Monday, July 14th, 2008
IndyMac Bank, the largest bank in California ever to be taken over by regulators, will reopen on Monday as IndyMac Federal Bank, and will be "as safe and sound a bank as any in the country," the bank's new CEO said Sunday.
IndyMac, ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
The Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is to hold regular open talks with foreign investors to accelerate foreign director investment disbursement, the Vietnam Investment Review reported here Monday.
Phan Huu Thang ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Monday.
In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 19.70 points, or 0.15 percent, to 13,019.99 from Friday.
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Some 150 youngsters aged 14 to 16 from 20 countries across the Arab world, America, Europe and Asia gathered here to take part in the 28th International Arab Children Congress which kicked off on Monday focusing on education.
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Brazil's oil and gas giant Petrobras said Friday that a planned five-day strike by platform workers next week would not affect production.
Petrobras had a contingency plan to maintain output but the company's management was open to ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
"Red Cliff", reportedly Asia's most expensive ever film, gained 27 million yuan (3.91 million U.S. dollars) of box office on its first-day release, setting the highest record among homemade movies.
The first of this two-part epic mo ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Friday.
In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average edged down 4.62 points, or 0.04 percent, from Thursday to 13,062.59.
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Costco Wholesale Corp said June sales rose more than expected as shoppers facing soaring gasoline and food costs used federal tax rebates to buy discounted clothes and groceries.
Sales at stores open at least a ye ...
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