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Seeking to tamp down “noise” over the possible sale of its newspapers, Tribune Co. CEO Peter Liguori sent an email to employees Wednesday calling speculation about a transaction premature. “A sale transaction is only one of our...

* Companies rely more on debt factoring, funds loans * Big players forced to sell assets * China expected to spend less on steel By Silvia Antonioli and Tessa Walsh LONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - Banks are withdrawing from Europe's troubled steel sector,...

About 300 labor union members and other activists staged a demonstration to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the politically conservative Koch brothers. Demonstrators marched outside the downtown L.A. headquarters of Oaktree...

About 300 labor-union members and other activists staged a demonstration Tuesday to protest the potential sale of the Los Angeles Times to the billionaire politically conservative Koch brothers. Demonstrators marched outside the downtown L.A....

California unions are increasing their opposition to any sale of the Los Angeles Times and other Tribune Co. newspapers to the Koch brothers, urging the City Council to oppose such a deal and planning a protest for Tuesday. Charles and David Koch,...

SACRAMENTO — California legislative leaders and 10 public employee unions announced opposition Wednesday to any sale of the Los Angeles Times and other Tribune Co. newspapers to a pair of wealthy brothers who fund conservative causes. In a...

SACRAMENTO — California legislative leaders and 10 public employee unions announced opposition Wednesday to any sale of the Los Angeles Times and other Tribune Co. newspapers to a pair of wealthy brothers who fund conservative causes throughout...

May 08 (TheWrap.com) - A coalition purporting to represent more than 6 million members has aligned to try and stop the sale of Tribune Co. newspapers, including the L.A. Times, to the Koch brothers. Common Cause, Daily Kos, Free Press and Courage...

(Repeats with no changes to text) By Tom Hals May 8 (Reuters) - In the past two decades, a group of specialized hedge funds have transformed corporate bankruptcies, injecting much-needed capital while at the same time drawing fire as "vultures." Now...

(Corrects Tony Hsieh's title to CEO of Zappos, not founder, in 40th paragraph) * Institutional investors inflating Las Vegas market * Fed easy money policy boosting some housing markets * Some investors backing away from housing trade * Vegas...

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Michael Marchillo, a plumber, has been trying and failing for months to buy a bigger home for his family here in Sin City. He was pre-qualified by a bank for a $130,000 mortgage, which a year ago would have landed a typical three-...

* Institutional investors inflating Las Vegas market * Fed easy money policy boosting some housing markets * Some investors backing away from housing trade * Vegas residents fear being priced out by Wall St. speculators By Matthew Goldstein LAS...