Underlying profit of about $4.1 billion missed the $4.3 billion average forecast of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. The miner also raised its interim dividend payments 38 percent to beat estimates. Costs were higher than anticipated and BHP disclosed a $496 million hit on operational issues at
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A Trump administration plan to to replace food-stamp spending with boxes of “100 percent American grown food'' landed on Congress's doorstep with a thud. But the public attention heaped on the Agriculture Department's plan to deliver “Harvest Boxes” to poor families also obscured the
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General Motors plans to produce two new models in South Korea, according to a local lawmaker, quoting GM executive Barry Engle as saying this at a meeting with South Korean members of parliament.
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TOKYO, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Buoyant sales of cars and electronics led Japan's exports to a 14th straight month of growth in January but manufacturers' business confidence slid – highlighting fears of the rising yen disrupting an export-led recovery.
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Management Accounting Professional Generalist. Employee | Accounting / Finance | Professional | Netherlands | North Holland | 2018-02-19 | REQ-10006564. Apply. Job description. Advises and is a sparring partner for C&G CFO and CEO; Coordination of the C&G MTP process and ownership of the
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