3i Group Says It’s Not in Talks With Burger King on Takeover

Funai Electric to Increase LCD TV Output Capacity at Thai Plant
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) — Funai Electric Co., a Japanese maker of audio-visual equipment, plans to increase production capacity for liquid-crystal display televisions by 54 percent at its factory in Thai…

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Netherlands to Release Two Men Arrested on Amsterdam’s Airport
The Dutch national prosecutor will release two men, who were suspected of possible involvement in preparing a terrorist act, without charging them, spokesman Martijn Boelhouwer said by telephone today.

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Judge Denies U.S. Request to Dismiss Drilling Ban Challenge
A federal judge denied a U.S. government request to dismiss a challenge to the Obama administration’s deep-water drilling ban, finding the government’s new rules didn’t render a lawsuit stopping the moratorium irrelevant.

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Paterson Says Judge Blocks N.Y. Indian Cigarette Tax Collection
New York Governor David Paterson said a state appellate court has blocked the state from implementing a new tax on cigarette purchases on Indian reservations by non-tribal buyers.

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3i Group Says It’s Not in Talks With Burger King on Takeover
3i Group Plc isn’t in talks with Burger King Holdings Inc. about a possible takeover, Kathryn van der Kroft, a spokeswoman for the private-equity firm, said in a telephone interview today. 3i was interested in purchasing the U.S. fast-food chain, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.

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