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03/15/2010 12:57 PM |
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Australia urges China to keep out of iron ore talks |
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia on Monday urged China stay out of difficult iron ore price negotiations with global mining giants after steel mills lobbied Beijing to intervene.
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03/15/2010 10:00 AM |
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News sites popular but few click on ads or will pay |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The good news for traditional US news organizations? Their websites are popular.
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03/15/2010 12:42 AM |
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Warner and KKR consider EMI break-up bid: report |
LONDON (AFP) - US firm Warner Music has joined forces with private equity giant KKR to consider a bid for British music company EMI, which would break the company up, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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03/14/2010 06:08 PM |
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China faces tough year, Wen rejects pressure on yuan |
BEIJING (AFP) - China faces a difficult year as it works to maintain economic growth and spur development, but will not be bullied into changing its exchange rate policy, Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday.
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03/14/2010 03:31 PM |
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China facing tough year, PM rejects yuan pressure |
BEIJING (AFP) - China faces a difficult year as it works to maintain economic growth and spur development, but it will not be bullied into changing its exchange rate policy, Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday.
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03/14/2010 01:35 PM |
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Kuwait's Commercial Bank profit plunges in 2009 |
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Commercial Bank of Kuwait saw its net profit dive by almost 100 percent last year due to huge provisions made for bad loans, the country's third largest lender said on Sunday.
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03/14/2010 12:19 PM |
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Strike-hit Greece awaits EU budget verdict |
ATHENS (AFP) - Debt-hit Greece heads for another grilling by European peers in Brussels this week over its austerity programme in the wake of a general strike and amidst deteriorating recession and jobless figures.
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03/15/2010 02:15 AM |
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Fierce debate expected at Fed policy meeting |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve's policy makers are expected to maintain benchmark interest rates at virtually zero percent at their meeting this week amid intense debate on how soon the central bank should tighten monetary policy.
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03/14/2010 10:41 AM |
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Shanghai's new-look airport ahead of World Expo |
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Shanghai this week will unveil a brand-new airport terminal -- the latest mega-infrastructure project to be completed as the Chinese city prepares to welcome tens of millions of visitors to Expo 2010.
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03/14/2010 10:21 AM |
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China rejects foreign pressure over yuan: Wen |
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday rejected foreign pressure on Beijing to allow its currency, the yuan, to appreciate, warning other countries to stop "finger-pointing".
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