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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton played with a toddler and asked a little girl if she misses school during a quick visit Thursday to an evacuation center for Thai flood victims, a day after announcing a $10 million aid package.
Clinton exchanged the traditional Thai greeting known as “wai” _ bowing deeply while pressing […]
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Leaders working to forge a Pacific free trade bloc plan to announce an outline for achieving that goal at an annual Asia-Pacific summit this weekend, one of many initiatives aimed at keeping growth on track and fending off recession.
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk ended a meeting of regional trade ministers with praise for Japan’s decision […]
As growth slows in their traditional markets, wine makers from around the world are eager to tap demand in China but industry players say the increased competition and a lack of wine drinking culture mean it won’t be easy money.
Thousands of people attending a major wine and spirits trade fair last week in Hong Kong […]
Torstar Corp., publisher of the Toronto Star, reported higher revenues in its third quarter despite the challenging economy, the company said.
Revenue was $378.7 million for the three months ended Sept. 30, up $25 million from the year-earlier quarter, Torstar said Wednesday.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, commonly known as EBITDA, for the third […]
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An Air France-KLM official says directors of Europe’s largest airline will hold an extraordinary board meeting later Monday, amid reports the company’s chief executive will be replaced.
An Air France-KLM spokeswoman said the board meeting in Paris would take place around 4 p.m. (1400 GMT). She declined to comment on a report in French daily Les […]
The scariest thing about the recent stock market selloff has been the way investors are treating the major U.S. banks.
Shares of Bank of America and Citigroup have lost almost a third of their value in the past month, falling twice as much as the broad market averages. Wells Fargo, US Bancorp and PNC Financial Services […]
Shares on the Athens Stock Exchange are plunging, with the general price index down 4.8 percent at levels not seen since the mid 1990s.
The general index stood at 1,011.70 as global stock markets continued their recent slide following Friday’s downgrade of U.S. debt by Standard & Poor’s.
Debt-ridden Greece became the first European Union country to […]
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The next step in the weeks-long saga over how to increase the government’s borrowing cap is to let House tea party forces try it their way.
A Republican “cut, cap and balance” plan set for a House vote Tuesday would condition a $2.4 trillion increase in the so-called debt limit on an immediate $100 billion-plus cut […]
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