Archive for April 25th, 2008
Friday, April 25th, 2008
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide China loans up to 1.5 billion U.S. dollars every year from 2008 to 2010 to focus on programs that will promote integrated rural and urban development and environmental protection, the regional b ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Rice advanced above 25 U.S. dollars for the first time as Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Sam's Club warehouse unit restricted purchases of some types of rice in the United States.
The cereal, the staple food for half the world, has more than ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Spanish power utility Union Fenosa saw its first-quarter profit rise 39 percent because of the sale of minority stakes in a Philippine power company and the Spanish unit of France Telecom SA, the company announced Thursday.
The Madri ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
NII Holdings Inc., a wireless service provider to Latin American businesses, said Thursday its first-quarter profit and sales grew, surpassing Wall Street expectations as the company expanded its subscriber base.
NII earned 113.6 mil ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Brazilian mining giant Vale said Thursday it registered a net profit of 2.25 billion reais (1.35 billion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2008, down 55.8 percent year on year.
Vale said in a statement that the company's gross r ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Brazil's biggest sugar and ethanol producer Cosan announced Thursday it has acquired oil and gas distributor ExxonMobil's 1,500 service stations in the country as part of a deal worth 826 million U.S. dollars.
According to a stateme ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Brazil's state-owned oil and gas company Petrobras announced on Thursday it will revise fuel distribution strategies after it failed in the acquisition of Exxon Mobil's assets in the country (Esso Brasileira de Petroleo).
"Due to th ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
The U.S. dollar traded at the lower 104 yen level early Friday in Tokyo.
At 9 a.m., the dollar traded at 104.34-39 yen against 104.20-30 yen in New York and 103.69-72 yen in Tokyo at 5 p.m. Thursday.
The euro was quoted ...
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