Archive for November, 2007



The head of the World Trade Organisation said on Friday he hoped to finally secure a deal in the Doha round of international trade talks by the end of 2008, some four years later than initially scheduled.
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Enbridge expects the rest of its huge Canada-to-U.S. crude pipeline system to return to normal within a "matter of days" after an explosion rocked a Minnesota section of the line on Wednesday, killing two workers.
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US consumer spending edged higher by 0.2 percent in October, the government said Friday in a report in line with other indications of softer economic growth.
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30Nov 07

Google said on Friday that the Internet leader would bid on coveted airwaves to launch a U.S. wireless network, putting it in competition with traditional telecommunications players AT&T and Verizon.
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Oil touches 1-month low ahead of OPEC

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30Nov 07

Oil tumbled by more than $2 to a one-month low below $89 a barrel on Friday as expectations that OPEC could agree to boost output at a meeting next week weighed on the market.
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Global credit markets seen worsening

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30Nov 07

The situation on global credit markets is deteriorating and an end to the current credit crisis is still not in sight, Swiss National Bank Vice Chairman Philipp Hildebrand said on Friday.
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Flowers may revise Northern Rock bid

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30Nov 07

J.C. Flowers raised the stakes in the rescue battle for Northern Rock on Friday, offering to improve its bid but also warning it will walk away if the government won't talk with it, a person close to the buyout firm said.
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Google to bid for U.S. mobile airwaves

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30Nov 07

Google said on Friday it will bid for coveted mobile airwaves in a move that could pit the Web search leader against U.S. wireless service providers.
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The White House on Friday said it was "premature" to discuss possible new initiatives to address the mortgage crisis and declined to comment on reports the administration is working on a deal with lenders to freeze interest rates on some loans.
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ENI to buy Burren Energy for 1.7 bln

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30Nov 07

Italy's Eni has agreed to buy oil explorer Burren Energy for 1.736 billion pounds, boosting the oil major's operations in the Republic of Congo and giving it a toehold in Turkmenistan, where a new leadership is warming to foreign investment.
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