| 421. |
China expects 10.5 percent yearly growth
China's economy should expand by 10.5 percent this year as an investment boom surges ahead despite tightening government controls, the country's top planner said in comments reported Monday by state media.
11 Dec 2006 |
| 423. |
Japan's Economic Growth Revised Downward
The Japanese economy grew at a far weaker pace in the third quarter than previously reported due to downward revisions in consumer spending and capital investment.
08 Dec 2006 |
| 424. |
Foreign currency reserves up $1.5b
Hong Kong's official foreign currency reserve assets, including unsettled forward contracts, stood at US$132.7 billion at the end of November, up $1.5 billion on the same period last year.
08 Dec 2006 |
| 425. |
Australia's Fairfax Announces Merger
Australian media giant John Fairfax Holdings Ltd. announced Wednesday it will buy regional newspaper publisher Rural Press Ltd. for up to 2.87 billion Australian dollars (US$2.3 billion; euro1.73 billion),
06 Dec 2006 |
| 426. |
Porsche's August-November Sales Up
Luxury automaker Porsche AG's sales in the first four months of its fiscal year were up nearly half a percent thanks to demand for its 911 and Boxster models.
06 Dec 2006 |
| 427. |
Poland's Unemployment Down to 14.8 Pct.
Poland's jobless rate fell to a five-year low of 14.8 percent in November, edging down from 14.9 percent in October, the labor minister said Wednesday.
06 Dec 2006 |
| 428. |
CNBC Moves Web Content Off MSN
Financial news channel CNBC is retaking its territory on the Internet on Monday, formally ending a relationship with Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Money and relaunching its own Web site.
04 Dec 2006 |
| 429. |
Shares in 2 Malaysian Newspapers Halted
Two of Malaysia's largest newspaper companies announced a suspension of trading in their shares Friday, ahead of a potential merger that was likely to bring both under direct control of the country's ruling party.
01 Dec 2006 |
| 430. |
Report: Kerkorian Sells Full Stake in GM
General Motors' Corp.'s painful process of reinventing itself apparently will continue without Kirk Kerkorian, whose ownership of almost 10 percent of the world's largest automaker failed to become a lever for the changes he sought.
01 Dec 2006 |
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