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Carlyle Group Inc.-backed CG, +1.04% Fortitude Reinsurance Co. Ltd. said Friday it closed its acquisition of Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corp. (PALAC), a unit of Prudential Financial Inc. PRU, +0.19%, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, which was announced in September, includes about $31 billion of in-force variable annuity account values, mostly from non-New York, […]

The numbers: The Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing PMI, a closely followed index of U.S.-based manufacturing activity, slipped to 57.1% in March from 58.6% in the prior month, the research group said Friday. This is the lowest level since September 2020. Given strength in the regional manufacturing surveys in March, economists polled by The Wall […]

Baker Hughes BKR, +0.03% on Friday reported that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil was up by two to 533 this week. That followed a climb of seven oil rigs the week before, Baker Hughes data show. The total active U.S. rig count, which includes those drilling for natural gas, climbed by […]

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 34, § 2, PARAGRAPH 3, OF THE LAW OF 2 AUGUST 2002 Trading in Dexia, ISIN code BE0003796134 on Euronext Brussels will re-open on  03/08/2012 at 09:45am.   Source: FSMA

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 34, § 2, PARAGRAPH 3, OF THE LAW OF 2 AUGUST 2002 Trading in Dexia BE0003796134 on Euronext Brussels is suspended from 08:49am on 03/08/2012 until the publication of a press release.   Source: FSMA

ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY, PUBLISHED IN APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 34, § 2, PARAGRAPH 3, OF THE LAW OF 2 AUGUST 2002 Trading in Colonel Bourg, ISIN code BE0003716306 on Euronext Brussels will re-open on  02/08/2012 at 11:00am.   Source: FSMA