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S&P faces US govt suit over mortgage bond ratings The US government plans to sue Standard & Poor's over its rating of mortgage bonds at the heart of the 2008 financial crisis.

05 February 2013

Barclays announces departure of senior bank staff Barclays on Monday said that its finance director and top legal expert had decided to leave the bank, as the British lender undergoes a shake-up in the wake of the Libor rate-rigging scandal.

05 February 2013

President Nazarbayev meets LUKOIL President The Company has been operating in Kazakhstan for 20 years and invested about $7 billion: Mr. Alekperov.

04 February 2013

British Rio Tinto to search for deposits in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan’s KazGeology and British Rio Tinto agreed on implementation of joint projects in Kazakhstan.

04 February 2013

IBM to build smart technologies center in Astana Kazakhstan's Astana will become a hub for the only such center in CIS and Eastern Europe.

04 February 2013

Pfizer unit Zoetis makes strong market debut Zoetis, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's animal-health division, made a dramatic debut on Wall Street Friday as the biggest initial public offering since Facebook.

02 February 2013

BlackBerry faces tough battle for business users BlackBerry's new smartphone platform launched this week faces an uphill battle winning back corporate and government users who helped spawn the "crackberry" culture.

02 February 2013

Samsung chairman wins $4 bn family court case Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-Hee won a court ruling Friday against demands from his siblings to hand over billions of dollars in shares in various Samsung Group companies.

02 February 2013

Hostess selects lead bidders after $410 mn offer Twinkie manufacturer Hostess said Wednesday it had chosen a joint offer from investment firms C. Dean Metropoulos & Co. and Apollo Global Management LLC as the lead bid to buy the popular snack maker.

01 February 2013

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KazMunaiGas buys N Block B.V. stake from ConocoPhillips Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGas and ConocoPhillips Petroleum Holdings B.V. have completed a deal on a stake in N Block B.V.

31 January 2013

Dutch court rules in Nigerian farmers' suit against Shell A Dutch court will decide on Wednesday whether Shell should clean up oil damage that destroyed a group of Nigerian farmers' land, a case that could set a precedent for global environmental responsibility.

31 January 2013

Philips returns to profit, sells entertainment business Electronics giant Philips on Tuesday reported 2012 net profits of 231 million euros (311 million dollars), after losses of 1.29 billion euros in 2011, and announced the sale of its entertainment business to focus further on health products.

31 January 2013

Tech entrepreneur Musk offers to help Boeing Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, founder of the electric carmaker Tesla and aeronautics firm SpaceX, has offered to help Boeing fix apparent problems with the batteries in its grounded 787 Dreamliner.

30 January 2013

Yahoo! shares bounce as profit tops expectations Yahoo! shares bounced in after-hours trading Monday as the struggling Internet pioneer topped Wall Street expectations despite a slip in quarterly profit.

30 January 2013

Kazakhstan and Russia agreed on joint use of freight wagons KazTemirTrans and Federal Freight Company signed a memorandum of cooperation in joint use of freight rolling stock.

28 January 2013

Striking drillers of Mangistau oblast promised 13th salary Striking workers of Si Bu Engineering Drilling Company went back to work after a successful meeting with their oblast's Governor.

28 January 2013

Russia’s Sberbank President German Gref is concerned over Kazakhstan’s moves to restrict operations of foreign banks Due to a Samruk-Kazyna’s decision the bank’s Kazakhstan subsiary may lose $800 million deposited by legal entities.

28 January 2013

1000 laid off Kazakhstan workmen to be hired to modernize Atyray oil refinery According to Atyray Region Vice Governor, over 7 000 people were laid off following completion of the construction works at Bolashak oil refinery in Karabatan in 2012.

28 January 2013

Starbucks may pull British investment over tax issue: report Starbucks has threatened to suspend millions of pounds of investment in Britain over what it sees as unfair targeting by Prime Minister David Cameron over its tax affairs.

27 January 2013