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Jun 19 2013
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Fed keeps stimulus program unchanged ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its stimulus program for the US economy unchanged and gave no hint as to when it might begin reeling in its $85 billion-a-month bond ... |
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Jun 19 2013
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Plane rentals, an increasingly luring option for airliners ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Companies that rent out planes placed nearly half of the orders announced so far at the Paris Air Show as airlines look to them to increase and modernise their fleets with minimal ... |
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Jun 19 2013
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Swiss parliament rejects deal to expose US tax dodgers ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Swiss lawmakers rejected Wednesday a deal proposed by Washington to halt ruinous US legal action provided that Swiss banks that helped stash cash expose American tax dodgers and pay ... |
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Jun 19 2013
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EU fines drugs firms 150 mn euros for delaying cheap generics ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) The EU executive on Wednesday imposed hefty fines of around 150 million euros on pharmaceutical firms including Denmark's Lundbeck for colluding to delay the sale a decade ago of a ... |
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Jun 19 2013
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India's Tata Motors revamps 'world's cheapest car' ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) India's top automaker Tata Motors unveiled a new version of what was once billed as the world's cheapest car Wednesday, in a bid to reverse a slump in sales.
The jellybean-shaped ... |
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Jun 19 2013
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Doctors reap in billions as Cuba's top export ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Cuba is out to boost its top export, an ever-more critical pillar of its economy. And it's not sugar: hired-out Cuban doctors earn the Communist government over six billion dollars a ... |
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Jun 19 2013
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Sexually transmitted HPV declines in US teens ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) The number of US girls with the sexually transmitted disease HPV has dropped by about half even though relatively few youths are getting the vaccine, research showed on ... |
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Jun 19 2013
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Museum head fired after show satirising Sochi Olympics ,AFP |
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(MENAFN - AFP) Regional authorities in Russia on Wednesday fired a prominent art museum director and opposition activist after he organised an exhibition poking fun at Russia's hosting of the 2014 ... |
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Jun 19 2013
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UAE's Masdar, ADFD launch 1st wind farm in Seychelles ,MENAFN |
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(MENAFN) Masdar's CEO and UAE minister of state, Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, stated that the Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy firm, in partnership with Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) launched a ... |
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