Archive for April 10th, 2008

Company offers video of private Wal-Mart meetings

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

After losing its biggest client, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., a small Kansas production company trying to stay in business is offering video clips of the world's largest retailer's private meetings to researchers such as plaintiffs' lawyers and un ...

Boeing delays 787 Dreamliner delivery again

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Boeing announced on Wednesday a third delay in the delivery of 787 Dreamliner, predicting the delivery of 25 planes in the third quarter of 2009, more than a year behind the original schedule Initially, Boeing had planned to deliver ...

Venezuela renationalizes iron, steel industry

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

The Venezuelan government announced Wednesday the renationalization of the Orinoco Iron and Steel (Sidor) enterprise, the biggest steel group in this South American country. The measure is the second of its type affecting foreign ca ...

Venezuela to import agricultural equipment from China, Brazil, Argentina

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Venezuela will spend over 70 million U.S. dollars in purchasing 1,995 agricultural machines and agricultural industry plants from China, Argentina and Brazil, announced the Venezuelan government Wednesday. The government also said M ...

Brazil’s agribusiness trade surplus hit a record in March

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

The Brazilian agribusiness sector registered a trade surplus of 3.94 billion U.S. dollars last month, a record for the March period, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply said Wednesday. Exports of agribusiness products ...

Yahoo to test Google ads in face of Microsoft takeover

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Yahoo said Wednesday it would launch a limited test of Google's Web search advertising in a deal that appears designed to frustrate a hostile takeover by Microsoft. The test is expected to last up to two weeks and will be limited to ...

News Corp, Microsoft in talks for joint Yahoo bid

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. is in talks with Microsoft about joining in its contested bid for Yahoo, according to media reports. The combination would join Yahoo, Microsoft's MSN and News Corp's MySpace, the New York Times said on it ...

Shell awarded 2 bln dollars fuel supply contract in Indonesia

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Global oil and gas firm Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday won a contract to supply fuel to two Indonesian major power plants worth 18.4 trillion rupiah (around 2billion U.S. dollars). Under the contract signed by Shell and state-run ele ...