Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
South America is the most important consumer market of Brazil's manufacturing and technology-intensive industries, the National Industry Confederation (CNI) said Thursday.
In a study, entitled "The Brazilian Enterprises' Interests i ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Gold prices hit a record high of 975 U.S. dollars Thursday on falling dollar.
Soaring oil prices, a weak dollar and growing worries that the U.S. economy is sliding into a recession have fed investor appetite for gold.
Meanw ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Neither Microsoft Corp nor Yahoo Inc wants to blink first in the software giant's proposed $41.7 billion takeover of the Web pioneer but as the gamesmanship drags on, archrival Google Inc, the merger's raison d'etre, is the biggest benefici ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Ailing US carmaker Chrysler Holding LLC sustained a net loss of 1.94 billion euros according to IFRS accounting rules between the close of its sale on Aug 4 and the end of the third quarter, former owner Daimler said.
The loss was main ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
BMW, whose 7-Series sedan spews twice as much carbon dioxide as General Motors' tiny Corsa, may boost its stock 30 percent with cleaner engines that meet Europe's new carbon-emission rules.
BMW, Porsche and Daimler are spending billions ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
China, India and Brazil will more than double their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 if they fail to improve energy efficiency substantially, the World Bank said in a book released yesterday.
The book, titled Financing Ene ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
In the fourth quarter of last year, Belgium-based InBev more than doubled its net profit to 900 million euros partly due to a strong growth in Brazil and Eastern Europe, the company said Thursday.
InBev, the largest brewer in the wo ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
The U.S. dollar reached a new low against the euro Thursday on weak economic data.
The U.S. economy grew at a scant 0.6 percent pace in the fourth quarter, according to the Commerce Department report, compared with a much healthier ...
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