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US dollar drops against euro in market shift

date: 2008-12-02 23:03:00

The US dollar fell against the euro Tuesday after recent gains as the market adjusted positions ahead of an expected sharp cut in eurozone interest rates as part of European responses to market turmoil.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

US carmakers in new bail-out plea

date: 2008-12-02 22:54:13

US carmakers General Motors, Ford and Chrysler present their new cost-cutting plans to Congress.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

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Yahoo up on reports of new takeover bid

date: 2008-12-02 22:49:00

Yahoo shares gained more than seven percent on Wall Street on Tuesday amid reports former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller was trying to raise money to purchase the Internet company.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Global stocks rise on bargain hunting as oil skids

date: 2008-12-02 21:33:00

U.S. stocks snapped back on Tuesday, a day after a massive sell-off, as investors scooped up beaten-down shares and oil fell more than 4 percent after an OPEC pledge to cut output was only partially fulfilled.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Tech Weekly podcast: Startups in recession, Yahoo and Twitter

date: 2008-12-02 18:57:06

Biz Stone, the man behind microblogging sensation Twitter is interviewed, and PaidContent Founder and digital media expert Rafat Ali on the dilemma for internet startups in these tough internet times.

source: www.guardian.co.uk


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Swiss protest giant UBS bailout

date: 2008-11-15 21:17:00

More than 1,000 people protested Saturday at the headquarters of Swiss banking giant UBS in Zurich to show their anger at a 60-billion-dollar state rescue plan.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Ailing Alitalia grounds flights, says more misery next week

date: 2008-11-15 20:21:00

Strike-hit Italian flag-carrier Alitalia cancelled about 40 flights from and to Rome and Milan on Saturday and told travellers to expect further delays next week.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Pakistan agrees on IMF loan

date: 2008-11-15 17:35:00

Pakistan has agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a $7.6 billion (5.1 billion pound) emergency loan to stave off a balance of payments crisis and pave the way for a broader economic rescue plan.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

White House not proposing relaxing fuel efficiency

date: 2008-11-15 17:31:00

The White House on Saturday said it was not proposing relaxing fuel efficiency requirements as part of efforts to speed up government loans to the ailing auto industry.

source: uk.news.yahoo.com

Pakistan asks IMF for rescue loan

date: 2008-11-15 10:43:28

Pakistan has asked the International Monetary Fund for a loan of at least $7.6bn, its top economic adviser says.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Art.view: Skating to nirvana

date: 2008-11-15 08:28:21

Peace brought Romanticism to 19th-century HollandTHE stolid, clog-wearing, cheese-making Dutch are not your obvious Romantics. But when Holland gained independence in 1813, after decades spent fighting the ...

source: www.economist.com

World leaders begin crisis talks

date: 2008-11-15 03:54:42

World leaders arrive in Washington to discuss measures to contain the current financial turmoil as the G20 summit begins.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

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