Archive for May 16th, 2008
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Indonesian House of Representatives Speaker Agung Laksono said Friday he had invited President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to a consultative meeting on the government's plan to raise fuel oil prices.
"The written invitation for the con ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday accused the opposition of economic irresponsibility in its response to the federal budget.
Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson Thursday night delivered his budget reply speech, proposing t ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
The euro zone members were called on Thursday to speak in one voice with a single seat in international forums such as International Monetary Fund (IMF).
"The euro area must build an international strategy so that it can play a full ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
France's gross domestic product (GDP)accelerated sharply during the first quarter of 2008, posting an impressive growth of 0.6 percent compared to 0.3 percent recorded in the last quarter of 2007, the National Institute for Statistics and E ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Britain's largest telecommunications company reported a 6.2 percent decline Thursday in its fourth quarter profit because of rising costs and the loss of some wholesale customers to broadband services.
BT Group PLC's net profit fell ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
American drivers looking for a high-mileage vehicle may want to take pass on the Prius or the Chevy Volt and take a look at new Volkswagen slated for production in 2010.
VW has been talking for a long time about its L1 concept, so ca ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Cable companies in the United States reversed a 3 1/2-year trend in the first quarter by signing up more Internet subscribers than phone companies, according to a research report Thursday.
The 19 largest cable companies in America ad ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
Japan's economy grew at an annualized rate of 3.3 percent in real terms in the January-March quarter, said a government preliminary report Friday.
On a quarter-on-quarter basis, Japan's GDP grew by 0.8 percent in the first quarter o ...
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