Archive for February 22nd, 2008
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Tokyo stocks closed sharply lower Friday.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, which climbed nearly 380 points Thursday, shed 187.82 points, or 1.37 percent, to end at 13,500.46.
The broader Topix index of all First Section i ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
In order to save Britain's pork industry, dozens of pig farmers gathered in London to record the song "Stand by your Ham," available for download online, media reported Friday.
Because of unprecedented rises in feed prices fuelled by ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Japanese top automaker Toyota Motor Corp. has urged Indonesia to expand the capacity of car terminal at Jakarta's Tanjung Priok Port due to expected higher export sales from the country, local press reported Friday.
Local subsidiary ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Brazil's reserves are enough to pay its external debt, both in public and private sectors, Brazil's central bank said in a statement on Thursday.
According to the bank, the country's international reserves and assets overcame its ex ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Starbucks Corp, the world's largest chain of coffee shops, said on Thursday it will eliminate 600 jobs in an effort to end a decline in customer visits amid a faltering economy.
The company has laid off about 220 support staff and w ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Myanmar's foreign trade in the first half of the fiscal year 2007-08 (April-September) was up 30.46 percent, reaching 5.049 billion U.S. dollars compared with the same period of 2006-07, according to the latest figures from the Central Stat ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Microsoft on Thursday announced it will share more information about its products and technology in an effort to make outside applications work together with its softwares.
The company will publish technical information on its websi ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Latin America's three major stock markets closed higher Thursday.
Mexico City's IPC stock index rose by 0.47 percent to close at 29,2361.32 points. A total of 156 million shares were traded at 502 million U.S. dollars.
The B ...
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