
Updated : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:04:40 GMT
Reuters - Spanish builder Ferrovial must sell three of the seven British airports it bought for 10 billion pounds ($18 billion) two years ago under a tougher-than-expected ruling on Wednesday.
Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:00:30 GMT
AFP - Chinese share prices surged 5.89 percent by midday Wednesday amid speculation that the authorities will soon launch new measures to boost the ailing stock market, dealers said.
Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:02:34 GMT
AP - From affluent shoppers at Saks to bargain-hunters at Target, from Home Depot to office supplier Staples, consumers are pulling back and that's hurting retailers and raising more concerns about how they'll do the rest of the year.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:53:52 GMT
Reuters - BJ's Wholesale Club Inc said on Wednesday quarterly profit rose as shoppers headed to its stores in search of low prices on food and fuel, and the No. 3 U.S. warehouse club operator raised its full-year profit forecast. Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:41:00 GMT
AFP - Investments in the bonds of struggling US home-loan financers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have earned Russia more than a billion dollars in the past six months, press reports said Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:59:51 GMT
Reuters - Lehman Brothers Chief Executive Dick Fuld nearly struck a deal to raise almost $5 billion from South Korean wealth funds and institutions but the pact disintegrated, the New York Post said citing sources familiar with the matter.
Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:54:18 GMT
Reuters - A joint venture created by LandCap Partners is buying $40 million of troubled land and construction loans from Wachovia Corp The Wall Street Journal said.
Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:26:03 GMT
Reuters - Stock index futures rose on Wednesday as news of a solid quarterly profit and outlook from Hewlett-Packard , the world's largest computer maker, helped investors battle fears about the credit crisis.
Publ.Date : Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:04:40 GMT
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