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XML Business NewsJobless, and selling himself the old-fashioned waypublished about 1 hour ago
Joshua Persky, an out-of-work investment banker, was interviewed by major news outlets as he stood on Park Avenue, handing out résumés and wearing a sandwich board.
Société Générale is fined for breaking rulespublished about 1 hour ago
The French Banking Commission on Friday fined the bank Société Générale €4 million for serious breaches in internal controls revealed by the bank's €4.9 billion trading loss.
9 sentenced to prison in Austrian bank fraud casepublished about 1 hour ago
Judge Claudia Bandion-Ortner found the defendants responsible for causing losses of as much as €1.7 billion at Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft in Austria, or Bawag, through risky investments.
Italians shun Alitalia despite pleas for patriotismpublished about 1 hour ago
State-controlled Alitalia posts losses of about €3 million a day. No buyer has surfaced for the carrier since Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said during his election campaign in April that a "huge" number of buyers had answered his appeal to keep Alitalia in Italian hands.
Despite weak dollar, visitors from abroad pass on the U.S.published about 1 hour ago
Explanations range from post-9/11 security headaches and lower airfares elsewhere to poor marketing by the U.S.
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Popular Business News» Jobless, and selling himself the old-fashioned way» Société Générale is fined for breaking rules» 9 sentenced to prison in Austrian bank fraud case» Italians shun Alitalia despite pleas for patriotism» Despite weak dollar, visitors from abroad pass on the U.S.» Iran optimism steadies oil price» FTSE closes at 5412.8» Jobs losses in Ireland point to a recession» $52 Billion Deal for Bell Canada» Credit crunch: John Lewis sales tumble as much as 25pc |
BCE deal to go ahead as buyers finalise pricepublished about 3 hours ago
The closely-watched buyout of BCE, the Montreal telecoms group, is set to proceed with its key terms intact following an agreement between the purchasers and ... more
US nuclear pact trigger for India pollpublished about 17 hours ago
Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, is ready to risk snap elections to finalise a nuclear energy pact with the US that is at the heart ... more
US tax service to seek accountants' help on evasionpublished about 17 hours ago
The US Internal Revenue Service is to solicit the help of the world's top accounting firms in its widening effort to clamp down on offshore ... more
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How a toppled giant rose againpublished 2 days ago
An online game developer, Giant Interactive was founded just four years ago. Since then, Shi Yuzhu has parlayed the success of its first game, ZT ... more
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Court rules that Pringles 'are not potato crisps'published about 4 hours ago
Pringles, the popular snack food in a tube, are not potato crisps, a High Court judge rules, and should be free of VAT.
Two lenders trim mortgage costspublished about 5 hours ago
The Nationwide and Abbey are cutting their mortgage rates slightly - but mainly for those with large deposits.
Baugur investigates switch to UKpublished about 7 hours ago
Hamleys owner - Icelandic investment group Baugur - says it is examining ways to relocate to the UK.
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SBI floating home loan rate up 0.5%published about 4 hours ago
For home loans up to Rs 30 lakhs (Rs 3 million) for 20 and 25 year period, the interest rate has been increased by 0.5 ... more
Govt approves 28 FDI proposals for Rs 1327.7 crpublished about 4 hours ago
"Based on the recommendations of Foreign Investment Promotion Board in its meeting held on June 24, Finance
Oil imports: Govt asked to lobby for price bandpublished about 6 hours ago
Oil consuming nations should form a syndicate for collective bargaining in crude oil prices, which would strengthen their position in the crude market, the survey ... more
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Time running out to secure deal on trade, warns Brownpublished about 17 hours ago
Gordon Brown, the prime minister, urged leaders of the world's richest nations yesterday to assume the "great responsibility" of ensuring a global trade deal when ... more
Sweden increases interest rate to 4.5%published about 17 hours ago
Sweden's central bank raised interest rates to 4.5 per cent yesterday, their highest level in 12 years, and said further increases were likely this year ... more
Zambian mysterypublished about 17 hours ago
The fate of Levy Mwanawasa, Zambia's president, was last night shrouded in confusion amid reports that he had died in a Paris hospital after suffering ... more
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Reliance shares recover ahead of MTN updatepublished about 2 hours ago
Reliance Communications staged a sharp recovery on India's stock markets as investors readied for a possible announcement over the weekend or early next week on ... more
Origin tells shareholders to reject BG bidpublished about 16 hours ago
Origin has advised shareholders not to accept BG's bid, saying the firm had seen continued strong interest in the coal seam gas sector
Indonesia raises key ratepublished 1 day ago
Jakarta's central bank raises key interest rate 25 basis points to 8.75% in a move designed to control soaring inflation, which hit a 21-month high ... more
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Colombian troops rescue Betancourtpublished 1 day ago
Álvaro Uribe, Colombia's president, secured one of the most significant triumphs of his political career when troops freed Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages held ... more
Colombia says four hostages rescuedpublished 1 day ago
French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans were rescued from leftist guerrillas by Colombian troops, Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said
Cuba determined to perfect statist economypublished Mon, Jun 23 2008 13:04 GMT
A debate fostered by Cuban president Raúl Castro has for now been settled in favour of those who want to improve one of the world's ... more
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Indies celebrate Independence Daypublished about 3 hours ago
Finding the sharing button Interview Did anyone, I wonder, ever buy just one Motown single? Or just one 2-Tone single? And while you're pondering... can ... more
Video: Latest in Viacom-Google lawsuit raises questionspublished about 21 hours ago
News.com's Dan Farber tells what's at stake for users' privacy as a result of a federal judge's ruling that Google must turn data over to ... more
Yahoo's top U.S. Web sites get traffic help from Google searchpublished 1 day ago
A report by Hitwise Intelligence found that most of Yahoo's top 20 Internet properties receive a greater share of traffic from a Google search, rather ... more
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Daewoo Shipbuilding Lands Huge Container Ship Contractpublished about 4 hours ago
A.P. Moller-Maersk orders 16 container vessels, at an estimated $2.33 billion, to keep up with burgeoning trade in goods, especially food, between South America and ... more
John Lewis Left On The Shelfpublished about 4 hours ago
A dire week of sales at Britain's iconic department store chain shows how bad the slowdown in consumer spending is getting.
The Price Is Right For BHPpublished about 5 hours ago
The Anglo-Australian miner matches the record iron ore price rise secured by Rio Tinto from Chinese buyers.
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Ban for 'debt services' operatorpublished about 4 hours ago
A man operating a debt advice business exposed by the BBC's Watchdog programme is banned.
Two lenders trim mortgage costspublished about 5 hours ago
The Nationwide and Abbey are cutting their mortgage rates slightly - but mainly for those with large deposits.
Call for review of motoring taxespublished about 6 hours ago
The RAC Foundation is calling on the Treasury for a root and branch review of motoring taxation in the UK
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