Archive for April 12th, 2008
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
American Airlines, the largest U.S. air carrier, canceled 570 more flights on Friday, or 25 percent of its schedule, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded, CNN reported.
The move came after the airline failed twice to mee ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
The U.S. dollar fell against most major currencies on Friday after a disappointing profit report from General Electric surprised the market and investors doubted whether the G7 summit could bring stability to the financial market.
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Growth in Asia as a whole is projected to decline from 7.4 percent in 2007 to 6.2 percent this year, but will rise modestly next year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday.
"This markdown reflects lower export growth a ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Deutsche Telekom AG failed in its appeal to a European court Thursday seeking to overturn a fine European Union regulators imposed in 2003 for price fixing the damaged Internet and phone rivals over five years.
The Luxembourg-based C ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Tokyo stocks closed sharply higher Friday.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average climbed 378.43 points, or 2.92 percent, from Thursday to 13,323.73.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchan ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
The United States is reconsidering its imposition of anti-dumping taxes on hundreds of shrimp exporters, including those from Vietnam, local newspaper Vietnam News reported Friday.
The Shrimp Association of Louisiana State and U.S. ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar proposed Saturday to hold a regional climate summit to explore effective ways to solve climate headaches in Northeast Asia.
At the opening meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference, ...
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008
Macedonian legislators voted on Friday night to dissolve the parliament and hold early elections after the country's NATO bid was rejected at the alliance's in Romania last week summit.
"I can state that the parliament voted its dis ...
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