 | May 24 2013 | Australia economy strong despite end to Ford production: PM ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard moved to allay fears about the economy on Friday saying it had strong fundamentals, after US carmaker Ford announced an end to production in ... |
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| May 24 2013 | US panel rejects Motorola bid to block Xbox imports ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) The US International Trade Commission sided with Microsoft in a patent dispute with Google-owned Motorola Mobility that could have led to Xbox 360 videogame consoles being banned ... |
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| May 24 2013 | New concerns for China's rising middle class ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) With two cars, foreign holidays and a cook for their apartment, one Beijing family epitomises the new middle class created by China's decades of rapid economic growth -- and its ... |
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| May 23 2013 | EADS offers $2.0 bln sweetener for S.Korea jet deal ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) European aerospace giant EADS has offered a $2.0 billion investment sweetener as it seeks to edge out US rivals for a contract to provide 60 advanced fighter planes to South ... |
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| May 23 2013 | Venezuela, Russia in joint oil venture ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Venezuela and Russia formed a joint venture to produce 120,000 barrels of oil a day by 2016 in two fields in the Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt.
Russia will loan Venezuela $1.5 billion to ... |
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| May 23 2013 | US Boy Scouts to allow gay youths, not leaders ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) The Boy Scouts of America said it will allow openly gay youths to join the organization but maintain a ban on gay adult leaders, after a vote at its annual meeting in ... |
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| May 23 2013 | Brazil to open huge oil field to auction ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Brazil on Thursday said it will auction concessions to drill and explore an offshore oil field believed to hold up to 12 billion barrels of crude, the country's largest find.
The ... |
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| May 23 2013 | IMF chief grilled in Paris court over 2007 payout scandal ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) IMF chief Christine Lagarde faces another day of questioning after being grilled for hours Thursday by French prosecutors who are deciding if she should be charged over a state ... |
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| May 23 2013 | Oil recovers after dive on Chinese data ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Global oil prices closed little changed Thursday, recovering from sharper losses earlier in the day after weak Chinese manufacturing data.
New York's main contract, West Texas ... |
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| May 23 2013 | Researcher admits mistakes in stem cell study ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) A blockbuster study in which US researchers reported that they had turned human skin cells into embryonic stem cells contained errors, its lead author has acknowledged.
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