

ExxonMobil, the US oil giant, has launched a multi-million pound sale of its stakes in several oil and gas fields in the Southern North Sea. The company, which hopes to get more than £200m for the package, is the latest of the oil majors to review its assets in the North Sea as production in the region starts to decline. Exxon is selling its stakes in the Lancelot, Thames and Hewett area fields, as well as the Hewett Bacton Gas Terminal. Analysts said potential bidders for the assets are likely to include Tullow Oil, the independent exploration and production company,...

China Holds Ethnic Koreans for Attempted Uranium Sale Chinese police last month arrested two men on charges of trying to sell 1 kg of enriched uranium, an essential raw material for nuclear weapons, press reports said Monday. The two were ethnic Koreans living in China, police in Beijing confirmed. Press reports said Beijing police arrested the two men, identified as Chang and Chung, on charges of attempting to sell 969.03 grams of enriched uranium at a hotel there on Sept. 11. Beijing police said initial investigations found the enriched uranium probably came from Russia, but sources there say the possibility...

Iranian president says to sell nuclear fuel to west in five years www.chinaview.cn 2006-10-20 16:35:58 Special report: Iran Nuclear Crisis TEHRAN, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that his country would produce nuclear fuel in five years and sell it to the West at a "50 percent discount." "We promise to produce (nuclear fuel) in the next five years and will sell it (to the West) at a 50 percent discount," Ahmadinejad told a rally in support of the Palestinian people in Tehran. Meanwhile, he said that Israel had lost reasons for its existence and...