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MELBOURNE, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Lazard Ltd’s (LAZ.N) Australian private equity arm is likely to sell two more of its businesses in coming months and will launch a new fund to take advantage of acquisition opportunities in the services sector, its chief said.
Lindsay Phillips, Managing Director of Lazard Carnegie Wylie Private Equity, told Reuters [...]

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) – It took three years, but “Machete,” whose mock trailer was lovingly showcased in the B-picture homage “Grindhouse,” finally hits theaters Friday.
And anyone whose appetite was whetted by that teasing coming attraction no doubt will be satiated by Robert Rodriguez and co-director Ethan Maniquis’ full-length incarnation, which delivers everything that was [...]

(Reuters) – Three Armenian soldiers and two Azeris were killed in an exchange of fire on the Nagorno-Karabakh front-line on Tuesday, Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry said, in the latest clash over the disputed region.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Defence Ministry blamed Armenia, saying Armenian soldiers had “crossed the line of contact and tried to attack [...]

Hey, shut up and listen to this: A majority of a new survey’s respondents think Americans are getting more rude!
Conducted in August by Rasmussen Reports, the survey asked, “Are Americans becoming kinder and gentler or more rude and less civilized?” The 14 percent who picked “kinder and gentler” were vastly outnumbered by the 69 percent [...]

COMO, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Sep 01 (MARKET WIRE) —
The Directors of Medusa Mining Limited (TSX: MLL)(ASX: MML)(AIM: MML)
(”Medusa” or the “Company”) give notice that a general meeting of members
will be held at the Esplanade River Suites, 112 Melville Parade, Como,
Western Australia on 6 October 2010 at 10.00 am (Perth time) (”Meeting”).
The [...]

(Reuters) – Taiwan’s Compal Electronics Inc (2324.TW), the world’s No.2 contract laptop maker, said on Wednesday it expects third quarter shipments to fall by a single digit percent from the second quarter, but pick up in the fourth quarter.
Compal President Ray Chen also told an investor conference that fourth-quarter shipments would rise 10 percent over [...]

(Reuters) – Finnish cargo handling equipment maker Cargotec (CGCBV.HE) said on Wednesday it will start lay off talks at its unit in southern Finnish city of Tampere and estimated some 95 jobs could be cut.
The firm said it planned to transform its manufacturing unit in Tampere into a technology centre with a testing workshop in [...]

XINYU CITY, China and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ — LDK Solar Co., Ltd. (”LDK Solar”; NYSE: LDK), a leading manufacturer of solar wafers and PV products, announced today the filing of an objection for an Arbitration before the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) in Shanghai, China against Canadian Solar, Inc. (CSI), [...]

(Reuters) – European shares rose on Wednesday, led by mining stocks boosted by a manufacturing rebound in China and the media sector after Vivendi (VIV.PA) raised its annual profit targets.
Miners were buoyed by optimism about China’s manufacturing base after positive purchasing manager data. Anglo American (AAL.L), Antofagasta (ANTO.L), BHP Billiton (BLT.L), Rio Tinto (RIO.L) and [...]

(Reuters) – Privatisation of Russia’s biggest lender Sberbank SBER.MM should take place on the open market, the bank’s chief executive German Gref said on Wednesday.
“It is better to sell on the market, but if there is an investor who is willing to offer a premium, then this could be considered,” Gref told journalists. “Sale on [...]