494 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Business"
A question of liquidity and simplicity. Mr. William H Gross, Managing Director of the Pacific Investment Management Company LLC one of the largest specialty fixed income managers in the world, with more than $692 billion in assets under management, p...
DATE: Aug 25, 2007
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pledged on Saturday to meet Caribbean nations' oil needs for years to come, and urged the region to unite and seek greater independence from the United States.Chavez deepened past pledges to ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) Stocks surged yesterday as solid results in the technology arena and renewed demand for risky debt soothed investors a day after the Federal Reserve said the economy should keep expanding.
However, a late-day plunge and recovery reveale...
DATE: Aug 09, 2007
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) Rupert Murdoch has enough support to complete his $5 billion purchase of Dow Jones & Co. after Bancroft family members controlling at least 38 percent of the company agreed to a sale, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Shares of D...
DATE: Aug 01, 2007
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THE global economy is robust and not showing any signs of weakness yet. One of the best measures of the direction that growth may be taking happens to be the OECD leading economic indicator. It bottomed in December and is still rising.And looking at ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2007
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LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares ended down 0.6 percent as the Bank of England raised interest rates to their highest level in six years and miners rose in a directionless trading session.
The FTSE 100 closed 37.9 points lower at 6,6...
DATE: Jul 06, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) — Sterling jumped to a 26-year high versus the dollar for a third day yesterday, vaulting $2.02 and showing no signs of vertigo so far against a broadly weak dollar that stayed near record lows versus the euro.The greenback, dogged b...
DATE: Jul 05, 2007
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TORONTO (Bloomberg) — Canadian telephone and materials stocks including Telus advanced for a second day after take-over speculation was fanned by the acquisitions in the past week of BCE and Aur Resources."The driving force in the market is still M&A...
DATE: Jul 05, 2007
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rebounded yesterday but remained near a record low against the euro as investors eyed central bank meetings this week in Europe which could keep overseas yields climbing.The dollar rose against a basket of six major cu...
DATE: Jul 04, 2007
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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street soared in the first day of trading for the third quarter, boosted by a decline in Treasury yields, a rise in June manufacturing activity and a spate of buyout news.The Dow Jones industrial average gained more than 120 poin...
DATE: Jul 03, 2007
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