KUWAIT CITY (AP) - Kuwait's largest investment bank says it is in default on the majority of its debt. The announcement by Global Investment House on Thursday marks another blow for the firm, which had been meeting with creditors about restructuring ...
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MILAN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Heavy snowfall forced northern Italy to close briefly its major airports on Wednesday, including Malpensa outside Milan. Up to 40 cm of snow has fallen across northern Italy since Tuesday, slowing people's return from ...
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Summary: In his Wall Street Journal column, Karl Rove falsely claimed that Rep. Barney Frank "labeled" President George W. Bush's "proposals" for reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as "inane." In fact, Frank's remark came in response to Bush's ...
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Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz talks about President-elect Barack Obama’s stimulus plan to boost the U.S. economy. Richard Clarida, global strategic adviser at Pacific Investment Management Co., speaks about the U.S. Treasury ...
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Britain's Serious Fraud Office yesterday launched an investigation into the UK activities of disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff. The move came as it emerged that Madoff transferred about $165m (£108m) into Britain from the US by buying ...
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DUBLIN, Ireland - (Business Wire) Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9777aa/republic_of_korea ) has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report " Republic of Korea In Vitro Diagnostics Investment ...
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The TCW Group, Inc., invites you to participate in a conference call Friday with Chief Global Strategist Komal Sri-Kumar, who will offer his views on the key opportunities and risks for investors heading into 2009. "U.S. equities opened the new year ...
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