CCHBC posts 8 pct drop in 2nd quarter net profit |
| | | Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company SA said Thursday its second-quarter net profit fell by 8 percent on the year, due partly to poor weather in some markets, rising costs and a Greek transportation strike in May. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Karadzic to appear before war crimes tribunal |
| | | Radovan Karadzic makes his first appearance Thursday before the U.N. war crimes tribunal on charges that the former Bosnian Serb leader was behind massacres and atrocities against Muslims and Croats. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Obama campaign rejects rapper Ludacris' rhymes |
| | | Barack Obama's presidential campaign said Wednesday that a new rhyme by supporter and rapper Ludacris is "outrageously offensive" to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republican Sen. John McCain and President Bush. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Yard To Help Antigua Murder Probe |
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Bush declares progress in Iraq war |
| | | President Bush declared significant progress in the Iraq war Thursday, saying terrorists "are on the run" and that generally improved security likely will permit further U.S. troop reductions. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Centrica says net profits fall in first half |
| | | Centrica PLC, Britain's largest energy supplier, on Thursday reported a 47 percent fall in net profits in the first half of 2008, a day after it announced its retail wing is raising gas and electricity prices. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Secret's out about Beijing Games opening ceremony |
| | | The secret's out about next week's Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. Be ready for a dramatic countdown, giant whales, an illuminated globe and performers flying through the air like Peter Pan. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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US backtracks on name of disputed Asian islands |
| | | The United States has decided to reverse a recent decision to change the national classification of islands at the center of a territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea, a U.S. official said Wednesday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Connecticut, others to sue EPA over emissions |
| | | Connecticut and four other states will sue the Environmental Protection Agency if it does not act soon to reduce pollution from ships, aircraft and off-road vehicles, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said Wednesday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Brown 'Urged To Sack Milliband' |
| | | Gordon Brown's supporters are reportedly urging him to sack David Milibandafter a newspaper article sparked wild speculation about the Foreign Secretary's leadership ambitions. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Starbucks posts first loss, backs '09 profit target |
| | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp posted its first quarterly loss as a public company on Wednesday and said its U.S. coffee chain would shrink in the year ahead, but investors stunned by months of uncertainty sent shares up 4 percent as it stuck by its profit target for 2009. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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McCain camp compares Obama to Spears, Hilton |
| | | John McCain's presidential campaign on Wednesday released a withering television ad comparing Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, suggesting the Democratic contender is little more than a vapid but widely recognized media concoction. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Euro up against US dollar |
| | | The 15-nation euro rose against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, regaining some of the ground lost the day before on a better-than-expected jobs report from the United States. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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German unemployment rises to 7.7 percent |
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Speeding duo re-arrested on plane |
| | | A man and woman stopped by police earlier this week after allegedly being clocked by police going 108 mph on Interstate 95 have been re-arrested -- this time on charges of unruly behavior on an airplane. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Mass. set to allow out-of-state gay couples to wed |
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At least 7 killed in Minn. plane crash |
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Father in NH child-abuse case charged |
| | | Police in Franklin, New Hampshire, say the father of an 8-year-old girl who was severely beaten, allegedly by her stepmother, has been charged with endangering the child's welfare. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Mass. Senate plan would help Pike avoid high fees |
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