Archive for the October 28, 2005
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European Central Bank policymakers kept the alarm bells ringing over inflationary dangers in the euro zone on Thursday, pointing to masses of cheap cash and costly energy. Low interest rates in the 12-nation region are
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A United Nations agency warned on Thursday against pre-emptive bans of poultry imports to ward off a possible bird flu outbreak, saying they were unnecessary and destructive to world trade. Nations including Senegal, Argentina and
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Drug maker Roche halted supplies of its antiviral drug to the United States to head off hoarding by consumers fearing bird flu, as another firm, and Vietnam, said they were preparing to make their own
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Global goods trade will grow slightly more in 2006 than this year, World Trade Organisation economists predicted on Thursday, but the WTO chief voiced concern at an overall trend towards lower growth. Goods trade, which
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France dropped plans on Thursday to sell part of energy group Areva, the world's largest builder of nuclear power reactors, in a surprise move on the eve of the controversial sale of shares in power
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Electronics maker Sony Corp said on Thursday its quarterly operating profit rose 52 percent as a big pension gain outweighed losses in its movie and TV operations, but it said it still expected a full-year
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Electronics maker Sony Corp said on Thursday its quarterly operating profit rose 52 percent as a big pension gain outweighed losses in its movie and TV operations, but it said it still expected a full-year
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported a record $9 billion third-quarter net profit on Thursday, beating analysts' forecasts as the firm captured the full benefits of soaring oil and gas prices. The world's third-largest listed oil
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Royal Dutch Shell Plc reported a record $9 billion third-quarter net profit on Thursday, beating analysts' forecasts as the firm captured the full benefits of soaring oil and gas prices. The world's third-largest listed oil
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Taiwan's main share index fell to its lowest close in a year on Thursday, weighed by a sharp drop in heavyweight microchip maker UMC after it reported an 80 percent decline in third-quarter profit. The
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