Archive for December 25th, 2007


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25Dec 07

Chile's Escondida, the world's largest copper mine, has appealed a government directive requiring it to hire hundreds of non-union workers on a permanent basis, the El Mercurio newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Renault will spend 1.3 billion dollars for a 25-percent stake in Russia's largest auto firm Avtovaz, a Russian paper reported Tuesday, giving details of the financial package for the first time.
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25Dec 07

Japanese trading house Itochu Corp., seeing future growth in the United States, said Tuesday it had bought a power station in the southeastern state of Virginia.
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Maxjet, a two-year-old company that touted itself as the first low-fare business class airline, has declared bankruptcy due to rising fuel costs, its president said.
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Rusal, the world's biggest aluminium producer, on Tuesday announced the purchase of a two-percent share in top nickel producer, Norilsk Nickel, as part of its bid to buy up the company.
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25Dec 07

Troubled Japanese electronics manufacturer Sanyo Electric was Tuesday threatened with delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange after it corrected six years of earnings reports.
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The booming economy of the United Arab Emirates attracted 18.7 billion dollars in foreign direct investments in 2006, up 10.8 percent from the previous year, the local press reported on Tuesday.
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Desperate Zimbabweans queue for cash

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25Dec 07

Zimbabweans desperate to get their hands on scarce local currency spent Tuesday lining up by cash dispensing machines after plans for banks to open on Christmas Day were scrapped.
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Russia's second largest bank is investing some 260 million dollars (181 million euros) in a residential development project in London, the RBK business daily reported on Tuesday, citing lawyers.
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25Dec 07

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday predicted further robust growth in 2008 after racing past US rival General Motors this year to become the world's top producing automaker.
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