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BMO boss lauds Fannie-Freddie takeover
New York :: NY :: USA | Sep 07, 10:55 PM | Business News
Source: The Globe and Mail
Analysts said they do not expect the U.S. government's move to have a large direct impact on the Canadian banks, although there will be various implications. Most directly, it could be good news for Toronto-Dominion Bank, said Genuity Capital Markets...
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Georgia accuses Russia of strengthening checkpoints
Moscow :: Russia | Sep 08, 3:23 AM | No category
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
One checkpoint near Poti was reinforced with five armoured personnel carriers (APC) and about 50 troops on Sunday (local time), while another was reinforced with one APC and about 10 troops, the statement said. A US navy flagship, the USS...
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JI congratulates Asif Zardari
Islāmābād :: Pakistan | Sep 07, 10:02 PM | No category
Source: The Frontier Post
Jamat-e-Islami (JI), Vehari has felicitated Asif Ali Zardari on his election as Presdident Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Talking to APP here on Sunday, district president (Ameer) JI, Haji Muhammad Rafiq Engineer hoped that Asif Ali Zardari would work with full...
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LSE halts trading due to technical glitch
London :: United Kingdom | Sep 08, 2:28 AM | Business News
Source: International Business Times
Trading on the London Stock Exchange Group PLC was halted Monday because of a computer fault, angering customers at a time that Europe's oldest independent exchange is facing growing competition from new platforms. The LSE said it had suspended connections...
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World markets soar after Freddie, Fannie bailouts
Tokyo :: Japan | Sep 07, 6:35 PM | Business News
Source: The Jakarta Post
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index surged or 3.4 percent to 12,624.46, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index advanced 4.3 percent to 20,794.27...Germany'
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Hurricane Ike Weakens, Crosses Cuba
Camagüey :: Cuba | Sep 08, 2:03 AM | Technology News
Source: Voice of America
Hurricane Ike has weakened as it moves across Cuba, but is bringing heavy wind and rain to the island nation...National Hurricane Center says Ike has sustained winds near 165 kilometers per hour, down from nearly 200 kilometers per hour when...
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Origin, Conoco deal to sink BG bid
Sydney :: Australia | Sep 07, 6:28 PM | Business News
Source: The Age
S $13.8 billion bid for Origin Energy appears sunk after its target announced a $9.6 billion liquefied natural gas joint venture with US oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips and released an independent expert's report valuing the company as high as...
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Spectre of recession invoked by RBA
Melbourne :: Australia | Sep 07, 8:35 PM | Business News
Source: The Age
HE Reserve Bank governor has conceded that a recession is possible, while warning that Australia's unemployment rate is set to increase to well above 5%, adding an extra 100,000 people to the unemployment queue. In his first appearance before Federal...
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Thai PM takes heat for cooking show
Bangkok :: Thailand | Sep 08, 12:19 AM | No category
Source: KTRK Houston
Thailand's embattled prime minister appeared in court Monday to defend himself against accusations he violated the constitution by hosting a televised cooking show while in office. Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej would be forced to resign if found guilty by the...
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Nasrallah stresses Hezbollah’s readiness for dialogue
Beirut :: Lebanon | Sep 08, 12:13 AM | Political News
Source: NOW Lebanon
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that the Resistance would not surrender to attempts to obstruct its work, which included assassinating its leaders, inciting it and hurling accusations. During the Islamic Resistance Support Associationâs Iftar in Baalbek on Sunday...
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