A $285 million investment at Yonkers Raceway has equipped the venue for the 21st century. Ben Sansom reports on an expansion program which has enabled the historic venue to thrive where many others have suffered in the recent economic slowdown
 

Noble Energy Inc. has agreed to buy nearly all of the oil and natural gas reserves in eastern Colorado owned by CanadaÔÇÖs Suncor Energy Inc., for $494 million.

Work has begun on the UKÔÇÖs first container port to be built in 25 years, the siteÔÇÖs owners have announced.

Kraft Foods has said it will increase its bid for UK confectionery firm Cadbury following the sale of its US and Canadian frozen pizza operations to SwitzerlandÔÇÖs Nestl├® for the sum of $3.7 billion.

The US food giant Kraft Foods has said it will increase its bid for UK confectionery firm Cadbury following the sale of its US and Canadian frozen pizza operations to SwitzerlandÔÇÖs Nestl├® for the sum of $3.7 billion (┬ú2.3 billion).

The French oil giant Total has entered the US non-conventional gas market by signing a joint-venture with Oklahoma-based Chesapeake Energy Corp.

The Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis has purchased a controlling stake in Nestl├®ÔÇÖs Alcon, the world's largest eye care firm, for Ôé¼19.7 billion.

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