Archive for the December 29, 2005
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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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Japanese government bonds extended losses on Wednesday as the stock market's resilience around five-year highs gave investors a reason to take a breather after the previous day's gains. Initial JGB market reaction was muted to
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Japanese government bonds extended losses on Wednesday as the stock market's resilience around five-year highs gave investors a reason to take a breather after the previous day's gains. Initial JGB market reaction was muted to
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Sri Lanka has raised a 100-million-dollar loan from foreign banks to help pay hefty oil import bills that threaten to blow a hole in the country's balance of payments, the Central Bank said Wednesday. Petroleum
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Malaysia's central bank said Wednesday that foreign banks would be allowed to open more branches here as part of efforts to relax restrictions and further liberalise the industry. Foreign banks operating in Malaysia would be
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Russia and Ukraine made a last-minute push Wednesday to settle a rancorous dispute on gas prices ahead of a threat by Russian state-run gas giant Gazprom to cut off gas deliveries to Ukraine on January
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The US Navy on Tuesday awarded Textron Inc's Bell Helicopter unit and Boeing Co a $1 billion contract to buy components for 16 V-22 tiltrotor aircraft through September 2009. The Navy said the contract would
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Opec heavyweight Iran thinks the oil cartel should cut its production ceiling by 1 million barrels per day when it meets on January 31, Iran's oil minister was quoted as saying in a newspaper interview
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Japan's industrial production grew for a fourth straight month in November while retail sales rose year-on-year, data showed on Wednesday, the latest in a string of upbeat figures underscoring strong economic growth. Industrial output rose
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A Saudi woman has won in the first ever elections to a national body grouping Saudi engineers, in the latest gain for women striving to find a place in public life in the conservative kingdom.
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