Archive for the December 29, 2005
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Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) on Wednesday defied predictions of a sharemarket plunge following the mogul's death, in a reaction seen as a vote of confidence in his son James. Analysts had forecast
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Big personnel changes are planned at senior levels of Iran's Oil Ministry as part of an anti-corruption drive, new Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh said in an interview published on Wednesday. "One of the plans that
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Growth in Japan, the rest of Asia and Europe will step up a notch next year in a rebalancing away from the United States, Singapore's DBS Bank said in a year-end report. Stronger growth of
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Surveys rate Tokyo as the world's costliest city, a reputation perpetuated by perfectly shaped hundred-dollar cantaloupes and tender wagyu beef steaks that cost as much as shoppers elsewhere might pay for a whole cow. But
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Dutch electronics group Philips will pay more than 20 million euros ($23.7 million) to triple its stake in TCL Corp and deepen its co-operation with the Chinese distributor of some of its products. Philips is
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Dutch electronics group Philips will pay more than 20 million euros ($23.7 million) to triple its stake in TCL Corp and deepen its co-operation with the Chinese distributor of some of its products. Philips is
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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's third-largest maker of handsets, will supply Vodafone Group Plc with new mobile phones that use Qualcomm Inc's modem chips, Samsung said on Wednesday. The new phones will use high-speed
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Russia expects to take in at least $3.3 billion in its planned sale of a stake of almost 75 percent in national telecoms holding Svyazinvest, the head of the state's privatisation agency said on Wednesday.
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Russia expects to take in at least $3.3 billion in its planned sale of a stake of almost 75 percent in national telecoms holding Svyazinvest, the head of the state's privatisation agency said on Wednesday.
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Russian state oil major Rosneft wants to raise up to $20 billion when it places up to 30 percent of its shares on Russian bourses and in London next year, the firm said in documents
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