Archive for March 18th, 2008
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Swiss energy trading company EGL has signed a multibillion dollar contract to buy natural gas from Iran's national gas producer over the next 25 years, the Swiss company announced Monday.
According to the contract, the National Iran ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
U.S. financial experts say the Federal Reserve is ready to slash a key interest rate even lower Tuesday in an effort to contain spreading financial wildfires that threaten the nation with an economic meltdown.
President Bush declared ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Microsoft Corp. and AT&T Inc.'s Yellowpages.com subsidiary on Monday signed a distribution agreement that will let consumers view its content and ad listings on Microsoft's local search sites.
Yellowpages.com expects the deal to begi ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
The Japanese government has agreed a loan of 22.08 billion yen, equivalent to 200 million U.S. dollars, to help economic and fiscal reform in Indonesia, local press said Tuesday.
The loan was intended to support the government's ref ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Tokyo stocks closed higher Tuesday for the first time in four trading days.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 176.65 points, or 1.50 percent, to 11,964.16.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the T ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Koji Tanami, Japan's central bank chief nominee on Tuesday vowed to seek the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) independence from the government on monetary policy decision.
In a speech at a hearing held by the lower house, the former vice financ ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
The German top auto firm Mercedes Benz will build its first bus assembly plant in Indonesia with an investment of 10 million Euros, an executive said Tuesday.
"Mercedes buses control the biggest market share in the world. We are con ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
The Singapore Airlines' A380, the world's biggest passenger plane, kicked off on Tuesday its first commercial flight to London, also the first one to Europe.
Flight SQ308 carrying 449 customers on board took off from Singapore's Cha ...
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