Archive for May 17th, 2008
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc took advantage of falling share prices in the first quarter to boost stakes in Kraft Foods Inc and Wells Fargo & Co.
Buffett also increased holdings in Ingersoll-Rand Co, the refr ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Indonesia's oil and gas company Pertamina Inc. plans to buy 40,000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas(LPG) from U.S.-based ConocoPhilips with 32 million U.S. dollars to secure its May supply, which has been disrupted by a glitch at its Balong ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
New car sales in Europe rose 9.6 percent in April over a year ago despite financial turmoil and further increases in fuel prices, the European car industry association ACEA said on Friday.
The increase, thanks to additional working ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
The dollar fell across the board on Friday after a report showed that U.S. consumer confidence tumbled to a 28-year low this month as rising prices strained household finances.
The dollar rose briefly in early trading on a report s ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Crude futures soared above 127 U.S. dollars a barrel for the first time on Friday after investment bank Goldman Sachs raised its oil price forecast.
Light, sweet crude futures for June delivery rose 2.17 dollars to close at 126.29 d ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Wall Street fell on Friday as a record-breaking crude oil prices and a 28-year-low consumer confidence overshadowed a surprising jump in new home construction.
Investment bank Goldman Sachs raised its second-half oil price forecast ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Israeli forces arrested 10 Palestinians during a raid carried out in southeast Gaza Stripafter midnight, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said on Saturday.
The witnesses said that at least seven tanks and four bulldozers ...
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Saturday, May 17th, 2008
France's Directorate of Territorial Security (DST) has arrested eight people in two suburbs across the capital, as part of an investigation into a syndicate that is suspected of financing terrorism activities in the country, French security ...
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