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D-day arrives for ailing airline |
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2007/12/13 11:11 (Beijing - China) |
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| Alitalia's board will meet Thursday to pick a preferred bidder for the troubled Italian airline, Alitalia. |
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Luxury Chinese hotel goes from five stars to no stars |
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2007/12/13 11:00 (Beijing - China) |
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| A luxury hotel that lost millions of yuan to a swindling manager has become China's first five-star hotel to lose its star status. |
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Citigroup names Pandit as new CEO |
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2007/12/13 10:56 (Beijing - China) |
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| Citigroup Inc named investment banking head Vikram Pandit as chief executive and acting CEO Win Bischoff as chairman. |
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Motorola, Intelleflex enter relationship in RFID |
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2007/12/13 10:55 (Beijing - China) |
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| Motorola, Inc. announced a strategic relationship between its RFID division of the Enterprise Mobility business and Intelleflex to deliver best-in-class Extended Capability RFID solutions. |
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Bank of South an opportunity for Latin America |
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2007/12/13 10:52 (Beijing - China) |
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| The Bank of the South could offer an opportunity to Latin America as it provides an alternative for financing. |
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Chicago Board Options Exchange seat trades for all-time high price |
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2007/12/13 10:50 (Beijing - China) |
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| The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that a CBOE seat, or membership, traded for a new all-time high of 3.15 million U.S. dollars earlier Tuesday. |
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AT&T targets 2010 for 30 mln TV service customers |
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2007/12/13 10:36 (Beijing - China) |
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| AT&T Inc. set a long-term target for its TV service, which is delivered over phone lines, saying it will be available to 30 million customers by 2010.
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Former Qwest CEO seeks secret gov't information |
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2007/12/13 10:35 (Beijing - China) |
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| Former Qwest chief Joe Nacchio asked a judge Monday to allow him to use secret government information in his defense of civil fraud allegations. |
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BNDES loans total 38 billion U.S. dollars in 12 months |
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2007/12/13 10:32 (Beijing - China) |
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| The state-owned National Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES) announced on Tuesday it has granted loans that totaled 66.7 billion reais (38.1 billion U.S. dollars) in the December 2006-November 2007 period. |
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Gasoline price sets fresh record high in Japan |
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2007/12/13 10:28 (Beijing - China) |
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| The average retail price of regular gasoline in Japan increased by 0.60 yen per liter from a week earlier as of Monday. |
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Nikkei fails to maintain 16,000 |
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2007/12/13 10:25 (Beijing - China) |
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| The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 112.46 points, or 0.70 percent, from Tuesday to end at 15,932.26.
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ADB extends $100 mln to help poverty-reduction in Nepal |
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2007/12/13 10:24 (Beijing - China) |
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| The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is extending 100 million U.S. dollars in grants to help reduce poverty in isolated areas of Nepal. |
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Daihatsu reports 67% rise in Indonesian sales |
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2007/12/13 10:23 (Beijing - China) |
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| Japanese car-maker Daihatsu said its sales in Indonesia surged 67.6 percent in 11 months ended November from the same period last year. |
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Air China, Shanghai Airlines join Star Alliance |
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2007/12/13 10:16 (Beijing - China) |
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| Air China and Shanghai Airlines joined the Star Alliance, the oldest and largest airline alliance in the world. |
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Travel agencies upbeat over plans for U.S. opening to Chinese tourists |
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2007/12/13 10:12 (Beijing - China) |
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| Chinese travel agencies are expecting the policies following the Sino-U.S. memorandum of understanding (MOU) on tourism to facilitate their business. |
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Number of visitor arrivals in package tours to Macao surges |
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2007/12/13 10:04 (Beijing - China) |
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| Macao saw its number of visitor arrivals in package tours in the first ten months of 2007 increase by 44.5 percent over the same period of 2006 to 3,342,966. |
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Chinese quality watchdog chief: China-made toys are safe |
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2007/12/13 09:47 (Beijing - China) |
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| A Chinese quality watchdog official reassured Wednesday that Chinese-made toys are safe and guaranteed for quality. |
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China calls for expanding trade and investment with U.S. |
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2007/12/13 09:29 (Beijing - China) |
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| China and the United States need to strengthen cooperation in commerce and trade and solve disputes through dialogue. |
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China says consultation only way to solve trade disputes |
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2007/12/13 09:27 (Beijing - China) |
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| China and the United States should settle their economic and trade disputes through dialogue and consultation only. |
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CPI surge, U.S. interest rate cuts to influence China policy
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2007/12/13 09:25 (Beijing - China) |
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| Surging domestic consumer prices and recent U.S. interest rate cuts would have "considerable influence" over Chinese monetary policy.
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