Archive for April 5th, 2008
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
New Zealand domestic travelers flying on Air New Zealand will face new charges of up to 20 NZ dollars (15.7 U.S. dollars) for a second bag.
The new charges were part of the sweeping plans to overhaul airport check-in, the New Zealan ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Speculation that French firm EDF is about to launch a takeover bid for British Energy pushed shares in the nuclear power provider up 5.8 percent by midday of Friday.
The move made it the biggest riser in the FTSE 100, with the index ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Bolivia and Argentina Friday signed an agreement to build the largest natural gas liquid segregation plant in Latin America.
The agreement was signed by representatives from Bolivian Fiscal Oil Fields' (YPFB) and Argentine Energy (E ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Argentina began to cut down gas shipment to Paraguay due to the increase of the country's export taxes, Paraguay's Gas Chamber (Capagas) has said.
The decrease of gas shipment was verified by many enterprises operating in the gas se ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
The dollar fell against most major currencies on Friday as U.S. employers cut payrolls for a third consecutive month in March.
The Labor Department said on Friday non-farm employment fell by 80,000 jobs in March, the biggest decline ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Wall Street pulled back Friday, as U.S. employers cut back more-than-expected jobs in March for the third straight month.
The U.S. Labor Department reported Friday that Non-farm payrolls fell by an estimated 80,000 in March, worse t ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
U.S. employers cut their payrolls by 80,000 in March, the biggest job reduction in five years, as fears of a recession have grown, the Labor Department reported Friday.
The weak showing defied economists who had been expecting an in ...
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Australia's ten richest businesspeople have lost a total of 5 billion Australian dollars (4.5 billion U.S. dollars) over the past three months due to the global financial upheaval, New Limited reported on Saturday.
Australia's riche ...
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