Taiwan needs to import 16.8 million cubic metres of gravel, sand
Taipei - Taiwan needs to import 16.8 million cubic metres of gravel and sand from abroad in 2009 to meet increased demand caused by economic expansion, a newspaper said on Sunday. According to the Taipei Times, Taiwan's demand for gravel and sand wil...
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Chrysler receives first 4 billion-dollar loan
Washington - US car maker Chrysler confirmed Saturday that it received an initial infusion of 4 billion dollars from the United States government. In statement from corporate headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, Chrysler head Robert Nardelli said the f...
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EXTRA:Ukraine is sending its own gas to EU states, Kiev says
Kiev/Brussels - Ukraine is sending gas from its own reserves to EU states Romania and Hungary to compensate for a fall in supply from Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, Ukraine's gas company said Saturday. The Naftogaz Ukraine company increased gas suppl...
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Investors to buy failed US bank IndyMac
Washington - A group of private investors is to buy US bank IndyMac, which was seized by regulators in July, for 14 billion dollars, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said Friday in Washington. The deal is to completed by early February, said...
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US stocks reach two-month high after disastrous 2008
New York - US stocks reached a two-month high Friday, the first day of trading in 2009, buoyed by news that General Motors had received its first money lifeline from the US government. With Wall Street's three major indices adding 2.94 to 3.5 per cen...
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US government money starts flowing into auto industry
Washington - The US government moved during the New Year's holiday to free up more money for auto loans and to start the emergency infusion of billions of dollars directly into the industry to keep it afloat. While Chrysler Corporation was still wait...
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Frankfurt Stock Exchange quotations 2 January 2009
DAX4.973.07 (+ 162.87) MDAX 5.755.76 (+ 153.85) Adidas27.81 (+0.67) Allianz 77.15 (+2.15) BASF27.90 (+0.17) Bayer 42.83 (+1.28) Beiersdorf42.27 (+0.27) BMW 22.34 (+0.73) Commerzbank6.77 (+0.13) Daimler 27.75 (+1.05) Deutsche Bank 29.15 (+1.32) Deuts...
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ROUNDUP Report: Lufthansa 'interested' in Scandinavian market
Copenhagen/Stockholm - Shares in SAS, the operator of the joint-carrier Scandinavian Airlines, surged Friday on a report that Lufthansa is interested in the Scandinavian market and is in talks with SAS. A Lufthansa executive quoted by the Jyllands-Po...
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Car sales crash in Spain
Madrid - Spanish car sales went down 28.1 per cent in 2008 in their biggest ever plunge under the impact of the international economic crisis, the car makers' association Anfac and sellers' association Ganvam said Friday. The sales of private cars fe...
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