Lehman shares sink, to make announcement Wednesday |
| | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc shares sank 45 percent on Tuesday on growing concern the fourth-largest Wall Street investment bank won't be able to raise the capital it desperately needs to survive the global credit crisis. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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OPEC decides to curb overall output; prices rise |
| | | OPEC oil ministers agreed Wednesday to trim overall output by more than 500,000 barrels a day in a compromise meant to avoid new turmoil in crude markets while seeking to bolster falling prices. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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UK housebuilder Barratt reports 71 pct profit drop |
| | | Barratt Developments PLC, Britain's second-biggest house builder by volume, reported Wednesday that full-year profits fell by 71 percent as the credit crunch depressed sales in the second half. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Takeover Rumours Buoy Broadcaster |
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MySpace ad business ahead of target: News Corp |
| | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace advertising business is operating ahead of expectations and its digital ad business is performing better than the marketplace, the company's chief operating officer said on Tuesday. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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9 deaths at Perini jobs stir questions |
| | | Perini Corp. made its money and reputation by tackling big, complex construction projects and finishing them on time, even under the most ambitious schedules. But a rash of construction deaths at Perini jobs in Las Vegas has raised concerns that the Framingham construction firm may be doing too much too fast, and compromising worker safety along the way. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Japan's Dwango looks to tango |
| | | Sep 10 - Dwango, a pioneer in tone tunes and with over 9 million using its "Nico Nico Douga" video-sharing, wants to double customers and return to profit. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Azerbaijan leads business reformers, report says |
| | | Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus, led by Azerbaijan, made more changes than any other region to make doing business easier over the past year, according to annual rankings of 181 countries by the World Bank. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Britain 'to fall into recession' |
| | | The European Commission warns that Germany, Spain and the UK will fall into recession in 2008. | | From BBC News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Top Cosmetic Gets Manly Makeover |
| | | A luxury fashion house is helping to gloss over women's claims to be the fairer sex, with the relaunch of a classic ladies' make-up specifically for men. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Vodafone Rapped Over Gabbled Ad |
| | | No amount of fast talking could get Vodafone out of a ticking-off over gabbled terms and conditions in a radio advert. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Heart-wrenching moment at Logan |
| | | Seven years after her husband boarded American Airlines Flight 11 for a business meeting in California, Christie Coombs returned yesterday to Logan International Airport, the last piece of earth her husband, Jeffrey, touched before terrorists rammed his aircraft into the World Trade Center. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Holidaying in Siberia |
| | | Sep. 10 - Lake Baikal in Siberia currently attracts visitors looking for peace and quiet, but ambitious plans are underway to turn the area into a major tourist destination. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Russian hunger for supermarkets |
| | | Sep 10 - Russian consumers seem to have an unsatisfied appetite for large format supermarkets and hypermarkets like Wal-Mart. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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