Archive for May 19th, 2008
Monday, May 19th, 2008
A growing number of economists think the United States is on the edge of a recession or in one already, but also say the worst of the housing slump and credit crunch might come to an end in 2008, although the economy will weaken further, fi ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
The South Korean government plans to push for the ratification of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States by the end of May, said South Korean Knowledge Economy Minister Lee Youn-ho on Monday.
"This is a critical issue ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
South Korea will discuss a double taxation avoidance pact with Kyrgyzstan this week to boost investment and bilateral exchanges with the resource-rich country, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday.
The meeting, the fi ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Tokyo stocks closed higher Monday.
The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average went up 50.13 points, or 0.35 percent, from Friday to 14,269.61.
The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 8. ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Spanish power corporation Iberdrola will invest 8 billion U.S. dollars in renewable energy in the United Sates between 2008 and 2010, the company said in a statement Sunday.
Iberdrola, based in Bilbao, northern Spain, is the world's ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
HSBC Holdings Plc plans to buy 73.2 percent of IL&FS Investsmart Ltd, an Indian brokerage, for 10.03 billion rupees (235 million U.S. dollars) to tap rising incomes in the world's fastest growing major economy after China.
Europe's ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Microsoft said Sunday that it has resumed talks with Yahoo! on some kind of cooperation, about two weeks after it withdrew an unsolicited offer to take over the Internet company.
In a short statement, Microsoft said it was not propo ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
The military in Sri Lanka said Monday that 41 Tamil Tiger rebels and 10 soldiers were killed in several clashes in the northern Mannar district on Sunday.
The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that the Liberation Tigers of Tam ...
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