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The shipbuilding and repair arm of indebted state conglomerate Dubai World says it has secured $200 million in immediate financing and plans to begin talks […]

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The Vatican on Thursday created a financial watchdog agency and issued new laws to fight money laundering and terrorist financing in a major effort to […]

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In the latest phase of the government’s ongoing crackdown on insider trading, federal authorities said Thursday that they had made five arrests involving an […]

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Business software maker Novell Inc. said Monday it has found a new suitor to take over the company after rejecting a lower offer from a […]

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A proposal by Toronto businessman Andrew Day to buy part of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. isn’t practical, says the union representing scientists, engineers and […]

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China is accelerating the yuan’s appreciation as part of the “grand bargain” to win U.S. support for Beijing to gain a bigger say at the […]

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Barnwell Industries Inc., Cyanotech Corp. and Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. were able to follow the broader markets higher during Friday’s trading, a day when most […]

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The city of Portland and Metro, the area’s regional government, have begun demolishing an old restaurant near the Oregon Convention Center.
The site of the former […]

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After facing a $1.8 billion shortfall just six months ago, Virginia closed its fiscal 2010 budget with a $220 million budget surplus.
To get […]

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AccessU2 Mobile Solutions LLC of Denver has cemented a deal to offer GeoData Technologies Inc.’s SiteSeer3D mapping technology, which allows people who want to buy […]

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