Archive for May 3rd, 2008



It's part of Warren Buffett's job not just to answer questions from many of the 31,000 people at the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway Inc . He also has to entertain.
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Once the global credit crunch eases Asia will see the return of the large capital inflows which put the squeeze on their economies, a senior Asian Development Bank (ADB) official said Saturday.
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European oil groups Royal Dutch Shell and Repsol YPF are under pressure from the United States to end talks with Iran about a multi-billion dollar natural gas deal, the Expansion newspaper reported Saturday.
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Boeing denied a German media report on Saturday it had informed customers of another delay on its new 787 Dreamliner model.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree on Saturday increasing public sector salaries by 25 percent to compensate for rising prices, state-run SANA news agency reported.
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Leading US jet builder Boeing denied Saturday German media reports that deliveries of its next-generation B787 Dreamliner would be delayed by another nine weeks.
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ASEAN trade ministers agreed Saturday to help each other during the global food crisis and to take measures to maintain the stability of rice prices and boost production.
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Airbus talks on site sales may end -paper

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3May 08

European aircraft maker Airbus may run into further problems on selling some of its factory sites and be forced to delay some deliveries on its A380 superjumbo, according to German media reports.
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Deutsche Telekom eyes up Sprint takeover

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3May 08

German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom is examining a possible bid for loss-making US mobile provider Sprint Nextel, Germany's Der Spiegel said Saturday.
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Royal Dutch Shell and Spain's Repsol are negotiating with the Iranian government to pull out of a $10 billion (5 billion pounds) natural gas project due in part to U.S. pressure, Spanish newspaper Expansion reported on Saturday.
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