Archive for March 11th, 2008
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steelmaker, won approval on Monday from the European Union (EU) to buy Galvex OU, the Estonian privately-owned steel galvanizing company based in Tallinn.
"The proposed transaction would not imped ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Brazil's Sao Paulo state government will fight for a share of the royalties from oil and gas production in the newly-found oil fields of Tupi and Jupiter, which are expected to be destined to Rio de Janeiro state, local press reported Monda ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Chile's state National Petroleum Company and its Ecuadorian counterpart, Petroecuador, have agreed to jointly explore for gas reserves, the two nations' presidents announced Monday.
No details of the agreement were immediately made ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
The dollar fell against most major currencies on Monday for fears of a U.S. recession.
The euro briefly fell during the session after Europe's top monetary official said he was worried about recent exchange rate moves.
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Economic cooperation and integration will deepen and be a key pillar of Asia's development strategy, the head of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Haruhiko Kuroda said Monday.
Addressing a conference here on "European and Asian Integ ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Most European stocks fell and Asian shares slumped as commodities producers and technology companies retreated on concern the US economy has entered a recession.
US index futures rose on speculation the Federal Reserve will accelerate in ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
The weekly average oil prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) hit 97.42 U.S. dollars per barrel (dpb) last week, the Vienna-based cartel said Monday.
The weekly oil prices have been rising constantly for ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Germany registered a better-than-expected trade surplus of 17.1 billion euros (26.2 billion U.S. dollars) in January despite the strong euro, the Federal Statistical Office Destatis said Monday.
Germany had recorded a trade surplus ...
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