Economic and Finance
Qatar is selling 379.2 million shares in British bank Barclays, worth over 1.3 billion pounds ($2.1 billion), the second major Middle East investor set […]
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The United States must live within its means once its economy recovers if it is to preserve global confidence in the U.S. dollar’s status, […]
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South Korea’s government will maintain its stimulus packages until an economic recovery strengthens, the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said.
“An exit strategy will […]
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A group of Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives called on the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Google Inc’s ability to […]
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The possible collapse of a key lender is sending panic through the retail industry, threatening to hang up deliveries of back-to-school clothing and other […]
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OTTAWA–Statistics Canada says the global recession idled a record level of Canada’s production capacity in the early months of 2009.
The agency says the […]
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WASHINGTON–The number of U.S. homebuyers who agreed to purchase a previously occupied home in April posted the largest monthly jump in nearly eight years, […]
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DETROIT–General Motors Corp. on Wednesday withdrew its offer to swap bond debt for company stock, saying that too few bondholders agreed to the deal. […]
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Lowe’s Cos. Inc. said that shoppers buying paints, plants and replacement parts in the first quarter helped the home improvement chain beat Wall Street […]
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NEW YORK – Oracle Corp. pounced on Sun Microsystems Inc. in a $7.4 billion deal Monday (dollar figures U.S.) after rival IBM Corp. abandoned its […]
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