Archive for April 3rd, 2008
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)executive board approved about 217.7 million U.S. dollars in emergency assistance for Bangladesh, according to an IMF release issued from Washington on April 2 and reached here on Thursday.
The m ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
A strike at the Paranagua port in northern Brazil Wednesday has paralyzed the port's soybean shipments to overseas destinations, local media reported.
Port workers launched a strike Tuesday night demanding better wages, according to ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Indonesia's state-run pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma plans to build a 100 million U.S. dollars plant this year to help reduce its dependency on imported raw materials, local press said Thursday.
The company has claimed that ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The Indian government on Wednesday decided to examine the option of rejigging the customs duty regime for crude, in order to cushion consumers from the impact of high global oil prices.
The move comes a day after import levies were ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The Japanese government intends to nominate new chief for the Bank of Japan (BOJ) before the Group ofSeven finance officials' meeting scheduled for the end of next week in Washington, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said Thursday ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Brazil's state oil enterprise Petrobras has approved a plan to build a new production platform by the method of "cloning" an advanced model, the company announced on Wednesday.
The new platform, called P-62, will be a repetition of ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Hard hit by the mortgage crisis, California, the most populous state in the United States, is moving to get more help from Congress in addressing the problem.
As part of the effort, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger came out on Wednesd ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
After local and international investors pledged to participate, the project to construct a grandcasino resort by the Manila Bay is moving closer to reality, local media said Thursday.
The 40-hectare Las Vegas-like Bagong Nayong Pili ...
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