*Colao says "very comfortable" with Verizon stake. LONDON, May 21- Vodafone boss Vittorio Colao staked his reputation on selling the group's prized stake in U.S. operator Verizon Wireless at the right time and right price, saying on Tuesday he would not bow to pressure to do any deal.
LONDON, May 21- Vodafone will reinvest a $3.2 billion dividend from its healthy U.S. arm to counter weakness in southern Europe that contributed to the largest ever quarterly fall in the group's main revenue measure.
*CEO refuses to comment on sale of Verizon stake. *Will keep hold of latest Verizon payout. Rapid growth in Verizon, a solid performance in emerging markets and cost cuts however helped the group to offset some of the weakness and report slightly better than expected profit and earnings per share.
WASHINGTON, May 20- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has authority to try to speed up the process for installing wireless communications towers when local governments have been slow to act.
LONDON, May 17- After months of speculation, Vodafone's Vittorio Colao will be under pressure next week to set out whether he may sell its prized stake in Verizon Wireless in what would be one of the biggest deals ever.
LONDON/ ZUG, Switzerland, May 16- A shareholder coup at newly merged commodities group Glencore Xstrata ousted its chairman and all former Xstrata directors on Thursday, replacing him with former BP boss Tony Hayward, excoriated for his role in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
LONDON/ ZUG, Switzerland, May 16- A shareholder coup at newly merged commodities group Glencore Xstrata ousted chairman Sir John Bond on Thursday, along with all other former directors from Xstrata, replacing him with former BP boss Tony Hayward.
Inbound M&A into India totals $9.86 billion this year, the highest in Asia, Thomson Reuters data shows, pointing to growing confidence among overseas firms in the potential of a 1.2 billion-strong consumer market. "India as a country is under-consumed. In 2012, foreign direct investment into India dipped about 7 percent to $29.3 billion.
BOSTON, May 15- Billionaire investor John Paulson bet more heavily on mortgage insurers during the first quarter, which suggests that his hedge fund expects the housing recovery to grow stronger in the months ahead.
NEW YORK, May 14- Verizon Communications Inc does not need more cash from its wireless venture with Vodafone Group Plc to support its own dividend payments, Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo said on Tuesday.