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Siemens cuts forecast as economic crisis hits
Berlin - Europe's biggest engineering group global Siemens AG cut its profit forecast for the...
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European car sales slump again as auto crisis deepens
Berlin - European car sales fell by 17.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2009, data released...
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French government to ban bonuses in state-aided firms
Paris - The French government is to issue a decree next week banning companies that receive state...
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German business confidence slips to 26-year low
Berlin - Business confidence in Germany slipped in March to its lowest point in about 26 years, a...
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German investor confidence posts surprise increase
Berlin - German investor confidence recorded a surprise increase in March to record its fifth...
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Microsoft Changes Its Business Strategy
During a conference call on last year’s second-quarter results, Microsoft’s Chief...
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Microsoft to Cut 5,000 Jobs
Recently, Microsoft has revealed it would be cutting 5,000 jobs over a period of 18 months,...
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Natus Medical Q4 Results Below Expectations
Tough economic conditions have made Natus Medical Incorporated project its fourth-quarter and...
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Nissan carmaker announces drastic job cuts at British plant
London - Japanese carmaker Nissan Thursday announced major job cuts at a plant in north-east...
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Wall Street gains as GMAC gets government funds
New York - US stocks gained on Tuesday after the Treasury Department said it would commit 6 billion...
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Wine Experts Say Bordeaux Is Safe Port In Economic Storm
Hong Kong - Wine experts may disagree on most things, but one thing they all appear to agree...
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US Treasury to buy stake in GMAC; GM gets additional loan
The Treasury will buy a 5-billion-dollar stake in GMAC and also lend GM an additional...
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RIM's Third Quarter - Not Quite As Good As Expected
Research in Motion announced two days ago that it is
currently putting together all the reports...
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FCC to Draw Up a Plan for Auctioning Public Airwaves
This
December, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is
expected to draw up a...
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Taiwan Semiconductor revises down output target owing to recession
Taipei - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, on...
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Microsoft BizSpark To Help New Businesses
Microsoft continues to amaze the public as it recently announced that it will try to make its best...
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Fed slashes rates to 1 per cent in bid to shore up economy
Washington - The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday by 0.5 percentage points to 1 per...
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Financial Crisis Sends German Business Confidence Tumbling
Berlin - German business confidence plunged to its lowest level in more than five years in October,...
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Heavy-Vehicle Makers Volvo, Scania to Cut Back Production
Stockholm - Swedish heavy-vehicle makers Volvo and Scania on Friday said they were preparing to cut...
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Amazon posts rise in profits but outlook worsens
San Francsico - Online retailer Amazon.com posted a 48 per cent rise in third-quarter profits...
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Apple Goes Up, Yahoo Goes Down
The economic crisis has had an effect on all businesses – but mostly on those active in the U.S....
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Yahoo profit plunges, layoffs announced
San Francisco - Troubled internet giant Yahoo saw quarterly profits plunge 64 per cent and...
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Harley-Davidson's third-quarter profits plunge 37 per cent
Washington - Harley-Davidson Inc, the largest US motorcycle maker, Thursday reported a 37-per-cent...
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US Stocks Rebound on AIG Hopes after Wild Trading Day
New York/Washington - US stocks made strong gains after a wild day of trading Tuesday, pulling back...
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US Consumer Confidence Falls Sharply
The Conference Board confidence index fell to 64.5 this month, reaching a 5-year low. It is...
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Oil Prices Soar Near $100 a Barrel
The crude oil price dropped under $100 per barrel Wednesday morning on the New York Mercantile...
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Vale in Takeover Talks with Xstrata, $90 Billion Mega-Deal
Vale, the diversified mining multinational corporation and one the largest logistics operators in...
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World
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Bernanke: End-of year recovery depends on financial system
Washington - The US economy continues to show signs of stabilizing and may be growing again by the...
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Australia warns of rise in people smuggling
Bali Island, Indonesia - The global financial crisis may force more people...
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Dalai Lama absent as China hosts World Buddhist Forum
Beijing - The Dalai Lama was a notable absentee on Friday as religious leaders...
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Hungary tells its citizens not to look for work in Britain
Budapest - The Hungarian foreign ministry issued a "Warning to those who want to work in Great...
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German Unemployment Jumps As Economic Downturn Gains Ground
Berlin - German unemployment rose for the first time in nearly three years in December, data...
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Zimbabwe Declares National Emergency
Zimbabwe declared a national health emergency as the cholera epidemic froze the entire health...
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Authoritarian Kazakhstan Prepares To Assume OSCE Chairmanship In 2010
Astana/Moscow - When Western politicians speak of Kazakhstan with a gleam in their eyes, they're...
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Ailing US Carmakers Issue Recovery Plans As Sales Tumble
Washington - The struggling Big Three US carmakers on Tuesday submitted the recovery plans demanded...
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Gazans Struggle Amid Three Weeks Of Near-Total Closure
Gaza/Tel Aviv - Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip have become world champions in improvisation....
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German Business Confidence Plunges To Near 16-Year Low
Berlin - German business confidence plunged to near a 16-year low in November, a key survey...
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Russia, China Strike Deals, Challenge US In Latin America
Lima - By the time United States President George W Bush arrived in Lima Friday for the annual...
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IMF Hopes To Improve Reputation With Expanded Lending Role
Washington - As leaders of the Group of 20 nations gather for Saturday's historic meeting, one of...
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It's All Smiles again for Mr Brown,British PM Wins in Crisis
London- Gordon Brown is on a roll. No more gloomy poll news for the fingernail-chewing British...
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Medically Unfit Truckers Roam the Highways and Authorities Know It
According to an US safety study presented by The Associated Press, there are over 500,000...
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China Keeps One-Child Policy For One More Decade
Chinese population officials announced that the
one-child family planning policy will be kept for...
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Congo’s War and Its Consequences Have Killed 5.4 Million
Despite the efforts of the world’s largest peacekeeping
force, billions of dollars in...
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Italian Truck Drivers Won’t End Strike
Italian truck drivers entered in the third day of their
strike refusing government’s demand to end...
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Climate Conference Starts Next Week in Bali
More than 180 nations will meet on Monday in Bali, Indonesia
to establish a strategy to fight...
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Cuba, The Americas Honor Che Guevara
Cuba, as well as other Latin American countries, held celebrations on Monday in Ernesto...
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UN Security Council No Action on Myanmar Yet
UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari attended the UN Security Council and said he is looking forward to make...
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Australian Premier Faces Tough Competition in General Election
With the general election closing in, Australian Prime Minister John Howard is trying to tilt up...
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Bush Supports Climate Deal Proposed by Howard
Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard tries to convince members of the Asia-Pacific Economic...
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Howard Says Personal Ties With Bush Will Remain Unchanged Despite Criticism
Ahead of George Bush's arrival at the APEC summit in Sydney, Australian Prime Minister John Howard...
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Rudd Says Meeting With Bush Won’t Change Iraq Policy
The leader of Australia’s Labor Party, Kevin Rudd said US President George W Bush will not...
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No Changes in Cuba With Raul Castro at Its Helm
A year has passed since Cuba’s ailing leader Fidel Castro decided to hand over the power to his...
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UN: Half of the World’s Population Urbanized by 2008
The UN Population Fund predicted 3.3 billion of the planet’s residents, that is half the...
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