Retail sales dip in July, import prices up
August 14th, 2008
U.S. retail sales edged down 0.1 percent in July on a big drop at auto dealers, the government said on Wednesday in a report […]
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U.S. retail sales edged down 0.1 percent in July on a big drop at auto dealers, the government said on Wednesday in a report […]
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Independent oil and gas group Imperial Energy Corp. PLC confirmed Monday that it has received an approach regarding another "possible cash offer" for the […]
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A lawyer for Mattel Inc. says a jury has ruled that a designer conceived a competitor’s Bratz doll characters while working for Mattel.
John Quinn, […]
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Unilever on Thursday reported a better-than-expected 34% rise in first-quarter profits, partly because of asset sales, and raised its full-year sales growth target.
The maker […]
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Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (1398.HK: Quote, Profile, Research)(601398.SS: Quote, Profile, Research), the world’s biggest bank by market value, posted a 77 percent […]
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A top Federal Reserve official said on Friday banks must raise capital to shield themselves from future losses and it would be better to […]
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NEW YORK–Jim Press, vice-chair and president of Chrysler LLC, said yesterday the privately held automaker remains on track to meet its financial targets and right-size […]
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General Motors Corp CEO Rick Wagoner boasts about the number of markets where the U.S. automaker is number one. Toyota Motor Corp President Katsuaki […]
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Starbucks Corp. said Wednesday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose by less than 2 percent, and it detailed plans to open fewer domestic stores […]
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