IBT Staff Reporter

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Harvard Law School has announced a new multi-year training program for providing executive education to mid-level associates at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy over the course of their careers.

Flood and storm-battered northern Australia is likely to suffer more frequent weather extremes, according to a study of coral cores that reveal a centuries-old climate record for the region.

Newcrest Mining , Australia's top gold miner, almost doubled underlying first-half profits on Friday due to higher gold production, beating some forecasts, and appointed a new chief executive.

Canadian exchange operator TMX Group (X.TO), which is the target a friendly takeover by the London Stock Exchange (LSE.L) said on Thursday it has taken a 50 percent stake in Australia's PCF MinesOnline.com Ltd.

Global reinsurance giant Swiss Re said Australia's natural disaster risk was increasing and urged its governments to cover the rising damages bill using insurance instruments like catastrophe bonds as opposed to one-off disaster levies.

Soaring oil prices will help France's Total (TOTF.PA) produce bumper annual profits on Friday, when investors hope for details on how much Europe's third-largest oil group will invest to revive output.

Properties underlying Australian commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) experienced minimal disruption as a result of the recent flooding and cyclone experienced in Queensland, Australia, according to Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.

About a quarter of Australia's sugar cane crop may have been destroyed after Cyclone Yasi tore through key growing areas, with the damage exacerbating already tight global supplies and helping push U.S. futures to three-decade highs last week.

Egypt's three decade ruler Hosni Mubarak has fled the country Egypt and noted that the address he is scheduled to deliver in a few hours is taped, according to Ahlul Bayt News Agency news agency.

The German luxury carmaker Mercedes Benz is yet to unveil the new 2012 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe officially, but has selectively leaked a few of its pictures.

As the latest legal battle of the trouble-prone actress Lindsay Lohan began on her shoplifting charges, the focus of the public has completely shifted to the super-snug and super-short white dress she wore.

Pop star Katy Perry has revealed her weight during a recent magazine interview saying she is happy how she is because she used to be, in her words, fuller figured.

Mario Cuomo, the former New York governor, was named as mediator in the $1 billion legal battle between the owners of the New York Mets baseball team and the trustee for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

Deutsche Boerse AG's planned takeover of NYSE Euronext faces intense scrutiny from German regulators and European antitrust authorities, potentially imperiling the blockbuster exchange tie-up.

Asian stocks fell more than a percent and were on course for their biggest weekly loss in nine months as investors shunned risk on concerns about the pace of policy tightening in the region and growing tensions in Egypt.

Dynegy Inc defended its attempt to sell itself for $665 million to billionaire Carl Icahn, arguing on Thursday that weak market conditions could force the power company into a liquidity crisis if the deal was not completed.

Asian stocks fell on Friday and were on course for their biggest weekly loss in nine months, as investors shunned risk on concerns about the pace of policy tightening within the region and escalating tensions in Egypt.

Verizon Wireless' new iPhone drew sparse crowds on Thursday, a far cry from the mania that usually surrounds a nationwide Apple Inc product debut.

General Motors Co and Chrysler Group LLC could award some managers bonuses of up to 50 percent of their salary, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing three people familiar with the matter.

Sen. Mitch McConnell said Democrats' recent tributes to late President Ronald Reagan on his 100th birthday were an attempt to draw attention away from thei policies over the past two years.

The head of Cisco Systems Inc's consumer business group and the former chief of the Flip video camera maker is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.

Boeing Co submitted a final proposal in its politically sensitive rematch against Europe's EADS to build a potential $50 billion fleet of U.S. Air Force refueling aircraft.

Sen. Mitch McConnell R-KY on Thursday urged conservatives to stick to their principles and realize that battles over issues such as reform for health care or campaign finance required a long-term, lifetime commitment effort to get right.

Kraft Foods Inc lowered its 2011 forecast for earnings growth, as it expects some consumers to be put off by price increases it will take to offset soaring commodity costs.

Pipeline company Kinder Morgan Inc sold more shares and priced them above the expected range, an underwriter said on Thursday, raising about $2.86 billion in the largest U.S. energy initial public offering since 1998.

China has created a state planning zone covering the country's biggest rare earth mines in a move to cut production of the vital rare mineral elements used for numerous high-tech goods, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday night.

International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Thursday the Chinese yuan should be given a greater role within a restructured international monetary system.

Kraft Foods Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly sales on Thursday, helped by its acquisition of Cadbury.